Lawrence Lessig visits Second Life
Academic, lawyer and Free Culture proponent Lawrence Lessig recently visited the virtual world of Second Life to talk about his book and solicit feedback from Residents on an upcoming opus. It seems to be increasingly fashionable for real-world events to echo into Second Life, but Lessig's involvement with the world dates back to 2003 when he advised Linden Lab on IP rights.
You can read the transcript on Hamlet Linden's blog, and it's interesting stuff: issues of law and intellectual property in virtual worlds have far-reaching consequences for players involved in any sort of online game, as recent lawsuits have shown.
