Did ya notice..

The Second Life is no longer created and owned by its residents? Thats been take off the website front page.
...wonder who owns it now....wonder if anyone really cares any more...

I wonder if we are grandfathered into owning and creating our Second Lives and the new residents are created and owned by The Company.

That would be the result of the Bragg lawsuit

(Just in case you haven't heard of this: an SL landlord sued Linden Labs for taking his land away, and claimed in court that it was fraud for LL to say that residents could "own" land in Second Life when they didn't actually get full property rights to it.)

And here it is in black 'n' white...


SECOND LIFE, May 31 (Reuters) - A Pennsylvania judge has ruled that Linden Lab’s terms of service for Second Life residents are not legally binding, according to court papers filed on Wednesday.

The ruling came in the case of Bragg v Linden Research. Marc Bragg, a lawyer from West Chester, Pa., filed suit in 2006 claiming that Linden unfairly terminated his account, causing the loss of his virtual business venture. Linden filed motions to dismiss the suit and compel Bragg to arbitrate his claim out of court, consistent with Linden’s Terms of Service.

Judge Eduardo Robreno ruled on May 30 that Linden’s Terms of Service constitute a "contract of adhesion", allowing the suit to proceed.

“Linden presents the TOS on a take-it-or-leave-it basis,” he wrote. “In effect, the TOS provide Linden with a variety of one-sided remedies to resolve disputes, while forcing its customers to arbitrate any disputes with Linden.”

“The arbitration clause is not designed to provide Second Life participants an effective means of resolving disputes with Linden. Rather, it is a one-sided means which tilts unfairly, in almost all cases, in Linden’s favor,” Robreno added.

Bragg’s lawsuit named Linden Lab Chief Executive Philip Rosedale as a defendant. Linden’s motion to have Rosedale’s name removed from the suit was also denied by Robreno.

Bragg had identified a means to purchase land in Second Life below market rates. After he purchased thousands of U.S. dollars worth of virtual real estate in this manner, Linden Lab summarily terminated his account, prompting his lawsuit.

Ya Ever notice Coca~Cola isn't "The Real Thing" any more? It Doesn't "Add life" either, what's up with that? did they lose it in the Formula Change, or was it perhaps a Switch to an updated form of Advertising BS to keep it Fresh?

BTW In the Bragg Suit, the Courts consented to Hear the Suit because it recognized (despite LL lawyers contentions to the contrary) there was a Strong case that virtual property Did indeen constitute REAL property. LL Changing the Ad line on their Web page would Not Change the Legal Status of the ownership.

Angel.

I hope that and nothing more.