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Second Life Reuters reported a few months ago that Volkov Catteneo is Robert Leatherwood ("Yes, I am Robert Leatherwood" Thu Mar 6, 2008)

Robert Leatherwood confirmed to Reuters over the weekend that he was indeed the owner of the Volkov Catteneo avatar.Last year, Kevin Alderman (

Linden Lab coughs up Volkov Catteneo?

Second Life shops empty, as lawsuit rages over sex toy - TECH.BLORGE.com: "Meanwhile, a visit into Second Life by Los Angeles Times journalist Alana Semuels found that many Second Life sites set up by corporations were empty.

Wagner James Au gives an excellent report on the lawsuit by Kevin Alderman, aka Stroker Serpentine, against Volkov Catteneo for copyright infringement of Alderman's SexGen Bed. GigaOM Second Life Avatar Sued for Copyright Infringement « Au notes, This would be just one IP dispute in thousands handled by US courts every day, except for two unique features: the contention is over a virtual sex bed which doesn’t exist, and the named defendant also doesn’t exist.

Breaking News: Volkov Catteneo gives interview: to Reuters: Reuters interviewed Catteneo online through his Second Life account. Catteneo said that plaintiff Alderman "the Hugh Hefner of SL" had never contacted him. Only 50 beds were sold by Catteneo, he did this "on behalf of a third party who pocketed the proceeds." Catteneo said, “I’m not some kind of noob,” Catteneo said. “My name isn’t on file. I don’t even have a permanent address either.”"

More on Volkov Catteneo指控另一名玩家侵犯了他的知识产权。　　阿尔德曼在《第二人生》中创建了一家名为“Eros LLC”的公司，主要业务是生产和销售“虚拟性爱床”。他于周二提起诉讼，指控一位在游戏中名为“沃尔科夫·卡顿尼奥”(Volkov Catteneo)的玩家侵犯了其知识产权。卡顿尼奥也在《第二人生》中销售“SexGen床”，售价为1.2万林登币(约合45.11美元)。

Maker Of Virtual Sex Toys Takes Online Dispute To Federal Court: "Alderman said Volkov Catteneo is not the only avatar who has done him wrong. 'A lot of people copy me, copy my work, copy my ideas,' he said. 'Because it's an anonymous platform where you're an avatar cartoon character, as opposed to a real-life person, people think they can operate with impunity.'