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Taxing Second Life?
Taxing Second Life?
Last Modified: 20 Oct 2006
By:
Benjamin Cohen
Are Second Life's users attracting tax collectors?
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It has population of over one million, with thousands of businesses and even its own currency. It's residents can fly and give themselves perfect bodies.
This parallel universe is called Second Life - the latest internet phenomenon.
Big corporations like Nike and Amazon are rushing to enter the game, and some players are making thousands of REAL dollars.
Our technology correspondent Benjamin Cohen - and his digital alter-ego - have been exploring this strange world.
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