Not only does Linden Lab have difficulty finding Second Life content that does infringe on an IP-holder’s rights, but it has a habit of taking down authorised content that doesn’t infringe.

I suppose my headline is a bit erroneous. The Lab’s legal team cannot be said so much to have dropped the ball, as it is unable or unwilling to pick the ball up in the first place – or perhaps is simply unable to find the ball.

I’ve written about this in past years, and the situation hasn’t really gotten any better. If anything, it’s gotten worse.

The Lab is – yes – notoriously tardy at dealing with IP-rights complaints, which would be acceptable if it were making any apparent effort whatsoever to investigate those complaints. There’s no sign that the Lab’s legal people do this, or that they care enough about IP-rights to institute a system whereby rights could be more readily verified.

Here’s a fuller discussion of the topic, by someone who has been bitten personally.

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Tags: Copyright, Law, Second Life, Trademark, Virtual Environments and Virtual Worlds