The Metaverse Republic

Vulcano is a very special sim on Second Life. Vulcano is the living example of the fact that the tragedy of the commons, given certain conditions, can be beaten. David Orban, who likes to call himself the “instigator” of the community rather than the creator, started Vulcano with the only rule of “be free”. Members […]

Or how the Metaverse Republic can co-exist peacefully with national law and virtual world terms of service whilst being fully independent from both
One of the commonest misconceptions of the Metaverse Republic project is that there is a conflict between, on the one hand, an independent system of law within a virtual world such as […]

The Italian magazine dedicated to Second Life, called “2L Italia”, has published a very well written article on what the Metaverse Republic is, and what we’re doing. You can download a PDF copy of the magazine (in Italian) by going to their website. Many thanks to Paola Pandolfini aka Papper Papp for the very appreciated […]

Back from London a few days ago, it was great! We had a chance to present the Metaverse Republic to a unique audience of professors, lawyers and community specialists, and the feedback was extremely positive. For more information about the conference overall, which was wonderfully organized and very interesting, the best source is the blog […]

Hello everybody We have been silent, but working steadily on our Constitution. We’re now examining the best way to implement a voting system in our Constitution, and the Technical Team will start working on it really soon, which is really exciting news.
But there are indeed some news: the Metaverse Republic will be presented at […]

Why did we choose to make the Metaverse Republic a common law system?
There are two kinds of legal systems in the world: common law systems, and civil law systems. In common law systems (which originated in the UK; common law countries include the UK, the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and many other parts of […]

Draxtor Despres of Life4U TV Magazine made a really good episode on Al Andalus, that is, as Michel Manen recently explained to SLNN, a community which “will be built on authentic Islamic law, legal and political principles but integrating principles of dignity, equality, democracy, participation and human rights.”
You can watch it in-world or on YouTube. […]

Will a virtual world legal system be incompatible with the elements of fantasy that are important to many users of virtual worlds?
Virtual worlds such as Second Life are used for many purposes, from simple socialising to technological experimentation, and from artistic creativity to serious commerce. One of the pervasive features of a […]

Is it really necessary to use a legal system to deal with problems in a virtual world; is it not simpler and easier simply to take mass action and, for example, boycott a dishonest trader or person who misuses land?
Although people have on occasions in the past had some success from direct action, rather than […]

After publishing the Executive Summary, and the FAQ of the Metaverse Republic project, we are now publishing the final version of the Founding Charter. There is also a printable PDF version. This final version will remain unchanged unless the Constitutional Team agrees unanimously to modify its terms, and it will be the base on which […]