So gambling online isn't allowed and the FBI is stepping into Second Life to make sure nothing untoward is going down. (Losers, please tell me their avatars are all dressed in black suits with earpieces) Apparently people have been betting Lindens which can be cashed out as dollars at the end of the day. Its not an officially sponsored casino or anything, but the premise of second life is that its users create the content and pay for its use. So Linden Labs is asking the Government if its doing anything illegal, because they don't wanna get taken down and arrested over this.
Can't we apply the DMCA to this, just like on youtube, with its host platform shelter provision? Or even better, can't the FBI spend its time tracking down things that are actually a detriment to our society. You know like illegal wars, misrepresentation, and all around douchebaggery in high office?
Its a fuzzy line when you start dictating what virtual acts fall under the jurisdiction of laws that were not intended to control them. Are they gonna go after ebay next? I might need to watch out, the government might be coming after me because of the stuff Vince Vance does when I'm playing Grand Theft Auto.
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