Article: Are Virtual-reality Games the New Wild West?

November 18, 2006 at 1:25 pm - by Dale Dietrich

Categories: Featured Articles • Virtual Crime Cases • Virtual Property Cases • Virtual Property Taxation

Dan Bradbury writes an interesting piece in Backbone Magazine about the virtual goings on in MMORPGs and some of the legal implications. Among other things he discusses Mark Bragg's virtual property case and a virtual "mafia" of sorts in Second Life where users take it upon themselves to enforce the rules within the virtual world when no other recourse is available.

Source: Backbone Magazine