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This Week in Backspin: Big Brother Gets Virtual

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Oct 30, 20061 min

In Backspin this week I discuss how some very misguided politicians want to tax the earnings and assets of folks playing Massively-Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games (MMORPGs) such as “Second Life” and “EverQuest. This is not just a bad idea, it is a crazy idea!

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Mark Gibbs is an author, journalist, and man of mystery. His writing for Network World is widely considered to be vastly underpaid. For more than 30 years, Gibbs has consulted, lectured, and authored numerous articles and books about networking, information technology, and the social and political issues surrounding them. His complete bio can be found at http://gibbs.com/mgbio

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