A prime example is the above where he laughs when he says he’s anti-French, but don’t you dare be anti-American. Not that I’m French, I’m British but live in France, as he’d find out if he did any modicum of research, but as a pretend journalist obviously he can’t.

But I’m seeing why this guy is picking on me in multiple reports in this rag. I wasn’t the first to tell him it was a copyright violation. But I did show him he was wrong on every point, and even showed him the law. Furthermore, the RL lawyer on the thread said exactly the same thing. So I guess he doesn’t like getting beaten by a girl. And when he was shown to be wrong by several people, very politely, he then got insulting and accused everybody else of making snide remarks. How childish and pathetic then to continue this. How old are you? One day you’ll grow up and be man enough to admit when you are wrong.

You may not like the law, but you are still breaking it, and when countless people politely pointed it out, YOU got all whiny and petty. Including libelling me by accusing me of ripping off photographs that are my own work. It’s very easy. Read LL’s ToS. Read Title 17 of the US Code, and read the DMCA. Then you’ll know what the law is, what rights you have, and end of story. Any other interpretation is frankly wrong.

You can read the thread here and make your own minds up about behaviour:

http://uncensored.slexchange.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=37733

Oh, and the result? The OP decided to pull her gadget from display.

If this is an exploit someone should tell this guy about browser cookies…. oooooo hes gonna be pissed!

Tolerance Purchases Freedom, But its a good bargain. Because Freedom, Is Priceless.

I have a few different varieties of the script at my store…some are framed and some are projectors similar to what Debbie and her pals created. The reality of the matter is that the only way that I benefit in any way from displaying the profile pic of an individual is when that individual purchases the product (I call them ‘Magic Mirrors’). So, if someone gets mad and doesn’t buy it, they technically negate the effect of me benefitting in any way from showing their particular profile picture to them. When they leave, the mirror reverts to default and is ready for the next person to arrive so that it can show their picture to them. Not a big deal.

Is it a violation of copyright law or Linden TOS, I really don’t think so. I imagine the judge in a court case saying “OK, let me get this straight…you are suing so and so because they temporarily displayed the picture that you chose to make publicly viewable? And this is all happening in a computer video game? Next please!”

There has been quite a bit of flap around this issue on a couple of different forums. But I think it is just a matter of people getting used to seeing this kind of thing around SL so that they are not shocked or surprised when they TP somewhere and see their pic staring at them. This is a product that, initially at least, invokes an emotional response. But just because someone felt an emotion upon seeing it doesn’t make it a violation of some international law.

Bottom line…it is a wonderful product. It’s just another way to show off the wonderful variety of photos that SL residents have chosen to show to the world as a representation of who they are. The ultimate purpose of a profile picture is for it to be seen, is it not? I can’t imagine that when Linden Lab made SL open source for people to have the opportunity to create new ways of viewing and using SL content that they believed that the profile information should be excluded from this concept of open source. With all the possibilities that open source creates…why should the profile picture only be viewable via the original methods that Linden devised? Doesn’t make sense.

Anyway, thanks to the Herald for the article…and thanks to Adromor, and the other brave souls who have defended these scripts against the legal clerks/debate team captains who want to blow this issue way out of proportion.

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But this is a non-issue

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The script I posted on LLab Forums & LSL Wiki was intended as example code for other scripters & for me to pass a few hours on a cold, miserable UK Sunday morning. It was never originally intended as a polished and completed product.

It has evolved somewhat over the last few months and provides good examples of using a number of important LSL techniques and functions. At some point I’ll also implement a permissions system, just because it has become a kind of pet project of mine.

As a matter of interest and FWIW, I have always made the code available as Open Source and have not myself financially benefited from it, nor sold it.

I do, however, encourage others to use the script creatively, innovatively and to enjoy it. And sell it even, if people are prepared to pay for it.

Don’t feel bad, everyone makes that mistake… once. Must be that dotted line or something.

@ Pierce, It’s only a TOS violation if it is without permission. The script listed on the LSLWiki asks permission, the two listed in this article are for groups you belong to and for tip photos, ie: your employees, who would no doubt give permission.

Debbie’s projector though is one that does not ask permission but picks random people from a llSensor() sweep, that is certainly against TOS; but she gives it away free in source code form not on SLX, so that argument is moot.

Folks can whine and cry, curse and call names at this if they like or at those who choose to follow such actions, However, such histrionics won’t negate the facts.

- Pierce Kronos

I would be grateful if this could be corrected.

Many thanks