That’s not extortion, that’s advertising.

I will agree with you on one point though, the people who get upset over it are the ones who are letting him get away with it. If no one cared he couldn’t make a profit from it. With the amount of land he is holding though I doubt he is making much of a profit with tier fees involved. Still though, it’s not extortion except maybe the high price of land. Once again though, you have the right to buy or not. No one is twisting anyones arms here.

If anything you have more freedom in SL than you do in real life when it comes to things like this. You have the ability to buy the land and get rid of the signs. In real life, you can’t do that and I assure you I have seen much worse things in real life. Abortion signs/ads/picketers/vehicles with mangled fetus’s on them, war protests/ads showing nasty war wounds, the list goes on. People can even put things like that in the windows AND yard of their homes regardless of how offensive it is. It is protected freedom of expression and speech and every citizens basic right and there is nothing you can do about it like you can in SL.

The signs maybe tacky and ugly, but I tell you what… You drive down to Watt and A street over here or down to the Heights here in Sactown… You tell me a single place you find there that you find attractive or don’t bring down property value. What can you do about it? Not a damn thing. There is a cross, a huge fuckin cross in the Bhima sim on the border of that and Lebeda about 150m from telehub roadside. Can’t miss it. Controversial? Sure. Can you do anything about it even though its about 20 stories tall, blocks your view and you don’t support that particular religion, are offended, or whatever your view is? Fughedaboudit!

This is no different than those yellow ribbons you can buy for your car to support the troops or not support them.. Bumper stickers etc. You see a car for sale that says Impeach Buch all over it and its ugly in your neighborhood, what are you going to do? Have it towed? Better hope it’s parked illegally. Going to buy it? Sure it’s for sale, but you are not obligated to buy it. It’s your choice to ignore it or let it bother you. If you are too closed minded for other peoples opinions, then you need to join the republicans or become a communist. These signs are not intruding on your Second Life anymore than everyday political signs and ads that you see in your daily routine. You can choose to ignore them or not.

I wrote too much now, I’m bored with this topic already, but I will keep going if need be.

Marsellus Wallace
Round 1… I see this going further by Antje.

When you’re all done jerking each other off, can we talk about the story?

I think it is extortion. I have talked to the individual in question, and he has more or less admitted it to me.

It’s a blight, and it’s going to get worse unless LL steps up to the plate and does something about it. The problem is that LL has to determine intent.

High priced lots are possible within the game system. Putting whatever you like on your parcel, within the TOS, is possible. I am thinking LL isn’t going to do much about this, and it will just go down in the annals of SL history as another rather boring chapter.

Lastly, those of you who are allowing yourselves to get wacked-out upset over the signs are giving him what he wants. Bravo.

Marsellus Wallace

coco

- RB.

However, I think there are possible fixes for this. Just like in real life if you have a sign you have to have a permit. They check to see it wont mess with anyone near by, its not profane, etc. I know that would be next to impossible to enforce in game, maybe there should be a limit on the types of advertisements allowed. Like it must look like a billboard sign or something. Like I said, there is no way to enforce that though.

Yes Coco my name in game is Marsellus Wallace. =)

Marsellus Wallace
I’m coocoo for Coco Puffs. =P

As for this situation, I’m pretty convinced it is extortion. One popped up next to my satellite store, and you have to see them – they are, like HUGE.

I think the fact that clicking on them makes them disappear, though, is pretty cool. You can just sort of click on it regularly, and it goes away. The building itself doesn’t, though, and its an eye-sore in itself.

Doesn’t matter what your politics are; you wouldn’t want that thing around. And people have been paying to get rid of it. That = extortion.

coco