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From [url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/25/AR2006122500635_2.html]this article[/url] in the Washington Post:

"Everything in the virtual world is intellectual property, as much as it looks like property or as much as property is a useful metaphor,'' ([i]Cory[/i]) Ondrejka said. "Copying it is not theft. It's infringement, but it's not theft.''

With all the articles popping up about how much money people are making in Second Life and it's virtual economy, finally an article that addresses the intellectual property concerns of doing business this way, and whether or not Linden Labs's terms of service can hold up in a *real* court of law.

You may have heard that Anshe Chung Studios is citing copyright violations and the DMCA in the use of her Second Life avatar image and textures during her interview at CNET's Second Life bureau last month. YouTube has removed machinima...

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Second Life's IP policy reads: "You create it, you own it — and it's yours to do with as you please." The idea being that users own the Intellectual Property rights to any virtual works that they create in-world. However, a more honest version might read, "You create it, you own it — as long as you live within our rules"