Linden Labs stated policy is to act in a similar manner to a web host or ISP.

They will react to complaints from rights holders (and judging by the SL Police Blotter, they are active with respect to this. Ironically, an entry for June 14th was “Using Apple registered trademark on items.”

The greater issue isn’t whether or not rights exist for virtual or “real” brands (as if there is a difference), the issue is balance between the rights of those creating works and those consuming them.

There’s an interesting debate going on in the word of Second Life about the control of copyright and its affect on creativity.

With a rapidlyexpanding bubble of business interest in the virtual world of Second Life has come another wave of new bloggers. In internetyears, Im an old hand at writing about Second Life, having consistently published my thoughts abou…