[MUD-Dev] Teaching ethics in MUDs (was Re: "An essay on d00dism and the MMORPG")

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On Thu, 22 Feb 2001, Adam Casbarian wrote:

> David Bennett wrote:
> > 
> > On Tue, 20 Feb 2001, Ananda Dawnsinger wrote:
> > 
> > > > From: "John Buehler" <johnbue at msn.com>
> > >
> > > > I've long said that we need to be able to know how old and what sex
> > > > the player behind the character is.  Particularly when the player is
> > > > under 21.
> 
> Let me pose this question:  
> 
>   If a girl gives her real life address to some guy she fell in love
>   with, they meet and she gets raped, is the mud liable to some
>   degree?  Could that mud be sued?

Yes, the mud can be sued. You can sue someone for anything you want. Will
the person win in an American court if all the MUD did was provide a
virtual meeting space for them to exchange information? No.

--matt

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