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Do we own Land in Second Life?
Ciaran Laval
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09-26-2007 12:19
Channel 4 News reporter "If somebody buys a piece of land in Second Life, Do they own that piece of land?"

Philip Rosedale "Absolutely. They own it. Probably the most significant aspect of ownership is their ability to resell it."



Actually this is a half decent news clip on the platform. Not sure the LL legal team will agree!
Cristalle Karami
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09-26-2007 12:25
We have to clintonize "own" for it to make sense.
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Calveen Kline
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09-26-2007 12:33
We don't even "own" our account information, not to mention our land.
Isablan Neva
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09-26-2007 12:41
You can "own" a home/land in RL too - just try not paying property taxes though and see how long you still "own" it. ;)
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Brenda Connolly
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09-26-2007 12:42
From: Cristalle Karami
We have to clintonize "own" for it to make sense.


Interesting analogy considering what a lot of residents feel Linden is doing to them.
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poopmaster Oh
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09-26-2007 14:24
more of a 'right to use' type deal
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Cherry Czervik
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09-26-2007 15:35
In Soviet Leamington, land owns YOU.
Ricky Zamboni
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09-26-2007 15:45
From: Ciaran Laval
Channel 4 News reporter "If somebody buys a piece of land in Second Life, Do they own that piece of land?"

Philip Rosedale "Absolutely. They own it. Probably the most significant aspect of ownership is their ability to resell it."



Actually this is a half decent news clip on the platform. Not sure the LL legal team will agree!

fyi:
http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/arts_entertainment/media/second+lifes+realworld+problems/845077
Rusty Satyr
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09-26-2007 16:17
The problem is the word "someone".

Your avatar can buy land and sell land. (in world or via a web page.)

You control that avatar, but it is comprised of bits and bytes that are owned by LL.

So... can "we" own land in SecondLife? That depends:

YES: if "we" are the avatars/residents inside a digital service and

NO: if "we" are the human beings on the outside subscribing to that digital service. ;)


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Bradley Bracken
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09-26-2007 16:18
The answer to the question is simple: NO
Alicia Sautereau
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09-26-2007 16:22
From: Ciaran Laval
Channel 4 News reporter "If somebody buys a piece of land in Second Life, Do they own that piece of land?"

Philip Rosedale "Absolutely. They own it. Probably the most significant aspect of ownership is their ability to resell it."



Actually this is a half decent news clip on the platform. Not sure the LL legal team will agree!

u own it aslong as u rent it like ur house, pay the bill or kicked out
Victorria Paine
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09-26-2007 16:25
No, because "land" is "real estate", which definition does not include anything residing on a computer server. What we "own" is a bundle of "rights" granted to us relating to a certain set of zeroes and ones for as long as we abide by LL's rules, and pay our tier. It's not anything akin to land ownership in RL.
Tristin Mikazuki
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09-26-2007 16:33
No you dont lol
its GREAT PR to say you do..but no you dont lol
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