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Business as usual during alterations9/11/2023 ![]() Could these businesses survive? Could any business that provided goods survive?Ī SecondLife business that designs and sells virtual objects faces the same challenge. There would be no waiting at the ice cream parlor, even on the hottest summer night. Lambourghini would have trouble selling cars. Needless to say, this would cause Big Trouble in the real-world economy. When you get down to the last cup in the freezer, just copy it again. Like the lime sorbet at the local ice cream parlor? Buy a cup, take it home, and fill your freezer with copies. Want a new Lambourghini sportscar? Just find one in a parking lot and copy it. Point this CopyGadget at any real-world object, push a button, and you get a perfect copy of that object. To understand the possible impact of CopyBot, imagine such a thing existed in real life. Most days, the SecondLife economy sees transactions worth a total of between $500,000 and $1,000,000 (real U.S. Quite a few people make their living in SecondLife, running businesses that make Linden-Dollar profits, which are then cashed in for U.S. Linden Dollars are real money – they can be traded for U.S. Objects can be sold for a currency called Linden Dollars. ![]() Residents are given a sophisticated toolset they can use to design complex objects, specifying the objects’ shape, appearance, and behavior. SecondLife has about 1.5 million residents. If you’re not familiar with virtual worlds, you might think the word “economy” is a stretch. ![]() (Here’s a Reuters story.) This raises some interesting technical issues, but I want to focus today on how it effects SecondLife’s economy. Somebody in SecondLife, a popular multiplayer virtual world, created a gadget called the CopyBot, which can make a perfect copy of any object in the SecondLife world. The approved plans, drawings and specifications should be attached to the licence.Here’s one from the It-Was-Only-a-Matter-of-Time file. ![]() The licence will usually include provisions as to how the tenant will carry out the works, timescale, reinstatement and (to the extent applicable) compliance with the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015. the erection of demountable partitioning or signage), the landlord may decide to use a simpler “letter licence” instead of a formal deed. The Licence to Alter (or Licence for Alterations) will then be prepared by the landlord or its solicitor. If the landlord or tenant is represented by a solicitor and/or surveyor, it is usual for Heads of Terms to be prepared, setting out the main terms of the Licence to Alter. Usually the landlord will give consent “in principle”, subject to a formal Licence to Alter being drawn up to document the landlord’s consent. The Code for Leasing Business Premises in England and Wales 2007, a voluntary code of practice for landlords, suggests that landlords should make decisions on consents for alterations within 15 working days of receiving full information. ![]() This duty only arises once the Landlord has received full information about the proposed alterations, hence the need to ensure that all relevant information is included with the tenant’s initial application. The landlord must therefore deal promptly with the tenant’s request for consent and must either agree that consent will be given or give reasonable grounds for refusing consent. Often the lease will impose on the landlord a duty “not to unreasonably withhold or delay consent”. The tenant should provide plans, drawings, a written specification (if one has been prepared) and (if relevant) details of any correspondence with or approvals received from the local planning authority or other third parties. The application should be as detailed as possible, to avoid the landlord having to request further information. Once a tenant has established that the landlord’s consent is required for the tenant’s proposed alterations, the tenant should make a formal application for consent. ![]()
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