"Earth 2 is a Scam!" "Earth 2 is a Pyramid Scheme!" "No, it's a Ponzi Scheme!"
The Internet believes a lot of things about virtual land sales program/Ready Player One wannabe/Crypto Stock Market (?), Earth 2, but what really holds water?
Is the whole thing a scam? A Pyramid scheme? Worse?
Or is it just a product/service to avoid because of some of the worst terms of service we've yet read?
You can't move on to the sequel until you've mastered the original…in Virtual Legality.
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CHAPTERS 00:00 Introduction 02:25 What is Earth 2? 08:26 Pyramids and Ponzi Schemes 14:23 A Look at Securities Law 21:27 Some Pretty Bad Terms and Conditions 35:22 Crypto Conversions and Bitconnect 39:52 Unlimited Exposure 43:35 Securities Terms 50:00 Conclusion
Discussed in this episode:
Earth 2 Webpage(s) https://earth2.io/ https://earth2.io/about https://earth2.io/earth-2-benefits https://app.earth2.io/#leaderboards https://earth2.io/terms
"Pyramid Schemes" FTC Website (Speech given in 1998) https://www.ftc.gov/public-statements/1998/05/pyramid-schemes
"Accessing the U.S. Capital Markets — A Brief Overview for Foreign Private Issuers" SEC Webpage https://www.sec.gov/divisions/corpfin/internatl/foreign-private-issuers-overview.shtml
"Definitions; promotion of efficiency, competition, and capital formation" 15 USC 77b https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/77b
SEC v. Howey Co. 328 US 293 (US Supreme Court) (1946) https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/328/293/#301
"SEC sues five BitConnect promoters over $2-billion scheme" Los Angeles Times - May 28, 2021 https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2021-05-28/sec-sues-cryptocurrency-bitconnect-promoters-over-2-billion-scheme
"Bitconnect, which has been accused of running a Ponzi scheme, shuts down" TechCrunch - January 16, 2018 https://techcrunch.com/2018/01/16/bitconnect-which-has-been-accused-of-running-a-ponzi-scheme-shuts-down/
"Bitconnect Closes Virtually Its Entire Operation, BCC Token Drops 87%" CoinTelegraph - January 17, 2018 https://studio.youtube.com/video/6MhkvF_vGFE/edit?o=U
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