Virtually Blind | Virtual Law :
First Congressional Hearing on Virtual Worlds Underway; Linden Lab CEO Rosedale Testifying
Author :
Benjamin Duranske
Posted :
April 01 2008 15:35:11
The first Congressional hearing specifically focused on virtual worlds is underway in Washington. Linden Lab CEO Philip Rosedale is testifying, along with representatives of IBM, TechSoup, and the New Media Consortium.
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Fleep's Deep Thoughts :
Unedited notes from Congressional Subcomittee hearing on Virtual Worlds
Author :
Fleep
Posted :
April 01 2008 16:27:26
TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 2008
Online Virtual Worlds: Applications and Avatars in a User-Generated Medium
Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet Hearing
9:30 a.m. in room 2123 Rayburn House Office Building
Witness List
Larry Johnson (SL: Larry Pixel) of the New Media Consortium’s statement: Mr. Pixel Goes to Washington
Unedited notes (also un-spellchecked!):
Stearns, FL
- Will be highly regulated, highly competitive [...]
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The Click Heard Round the World :
Pics from virtual viewing of Congressional Hearing on virtual worlds today
Author :
rikomatic
Posted :
April 01 2008 16:36:17
Interesting hearing on virtual worlds this morning in the US Congress, chaired by internet defender Rep. Ed Markey. I got to watch the hearings from a virtual "Rayburn" conference room with a bunch of press folks and Lindens.
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Feeding change :
Congress hearing on virtual worlds
Author :
liam
Posted :
April 01 2008 17:07:50
Thanks [yet again!] to my twitter network, I learned about the Subcommittee meeting of the US Congress, Online Virtual Worlds: Applications and Avatars in a User-Generated Medium, just as it was kicking off. I managed to catch all the good and the bad. And so did some other bloggers.
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Around the Grid with Harper :
Congressional Testimony Goes Off Smoothly
Author :
Harper
Posted :
April 01 2008 17:10:39
April 1, 2008; 8:09 a.m. SLT
The Internet Subcommittee just finished their hearing, as reported yesterday in New World Notes and this blog. Testimony was pretty much peaceful and with little or no confrontation; the main concerns have been in-world fraud, the terrorism question, and if teens can be kept in teen-oriented areas and adults in adult areas. For those worried about tax legislation, almost no mention was made of the money exchanged in Second Life; some note was made of revenues, but not a word about taxes was said.
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NMC Campus Observer :
Congress and Virtual Worlds
Author :
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine)
Posted :
April 01 2008 17:27:22
Whew, just finished watching the 2+ hour live video stream from the Congressional testimonies on Virtual Worlds. How… interesting are some of the interests and perspectives of our leadership, but it is re-assuring to know it is on their radar. For more info, see Mr Pixel Goes to Washington…
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Economics of Virtual Worlds :
Congressional Hearing Wrap-Up
Author :
Dan Miller
Posted :
April 01 2008 17:46:00
Just a quick follow-up on the Congressional hearing today on virtual worlds (see yesterday’s post for additional details). Overall, I thought it was a good hearing. Members of the Committee asked intelligent and pertinent questions, and the witnesses did a fine job in their testimony. Members in attendance seemed to have a good familiarity with Second Life and an understanding of the potential
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Not Possible IRL :
Mr. Pixel goes to Washington
Author :
Bettina Tizzy
Posted :
April 01 2008 17:50:00
Our own
Larry Pixel (aka Larry Johnson, PhD), CEO of the New Media Consortium (NMC), testified today, along with
Philip Linden (aka Philip Rosedale) - soon to step down as CEO to become Chairman of the Board of Second Life's Linden Lab - before Congress and its Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet. The topic: "Online Virtual Worlds: Applications and Avatars in a User-Generated Medium.” You can read what Larry had to say
here.
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Terra Nova :
U.S. Congressional Hearing on Virtual Worlds
Author :
Greg L
Posted :
April 01 2008 19:15:38
It's April 1st, but this is legit.
It's a hearing of the Energy and Commerce subcommittee. See this witness list and there's an MP3 of the proceedings now that can be found here. I'll refrain from comments until I've listened to this, but the opening comments were, to say the least, interesting.
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New World Notes :
New World Newsfeed: US Congress Talks To The Metaverse
Author :
SLHamlet
Posted :
April 01 2008 19:38:13
Recent dispatches from the outside world... Congress Holds First Hearing on Virtual Worlds; Linden Lab CEO Philip Rosedale Testifies | Virtually Blind For those who missed the live video stream from Washington D.C. this morning, Virtually Blind has a great...
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