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Posner in Second Life

by Roger Alford

If you have any interest in Second Life, you should check out the transcript of Richard Posner’s presentation in the virtual world earlier this month. It includes substantive discussion on topics such as terrorism, torture, intellectual property, and the virtual economy. He also suggests that we are not too far from an “international law of virtual worlds.”

But combined with that is the surreal experience of images of Judge Posner chatting it up with a furry raccoon (who in real life is an IP lawyer from DC), Posner being attacked by a “griefer” in the shape of a giant wooden cube, and an avatar dressed as Pamela Anderson getting Posner’s virtual autograph.

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I think I’m actually at a loss for words.

12.27.2006
at 4:28 pm EST Matthew Gross

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