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Virtual Land Dispute Spills Into Real Court Snip: "Bragg, who joined Second Life in late 2005 and uses the online name .Marc Woebegone,. had accumulated about $2000 worth of virtual land, goods and currency ..."
Virtual Land Dispute Moves to Real-life Courtroom | Game Politics Snip: "From GamePolitics comes news that a virtual land dispute that started last year is moving into actual court rooms. Attorney Marc Bragg exploited a URL ..."
Second Life "land" dispute moves offline to federal courtroom Snip: "Jun 4, 2007 ... A virtual land dispute in Second Life will be resolved in federal court after a judge's ruling. A lawsuit filed in May of 2006 by ..."
US Gamer Sues RPG Second Life Over Virtual Land Dispute Snip: A US gamer has sued Linden Labs over a contract dispute in its online role-playing game (RPG), Second Life, in ..."
IP Osgoode -- Second Life "land" dispute moves offline to federl Snip: "and as a response Linden Lab seized his virtual land and shut down his account. This case is being touted as the first dispute over ownership of ..."
BITNIP - Virtual property dispute goes to court Snip: "A lawsuit filed in May of 2006 by Pennsylvania attorney Marc Bragg accused Linden Lab and its CEO Philip Rosedale of wrongfully seizing his virtual land and ..."
Real estate (Second Life) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Snip: "How we resell our computing resources is using the proxy of virtual real estate. We sell land ... The issue of land ownership was at dispute in the Bragg v. ..."
Virtual World Litigation Arrives in Real World Snip: "A dispute occurred when the plaintiff then acquired a parcel of virtual land called Taessot for $300. He claimed that Linden sent him an email advising him ..."
Ars Technica // Second Life "land" dispute moves offline Snip: "Two motions to dismiss a virtual land dispute have been denied by a Pennsylvania judge, meaning that it will be the first case over virtual "land" in a ..."
The Droids We're Looking For? Snip: "The lawsuit is rooted in a dispute over a virtual land deal and is being promoted by the lawyer-plaintiff as "a possible first-of-its-kind lawsuit" that is ..."
Bragg v. Linden: Virtual Property Rights Litigation, Candidus Dougherty - Rutgers School of Law
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Welcome to VirtualLandDispute.com
On this webpage, you will find information about the action captioned "Bragg v. Lidnen Labs and Philip Rosedale". The Complaint was filed originally as a small claims action in Chester County, Pennsyvlania, asking for return of the $8,000.00 in land costs / value that Bragg had lost when Second Life froze his account and tooks his property. Linden Labs eventually removed the case to Federal Court in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania claiming to the Court that the value of the case exceeded $75,000.00. The Complaint linked above is the complaint that was filed in the federal court. Ultimately, the case settled, but not until after Judge Robreno issued a reported decision which essentially declared the Terms of Service agreement a contract of adhesion, declaring the arbitration clause unenforceable, and that personal jurisdiction over Phil Rosedale as an individual defendant existed because of "Phil Linden's" participation in making statements over the internet inside of Second Life that induced the sale of land on the promise that consumers owned the land they were paying Linden Labs to purchase. Bragg's account was also reinstated. More information is available on this page from the links provided, including links to the numerous articles that appeared discussing the case, subsequently published articles referencing the case in various legal journals, and the pleadnings filed by the parties with the Court.
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