Scary Technology and Virtual Taxes

Eriq Gardner , The Hollywood Reporter, Esq: High-Tech, High Anxiety: Innovations Likely to Rattle Nerves: "It doesn't take long for a hot new technology to become the talk of Hollywood. Witness YouTube: Lawyers in the entertainment community hardly had time to register their copyright complaints before the company was sold to Google for $1.65 billion in October."

The Washington Post has an article introducing readers to the law and property implications of virtual virtual worlds: Where Real Money Meets Virtual Reality, The Jury Is Still Out: "As virtual worlds proliferate across the Web, software designers and lawyers are straining to define property rights in this emerging digital realm. The debate over these rights extends far beyond the early computer games that pioneered virtual reality into the new frontiers of commerce."