Earlier today, Reuters reported about a pending Real Life lawsuit regarding property rights in Second Life.

Summary of the case:

“Second Life firm Eros, run by Kevin Alderman (Second Life: Stroker Serpentine) sued resident Volkov Catteneo in July, charging he illicitly sold copies of Eros’ “SexGen” bed. As part of the lawsuit, Eros subpoenaed PayPal and Linden Lab in an attempt to discover Catteneo’s real-world identity” (Reuters).

Linden labs and Paypal have both been subpoenaed, but Paypal, as of today, has complied. Linden labs has yet to supply any information.

The subpoena will result in Linden lab handing over, as Reuters writes, ” ‘the entirety of identifying information’ the company has on the avatar, including Catteneo’s Internet protocol addresses and chat histories.”

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