Virtual World: Virtual Law

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By nightfire

Virtual Business: Virtual Court

Virtual Business, Copyright and Virtual Court?


The development and establishment of legal remedies that govern real life legal breaches committed in virtual space need to be addressed as soon as possible.
One can't help the feeling that there is a place for both international and domestic court presence for hearings to take place in virtual space.
I mean. It's the only logical way of dealing with issues that cross international boundaries. To expect a plaintiff to track down a person against whom they have a complaint, to lodge appropriate papers, to even try to discover which country writs should be served is both prohibitively expensive and given the nature and location of the crime, patently absurd. There needs to be a governance system in place to lodge and conduct hearings in virtual space.
It has been discussed and explored endlessly by the legal profession. Law students have also examined the issues involved and there are few that would not have been identified by now.







Supreme Court of the UNited States on NY Law School's Democracy Island
Supreme Court of the UNited States on NY Law School's Democracy Island

So now is the time to resolve. To work through the issues and obstacles and to come up with workable models.

Perhaps a start is to look at secure servers to ensure ownership of confidential information.  o get some 'behind the firewall' solutions.'

I would welcome some positive thoughts on this.. not the usual 'can't do because of xyz'....

but let's try something different...a can do approach...


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