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Reading Neuromancer and Idoru, the kind of things that the “police” arrested people for seemed far-fetching and unbelievable…

After doing to random surfing (following links from one page to the next and ending up on something interesting) I came across the SecondLife Police Blotter, which lists “infractions” and “crimes” that have been committed (can you commit a crime in a purely virtual world?).

Some of the following are listed:

The Second Life Police Blotter displays the 25 most recent disciplinary actions taken by the Second Life Abuse Team. The date shown reflects when the incident occurred.

Date: Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Violation: Terms of Service: Teen Accessing Main Grid
Region: LiaisonLand
Description: Teen accessing Main Grid.
Action taken: Suspended 7 days.

Date: Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Violation: Terms of Service: Gambling Solicitation
Region: Candy Land
Description: Terms of Service violation.
Action taken: Warning issued.

Date: Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Violation: Terms of Service: Gambling
Region: Rosemary
Description: Terms of Service violation.
Action taken: Warning issued.

Date: Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Violation: Community Standards: Indecency, Mature Content
Region: Matamata
Description: Broadly visible mature content.
Action taken: Warning issued.

Date: Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Violation: Community Standards: Assault, Scripted Objects
Region: Ben and Jerrys
Description: Assaulting others with scripts.
Action taken: Suspended 1 days.

Date: Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Violation: Disturbing the Peace: Parcel Encroachment
Region: Diaoyu Islands
Description: Parcel Encroachment
Action taken: Warning issued.

Date: Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Violation: Community Standards: Disturbing the Peace, Scripted Objects
Region: Help Island Public
Description: Weapons in No Weapon Area
Action taken: Suspended 1 days.

Date: Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Violation: Disturbing the Peace: Abuse of Sandbox Resources
Region: Balance
Description: Abuse of Sandboxes
Action taken: Warning issued.

Date: Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Violation: Community Standards: Broadly Offensive Content or Conduct
Region: Crimson
Description: Mature Content in PG area
Action taken: Suspended 1 days.

Date: Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Violation: Community Standards: Harassment, Verbal Abuse
Region: Coral dAlliez
Description: Verbal Abuse
Action taken: Suspended 1 days.

My favourite I have to say are a) “Teen Accessing Main Grid” (how Gibson-esque can you get?), b) “Weapons in No Weapon Area”, and c) “Assaulting others with scripts”.

If anyone is bizarre enough, you can get an XML feed of the “crimes” here.

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