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New Law Reminds You To Include Virtual Property In Your Will

A law passed in Oklahoma provides for executors to access social media accounts and, presumably, distribute their holdings. So if you don’t write out that will with LegalZoom, a judge will decide who gets your Second Life counterfeit fuck coffin.


February 3, 2008
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Real Money Transaction Lawsuit Gets Interesting – Very Interesting

Internet Gaming Entertainment (IGE) is a virtual property company that’s found itself in some hot water (or its founder has found himself in hot water, at least) – Debonneville v. Pierce was filed last summer in California alleging all sorts of shady business dealings on the part of the founder, Brock Pierce. This wouldn’t be interesting if documents relating to the suit hadn’t surfaced last week, which give an insider’s look at the world of RMT companies (and a lot of drama to boot). There have been countersuits filed, and everything is scheduled to go to trial in May of this year. In the meantime, you can’t make the contents of the original complaint up: