Australians and friends of Australians in Second Life have not surprisingly rallied to support the ongoing tragedy in Victoria. There's a growing number of vendors selling goods in Second Life - a list of participating vendors is here. The picture above is one of the many examples of goods available. If you've got some spare Linden Dollars, it's another great way to show … [Read more...] about Second Life vendors: Victorian bushfire relief
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Avatar Dog T-Shirts: Victorian Bushfire fundraiser
Although there's no shortage of fundraisers going on for the ongoing bushfire tragedy in Victoria, we want to do our own little bit to help. For February and March, 100% of profits from the sales of the t-shirt range will go to the Red Cross Bushfire appeal. We've kick-started things with a donation and it'd be great to add more to the total. More than a third of our readers … [Read more...] about Avatar Dog T-Shirts: Victorian Bushfire fundraiser
2009: the year the ATO wakes up?
In recent weeks over on Terra Nova, Julian Dibbell has raised the issue again of taxation and virtual worlds. It's worth a read purely to gain some insight into the complexity of the issue. As Dibbell states, it's a lot more than the concept of taxing the sale of virtual goods, although that's likely to be the driving force of any actions by governments. On the Australian … [Read more...] about 2009: the year the ATO wakes up?
Australian classification of MMOGs
Massively's Tateru Nino has written a fascinating piece on the issue of games classification in Australia. Specifically, she's confirmed with the Federal Attorney General's Department that: "Where a sale is within the jurisdiction of the relevant State or Territory legislation," Heffernan informed us, "it is a criminal offence under those laws to sell unclassified computer … [Read more...] about Australian classification of MMOGs
Announcing: Avatar Dog t-shirts
I'm really thrilled to announce we've got some t-shirts for sale. The primary purpose of the t-shirts is to raise money for Kiva, our charity of choice. Kiva provide funds to small businesses in developing countries and to date well over 57 million dollars have been lent, with over 97% of that repaid so that it can be reinvested in other businesses. Here's how it works. Buy … [Read more...] about Announcing: Avatar Dog t-shirts