Virtual rabbits 'culled' in Second Life
Found on BBC News on Monday, 22 May 2017
Added to Second Life in 2010, Ozimals bunnies were collectible pets that players could breed.
Some owners had secured an "everlasting timepiece", giving their pets eternal life but preventing them from breeding. But the remaining rabbits entered "permanent hibernation" on Saturday.
On Tuesday, Eldritch said he had received a cease-and-desist letter, demanding he "cease all use of Ozimals intellectual property" from a company claiming to have designed the rabbits' "visual assets".
So much for "everlasting timepiece". It lasts only as long as some unknown company likes it.