REVOLUTION OF LAW THROUGH SECOND LIFE

Second Life and Law Sanctions

There are several laws in place aimed at protecting people from cyber crime. Some of them were not designed specifically for cyber crime, as this is a new crime “arena”, but they evolve as the need arises and technology changes.

Second Life has contributed to the growth of pedophiles online and rapist maniac to track down their victims from the virtual world to the real world.Statistic has proven that Second Life activities has contributed to sexual related crimes such as rape,child abuse,sexual assault,child rape and also increase in kidnapping. 

Have you ever wondered about the possibility of a cyber legal system to regulate the virtual world activities?Second life has come up with pressing need to have a strict law to regulate the criminal activities in the virtual world as many of the activities taking place in the virtual world contribute to the crimes in the real world.

As time goes by,there is possibility for a separate legal system in the virtual world in times where the community relies on survival in the virtual world.Few decades to come might see the revolutionary phenomenon which is extremely taboo but not impossible.

A SHORT DOCUMENTARY ON SECOND LIFE

                         

 Projects like Harvard’s in-world mock trial of a real dispute about Second Life property and also conferences are conducted simultaneously in Second Life and the real world

Enough attorneys and law firms have offices in Second Life that they have established a SL Bar Association, which recently offered a speaker series in Second Life that was approved for credit by the State Bar of California.

Thus the era of Second Life is going through a new dimension.Even few firms are operating in Second Life where lawyers litigate disputes and also conduct mock trials.Regulation need to enhanced to protect the society from the aftermath of Second Life as it could be disastrous.

This is very intriguing as the area of cyber law might undergo tremendous revolution and there is chances for a separate cyber legal system to regulate the activities in the virtual world.Thus the legal  system is continuously developing and compulsory cyber legal system might bring a revolutionary changes to the world.

The practicality of a separate cyber legal system is very ambiguous and might take decades to function as full entity that governs the virtual world.The cyber legal system might work parallel with the current legal system in the real world to detect criminal activities and to safeguard the community.


"Be conservative in what you do, be liberal in what you accept from others." Jon Postel. (IETF) IETF networking protocol design maxim
posted by Thressna Vaani a/p Chandrasegaran