Eros, a merchant of adult products, and Shannon Grei, who sells clothes for avatars in the virtual world, have filed a class-action compliant against Second Life owner Linden Lab for violation the intellectual property rights.
Linden Labs' Second Life online community has taken another step towards implementing its new policy of segregating adult-themed activities to their own continent in the popular virtual world.
"Sex sells" or so they say, and while an increasing number of companies seem to be pushing the envelope by adding a little (or a lot of) sex appeal to their marketing efforts, not everyone sees porn as the path to profit in a down market — at least not openly.
Gay video-on-demand network Badpuppy has announced that tomorrow it will go live with the grand opening of Badpuppy Island, within the virtual confines of Second Life.
A lawsuit involving copyright and trademark infringement, in a case where the defendant was originally named as an avatar from virtual world Second Life was settled in a real-life Tampa courtroom.
Companies like Red Light Center and Second Life are trying to find real-life revenue from their sites where online video games meet adult social networking.
Playboy Enterprises has decided to enter the Second Life, the downloadable program developed by Linden Research Inc. that acts as a social network service and enables users to interact with each other through avatars.
