Second Life sued (again) for land values??

Report on the lawsuit from “Courthouse News”
http://www.courthousenews.com/2010/04/20/26549.htm
 
CNN coverage of Second life class-action over land values
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/05/10/virtual.property.second.life/?hpt=Sbin
 
Inc. Magazine coverage of the lawsuit
http://www.inc.com/news/articles/2010/05/second-life-virtual-land-dispute.html
 
LA Magazine short article
http://articles.latimes.com/2010/apr/30/business/la-fi-lazarus-20100430
 
Blogger’s article quite skeptical of the lawsuit
http://terranova.blogs.com/terra_nova/2010/04/bragging-again.html
 
Website ostensibly dedicated to the lawsuit
http://www.virtuallanddispute.com/ , with pdf (unverified) of filing  http://www.virtuallanddispute.com/pleadings/evan_spencer_carter_v_linden_labs_virtual_land_property_rights_class_action_lawsuit.pdf
 
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New lawsuits update

Infinity Ward Developers sue Activision (for unpaid royalties)
From Lawsuits and Settlements Web site (talking about the California state law factor) ; and story from the Vancouver Sun.
A slightly different take…The Lawsuit and Public Relations, from Gamasutra.  Other lawsuits, after the jump….

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WOW provider sued over stock plunge

According to multiple sources, this article by Pr-inside reports that a US shareholder sues China’s the9 and executives. Here is the full original story on Reuters that they refer to. The main focus is that “A U.S. shareholder sued Chinese online role-playing game developer The9 (NCTY.O) [...]

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Second Life sued in class action

JUST AN IMPORTANT NOTE: Some of the linked articles, even though digitally blurred, may be NSFW.
Copy of the public record lawsuit, Eros v Linden Labs, may be found here.
I know to most followers of virtual worlds a lawsuit within Second Life is not news, it’s a huge world, and it is the most litigious by [...]

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