[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Seconondlife - the pros and cons

[Wolfie!]

Tonks wrote:
> Hey Wolfie:
> 
> I don't really understand secondlife.  I get the part about paying 
> 10.00 a month. Is that per person or just one payments for the group?

For the group

> As to WB, as long as it were a fan site and not a for profit site it 
> would probably be OK. Mugglenet, Leaky and the Lexicon can do it 
> because they don't make a profit. So I guess it would depend on how 
> much money was involved and who payed who for what.

Yes thats true... but look at it this way JKR said there are other 
schools in ireland, the us, australia etc... we could do one of those. :)

> I don't understand the buying land and building. It sounds like real 
> life. And if this is the case, it also sounds like a rip off. 

Well, the company offers land... but this takes up space on their
hard drives, in effect you're really paying for hard drive space.

> Can you explain more, and the cost?

See the secondlife website for details, I don't know enough yet.

Wolfie!