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Damping Identities

The distance between the advertising for a service and the hosting or epicenter of that service, particularly beneficial for services which fall into legal grey areas - like online betting in the US - there have recently been a number of arrests related to online gambling sites. Given the myriad of ways in which we are 'present' - anything from actual physical presence, online avatars, phone numbers or web sites, how can authorities arrest or shut down our multiple identities? Legally binding arrest warrants (and bounties) for second life avatars?

Writing from Venice | September 24, 2006 | Permalink