This is a video illustrating how a cloning program works on SecondLife. What you are seeing is explained in whats seems to be the most comprehensive account of the CopyBot incident from New World Notes, including an interview with the people who wrote the original program.
IPTABlog discusses the CopyBot rampage on SecondLife and
If You’re In Manhattan And Don’t Have Plans This Evening
. . . and you want to ask me questions about law blogging, then you can come hear me speak at the NY County Lawyers Association downtown (Vesey and Broadway), from 6 to 8 (details here).
CopyBot Terrorizing Residents Of SecondLife, Caught On Video
We have been following SecondLife, a popular virtual world, which has been gaining traction as a demo site for ‘real world’ product roll-outs, ‘remote’ conferencing and the like. A key point is that the digital creations, such as the appearance of avatars (the digital representations of the users) and the structures, have real value,
Some People Claim That There’s A Woman To Blame
Reuters: “Singer Buffett sues alleged trademark infringer.”
FIGHTING SIOUX Sue
The NCAA attempted to prevent the University of North Dakota from continuing its use of FIGHTING SIOUX as the names of its athletic teams. UND has sued the NCAA, alleging that the NCAA breached its obligations to UND in the manner in which the NCAA has applied its ‘Indian nickname’ rule. UND has succeeded at
3200 Billables A Year?
Yeah, I got out the calculator when I read that too. Note what the in-house folk have to say.
Sort Of Like.com
Like.com performs image searches – you can use a photo of something, such as a watch (or a watch-face) as a search term. The benefit is apparent – as people do shop in real life for ‘shoes that have red straps’ and that sort of thing. The potential for knock-offs coming up in results seems
“The Farce Behind ‘Digital Freedom'”
News.com: “Perspecitve: ‘The Farce Behind ‘Digital Freedom‘” – Op-Ed on Consumer Electronic Associations’ digital freedom campaign, written by Cary Sherman, president of the RIAA.
The Week In Law Podcast
Friends of the blog Denise Howell, Ernie the Attorney and Cathy Kirkman host a weekly podcast entitled ‘The Week In Law.” This episode’s subject: IP issues raised by the purchase of YouTube by Google (after a little blogging inside baseball).
“A Defense of the New Federal Trademark Antidilution Law”
Cardozo professor and friend of the blog Barton Beebe has written “A Defense of the New Federal Trademark Antidilution Law,” Fordham Intellectual Property Media & Entertainment Law Journal [Vol 16:1143].