Last year there was some commotion in the Second Life community about a player that abused a glitch in the actionsystem to buy some land that wasn't even up for auction very cheap. Linden Labs, developer of Second Life, hereby closed the persons account on grounds of voilating their Terms of Service. As it turns out this player, Marc Bragg, is a lawyer and what do lawyers do? Right, they sue people for the craziest things.

As did our friend Marc here. He sued Linden Labs claiming he rightfully owned that land and that they didn't have the right to close his account, taking away the equivalent of 3.200 USD. Linden Labs tried to stop the case by arguing that he got that land through 'wrongful' means and that according to the ToS, all disputes must be handled in a California court, and not in Pennsylvania. Both arguments were tossed by the judge.

It's obvious that we haven't seen the last of this case yet, so what's your oppinion? With the rise of the MMO's we're bound to see more of these cases. Should there be a law handling these things, or should they take it case by case?

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