This is an amazing day for virtual worlds legally. First the Bragg vs. Linden order basically cutting down Linden’s ToS. Now we have a class action suit brought by a player of WoW against IGE for encourging gold-farming. You can find the order here, helpfully posted on Terranova: http://terranova.blogs.com/ige-classaction.pdf

The claim is that IGE encourages actions that substantially impair the enjoyment of the plaintiffs. Scanning this, it reads like someone bitching on a forum, not a serious lawsuit, but I’m not a lawyer. It’s not nearly as interesting as the Bragg vs. Linden order but it’s still a fun read.

Makes me wonder if the plaintiff planned to sue before Affinity Media sold IGE a little while ago. Raph has comments on this as well.