Third Party Beneficiaries Online, Redux
May 30th, 2009
Jackson v. American Plaza Corp. (with analysis at the E-Commerce and Tech-Law Blog), has non-trivial ramifications for virtual worlds. The case holds that one Craigslist user cannot sue another for violation of Craigslist's TOU. For a while, lawyers have been discussing whether virtual world players can sue each other based on third-party beneficiary theories. If I grief you, can you sue? True virtual world junkies will recall that this question was left unsettled by the Hernandez v. IGE settlement. Jackson says no, which is a relief to both attorneys and, I would think, players.