Benjamin Duranske moderates a panel about virtual worlds and legal issues that arise from working in them, and Dave Elchoness (SL: Da Etchegaray), Executive Director of the Association for Virtual Worlds, brings up an important point – if a company hires a builder or scripter in Second Life, what are the legal implications in terms of minimum wage laws, pensions, and employee rights? These are questions that still need to be addressed, he says, and both companies and employees need to consider these issues.
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