Court judgments could leave Second Lifers with nothing to wear (Image: Ipyx/Rex Features)
WHILE global economies have endured a torrid time of late, business is booming in the virtual economies of Second Life, Facebook and Everquest. As the economic boundaries between virtual and real worlds continue to blur, the supposedly liberated virtual worlds are now running up against some very real-world legal problems.
Financial analyst Piper Jaffray estimates that US citizens will spend in 2009 in virtual worlds; estimates of the Asian market are even larger. Research firm Plus Eight Star puts spending at in…
