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The article is in portuguese and is about a decision of the portuguese government to decided to launch a conflict mediation court on Second Life.

It would be interesting if our country had a spectacular justice system that worked.

It would be much better if they put the money and efforts in puting computers in all courts, giving laptops to all judges and, why not, powering the stuff with Free Software to keep it cheaper and not like they did with the great deal with the good old Microsoft Portugal.

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