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The Second Life virtual world is not free.

The above sentence is an obvious conclusion, since the Second Life belongs to Linden Lab .

But what this may mean increasing the number of inhabitants of this simulation?

Many people are betting their chips on this promising simulation. And I see that increasingly, many people are working and even making enough money in SL. Such persons are fully subject to the rules imposed by Messrs. Linden Lab are laws imposed this new world, since there was a discussion so that the rules were voted on. Is NOT a democracy. And dictators founders of the company that manages the SL are having a growing power on the virtual inhabitants and consequently on the real as well.

We know that SL is not just a job for many. In the very near future, people may be in a relationship, working, going to virtual exhibitions, cinemas, finally living in this new world as in the real world. And who makes the rules? There are virtual inhabitants, as might be the fairest.

Where can this stop? We are seeing an emergence of a great power that can lead to a point where the authorities have to intervene more effectively. And at that moment, we have a clash between the real world and virtual world.

Can you imagine if the real world decide to shut down the virtual world? There will be hundreds of unemployed virtual / real?

My impression is that the SL should never be turned off, and this means that the natural tendency is the steady increase in the power of their creators.

So I get to important questions: Is it really good to invest in a world where only ONE company actually makes the rules? Will some virtual world more democratic?