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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