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Buying Virtual Real Estate Is Neither Easy Or Cheap

In our on going series of articles about Second Life, the enormously popular make-believe on-line universe, we come back to the question of whether one can or WHY on earth they would own virtual real estate.

Anshe Chung would probably give you a loud and clear "yes." Chung is the avatar of a Chinese-born teacher living in Germany who claims to own about a million dollars in virtual land in Second Life; land that she buys, sells, leases, and employs several people to help her manage...