Comments on: G-Men Visit Second Life Casinos, Stay for the Brothels

By: Second Life Bans Gambling Following FBI Investigation | Tekjuice.com

Second Life Bans Gambling Following FBI Investigation | Tekjuice.com — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 00:29:27 +0000

[...] FBI investigation commenced in April and was considering the legality of online gambling within the virtual world. The US Government [...]

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By: FTFRofTW

FTFRofTW — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 15:46:42 +0000

What right does the US goverment have to cyberspace? And if you realize what is going on, it’s another invasion of privacy. I’m sick and tired of all these Goverments in the world. There fucking the people more and more,there fucking up the earth with there Geoenginnering, They invent better wepons for destroying life, but still can’t feed the starving people in the world, and now they have to invade a GAME. Wake up people they want to control everything in your life, even how you simpley just want to entertine yourself. So enjoy it now cause these assholes see people having fun and ther looking for an excuse to shut it down!

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By: carmen

carmen — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 01:01:04 +0000

Second Life is dead once everyone (well except IE) has 3D in their browser in a year

By: Seth Finkelstein

Seth Finkelstein — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 11:30:13 +0000

Hey, it worked!

http://valleywa...feds-249707.php

“Any controversy, over illegal gambling or copyright infringement, creates the impression that Second Life is a vibrant alternative society, and economy. Which it’s not. The FBI probably isn’t making an issue out of virtual-world gambling, because the casinos are so empty (see picture). There are more convenient ways to gamble online. For Linden Lab, better a synthetic scandal, tailormade for the press, than the depressingly bare reality”

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By: Phil Butler

Phil Butler — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 03:36:18 +0000

How do you know you are brilliant? When you write an article just like John before you read his. LOL
Great post John! I think the G-men felt naked without their hardware and calling for backup was a real biatch!

By: Free Web Meeting

Free Web Meeting — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 03:24:55 +0000

Second life is really becoming real.

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How to start a clothing line from scratch — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 01:59:41 +0000

thats pretty funny that the government would worry about a virtual game and they are slipping in the real world.

By: Phil

Phil — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 01:40:54 +0000

I agree, hasn’t the government has it’s ass handed to it enough when trying to regulate or crack down on things like gambling, drugs and porn? They can’t even keep regular gambling under control.

I do think that secondlife however has created a great place to launder and hide money, not pay taxes etc. Even better, check out entropia universe!

By: ToddW

ToddW — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 00:46:17 +0000

Like they have nothing better to do!!!!!!!!

By: Gamez for Gamerz

Gamez for Gamerz — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 23:23:51 +0000

There is only one reason online gambling is illegal in the US and that’s because the government hates competition. Its a pathetic, aniquated law that is now affecting online advancement and development. Make it legal and monitor the companies doing it (to keep out organized crime) and there will be an explosion of development and profitability on the web (and secondlife), not to mention increased tax revenue. Remember, the web (and virtual worlds) are worldwide in scope and try as it might, the US will never be able to bend the entire world to its aniquated wishes. Might as well just adapt and be part of the party than fight it every step of the way… Look how well fighting progress has worked for the RIAA. Steadily declining sales, pissed of consumers, archaic DRM — what a mess. Now the EMI/Apple deal is about to blow away their relevance completely, unless they seriously change their stance.

By: pr0xy k1ll3r

pr0xy k1ll3r — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 22:11:16 +0000

oh! my tax dollars! *gasp*

By: Indian Videos

Indian Videos — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 22:04:25 +0000

Signs of virtual Apocalypse Now.

By: Alaska Miller

Alaska Miller — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 22:01:41 +0000

@Fuzzy House of Fun

Wow. Just. Wow.

By: Fuzzy House of Fun

Fuzzy House of Fun — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 21:41:45 +0000

The US gov’t is retarded for even bothering to make online gambling illegal. Now they have to worry about Second Life “gambling.” How pathetic this current administration is.

By: tk

tk — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 21:18:28 +0000

Well, can’t Lindens be easily converted into real dollars? So setting up a casino on US servers could be construed as Harrah’s going and setting up a casino online and using chips as their currency to be exchanged later to dollars.

I don’t think it matters, but I can see why the FBI would be interested in looking into something like this before companies that have different motives than Linden Labs starts applying this model to their own business.

By: BM

BM — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 21:17:20 +0000

Well, in a virtual world, information is still information. Think about possible crimes in terms of how purely they are “informational.” Plagiarism would be 100%.

Gambling would be purely informational, but currency is involved. Does the gambling involve Linden dollars? How wouldn’t that be online gambling?

By: kmalone

kmalone — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 20:49:18 +0000

What? The FBI doesn’t pay enough?

By: pallet jack

pallet jack — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 20:26:02 +0000

I don’t think they should be in Second life – then again if it were a real terrorist chat room or something I would be glad they were looking out .

-RB

By: Rishi

Rishi — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 20:24:37 +0000

These guys need to upgrade to Men in Black (MIB) attire .
Boxers and a suit are a lame combination for federal agents

By: StateOfBrain

StateOfBrain — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 20:16:55 +0000

They want a piece of the virtual pie too! They’re probably just looking for terrorists though…

Got to look out for the snakes in the weeds. Sneaky and slippery beasts.