> Ugh.. where to start?
>"...created by Linden Research"
>-Linden Lab, not research, or labs.

Here's a good place to start:

http://secondlife.com/corporate/trademark/press.php

"Note to editors: Second Life® and Linden Lab® are registered trademarks of Linden Research, Inc."

>It seems this article was mostly canibalized from >6 month to year old sources of other news. >Instead of reporting crap that's been recycled so >much through the media, why don't you go in and >experience Second Life yourself? Find something >newsworthy to report, and report it.

This is a fair point, though not very nicely put. This story was written for a print magazine (CSO) several months ago. When they publish their copy, it gets put into the IDG database and then published on our sites. It wasn't intended to be a news story, although I'm pretty sure that a lot of people probably don't have know Second Life like you do.

By the way, if you have some tips on something that *would* make a newsworthy story, I'm interested. Drop me an email.