Comments on: Fighting the SL Way – Copy & Resell For Free

By: Anna Gulaev

Anna Gulaev — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 13:11:43 +0000

If you want to understand the Linden position on bots and hackers you need to read Snow Crash. It’s a pretty crappy piece of fiction, but it seems to be the Linden corporate bible. Code is cool. People are only relevant according to the code they can create. Destructive code is better than no code. Your information wants to be my free information.

By: anon

anon — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 19:12:04 +0000

*Why that’s what we do best, at B.N.T.

Also, PN != Kirby animated series

By: Alyx Stoklitsky

Alyx Stoklitsky — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 11:50:00 +0000

“I am so done.”

If you’re ‘done’ why are still in SL?

“[cue awesome rock]

The Griefer,
Alyx Stoklitsky of the /b/tards
&
the Terrible Dyno-Robo-saurus:
With special guest, Andy Griffith”

Holy shit, this sounds epic.

I love you long tiem, kiddoh <3

By: DaveOner II

DaveOner II — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:20:33 +0000

Hi. I’m a fat old man who doesn’t know shit about fashion. I think I do though! I’m going to make severely generalizing comments and jack off about it later. I don’t think before I type.

By: Kiddoh

Kiddoh — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 03:29:14 +0000

“They are no different than the griefer Alyx Stoklitsky of the b/tards, whom they give a pass to.”

Proky just gave me a grand idea!

Opening Narrative: Thundering across the grid, to save the metaverse from the unlulzy mines!
Alyx searches for his father to ignite the magic boot and lead his lulzy-league to victoly over the ever-changing form of Newfags.
Afro’d warriors EXPLODE into battle!
A fist-full o’loitnin’ strikes!

Intlibber: How can I help you, King Pro-Ko-Fy?
Prokofy: I NEEDAH MONSTAH TA CLOBBAH DAT DERE STOKLITSKY!!!
Intlibber: Why that’s what we do best, at A.C.E.!
Jim: You better get it with a moneyback guarunteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

[cue awesome rock]

The Griefer,
Alyx Stoklitsky of the /b/tards
&
the Terrible Dyno-Robo-saurus:
With special guest, Andy Griffith

By: Razrcut Brooks

Razrcut Brooks — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 22:08:02 +0000

@ Cheer Girl Allen Thank you for your answer. I assumed there were set standards and I think many of us are unfamiliar with them. By the way, Robin Linden did not ask that question, it was me..Razrcut. The format of this and other TypeKey blogs are somewhat confusing as to who has posted which comment. The author appears below the posts. Anyway, thanks again.

By: DaveOner

DaveOner — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 13:01:43 +0000

“- or pretend to not.” Love it! The “fashionista blogosphere” is hilarious since most of the shit I see being put out by the SL “fashion community” is already played out in the RL fashion world. If the real designers weren’t busy making real money off their work they’d have every right to come after you tools! Get a clue!

Not to mention you can also have your browser at a higher resolution and zoom in on a texture then take a screenshot. Now you have your own texture with a different UUID!

Someone’s always going to find a way to copy simple shit. The only way around it is to make it more complicated. You’ll figure it out someday, guys! Or not…

By: DF

DF — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 11:04:04 +0000

Prok, I agree that you can do something to protect the people when it comes down to copyright theft, but really…

There is NOTHING you can do technically to prevent it.
You can do something AFTER the theft has been made, DMCA and such, but terchnically the lindens arent word salading when they say they cannot PREVENT it.

Whichever protection they add more to SL in the ways of copy/mod proptection as it is now, doesnt matter because it remains data sent trough your internet line and computer, that can ALWAYS be read out by a third party program.

So it’s not techie hacker wordsalading by Brent Linden when he says there’s no way to prevent it. Cause there isnt.

(and no I’m not techie wordsalading myself, I am a computer illiterate. But I do know a little about electronics so I’m able to tell you this much.)

By: Cai Pirinha

Cai Pirinha — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:41:15 +0000

@Cheer Girl

Whether the software that is used to create the texture has been legally acquired or not is imho not very relevant

By: Cheer Girl Allen

Cheer Girl Allen — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 07:47:50 +0000

in responce to Robin Linden “As far as texture theft, can someone explain the definition of an original texture that deserves protecting?”

1. Original Texture is Anything Created on a Legitimate Copy of Photoshop, Gimp or Paint Shop (NOT A HACKED OR CRACKED VERSION)
2. Photosourced Images such as your “GATE” or “SAND” examples are infact Original once they are Brought into any Photo editing software and Changed more then 20% from thier original State.
3. Textures for Clothing Items Created with PhotoShop, Gimp, Illustrator, or Pain shop Pro, then Uploaded are 100% original
4. Photosourced Skins, a Picture taken of a person and applied to one of your SL Templates is Original as long as U have the RL consent of the Person in the Picture.
5. Legitimate Adobe Software has the Capablity to Copywrite Images and Textures created by a person using the Lisence Purchased through adobe.com