Yes, there are multiple issues with this.
First, virtual worlds are so new that there are practically no specific real-life laws covering them. If you wanted to convict whoever is behind Priscilla, you'd have to apply laws created for conventional Web services, and they may or may not apply to non-commercial services.
Second, since Otterland is non-commercial, courts may judge that the economic damage can be neglected. But even if Priscilla managed to disrupt the service of a commercial business sim, the economic damage wouldn't be that high.
Third, before you can convict Priscilla, you have to find her real-life location. Priscilla may be an Italian (= Jack Marioline?) who sometimes speaks Portuguese for the lulz. But Priscilla may just as well sit in Portugal or Brazil and use a VPN that exits in Turin.
Fourth, the instance that law meets OpenSim, all hell will likely break loose. If you try to get the authorities to go after griefers, these authorities will first need to know what OpenSim is and what's going on inside the Hypergrid. And then they'll discover that some 99% of all content on the Hypergrid aren't "free as in freedom" but "free as in pirated MS Office and pirated Photoshop". Chances are that what all of you have been so very certain won't happen for the last seven or eight years WILL happen. That the law will turn against copybotting and theft of protected commercial IP from Second Life, sided by Linden Labs and content creators. And if you're lucky, Linden Labs will only have grid owners delete all illegal content and not force them to shut grids as big as OSgrid down for good right away. That is, if it's possible to track down on Priscilla Kleenex in real life, it'll be a breeze to track down content thieves.
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