Second Life: Reported in the New York Post, a Queens man is being sued by some Second Life business owners for counterfeiting and selling versions of their products. What's so wrong with copying imaginary products in what many would consider a video game...

Video game or platform is the question. Many have debated the topic - from scammers stealing linden, gambling within second life and avatars ripping off designs. Gone is hiding behind your IP address, taskforces have been set up and it goes a little like this...."Bad boys bad boys Watcha gonna do, whatcha gonna do when they come for you" sung to the theme song of "Cops" :P

Seriously though, alot of time and effort goes into online games and creation, real life energy is used, so why should some one take that from you and claim "it is just a game". We all have an opinion about it, so I invite you to express yours.

 More reading on the original story is here @ the New York Post

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Ian - Miss   | 2008-06-13 09:52:30 I never ever take SL as a game at all, it does not have leveling up, fix missions and jobs, and powers... SL is too real.. Quote 0   0

Amira Beaumont   | 2008-06-13 14:33:03 Its not just a game, its also a serious user interface where RL companies can come in and make themselves a niche in an already growing trend in young society. If you're taking a RL concept, you better be ready to accept the consequences when they arise. Quote 1   0

Kailen Juran   | 2008-06-17 13:00:16 If we change the venue to the USENET and it is duplication of copyrighted material, even if originally written for on-line use, there would be no question of how this would be perceived. Even if Second Life is a game, it still has intellectual rights associated with it thanks to Linden Lab declaring it so. Whatever the nature of SL, it is independent of the situation involved. Quote 0   0

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