The Meshverse Journal

Synopisis: A fair amount of the money goes to settle copyright infringment suits.
Dave Winer’s take on Mark Cuban’s post on the Google-YouTube deal
This thread of discussion misses the point - a new paradigm is being born and Google is positioning to become a major petri dish for it. YouTube is the other shoe dropping as [...]

There is now official confirmation of  the rumored sticker shock event. Some people are concerned about the “insider” leaks, but I think that’s a minor wrinkle that will work itself out over time. This is also probably a good thing as it will drive the economy to focus more and more on real(heh) value propositions.

One night, while Lipsky, who runs a nonprofit arts group, watched TV with his wife, an avatar art guide named Nata Clutterbuck sold a drawing he’d imported to Second Life. At a recent event in Filthy’s Warehouse, he sold $275 worth of virtual drawings and a real drawing for $325.
“I’m bringing my real art to [...]