Comments on: Taxes Anyone?

By: Weirdharold

Weirdharold — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 12:30:45 +0000

Crissa— Governments only want to put as much money in their coffers as they can conceive ways of doing so. I don’t think it matters much to them what would be right or wrong, to them they see figures saying X amount of US dollars spent today on the Second Life web page and simply want to put out their hand.

Storm Thunders–Good question! Just like the Real world… our virtual worlds are stretched around the Earth, and it would seem unfair to try to impose any real world standards into an interaction of people who are attempting to escape the tightening coil of suppression the real world imposes upon all of us.

By: Storm Thunders

Storm Thunders — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 18:33:41 +0000

One of the side topics that interests me is whether govt regulation of virtual worlds will work out differently than the internet since VWs so far have a single company or source running them. Will they be by company location? Or server location? Or by the locale of the people involved? Do the laws of California apply to the activities inside SL?

By: Crissa

Crissa — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 17:04:15 +0000

I’m entirely unclear on what they think they need to tax or define.

A business in VR is no different than a store with gift certificates or tokens at the arcade or dollars to spend at the amusement park.