Strokerz Toyz/Eros LLC Takes Linden Lab to Court in Class Action Lawsuit!!!
by slherald on 15/09/09 at 8:43 pm
Lawsuit seeks injunction against Linden Research to prevent intellectual property rights infringement in Second Life
by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk
Shannon Grei and Kevin Aldermann's Eros LLC have filed a complaint in US District Court in Northern California against Linden Reseach alleging "Linden Lab, with knowing and conscious intent to do so, profits in multiple ways and at multiple stages from the illegal conduct" and asks for an injunction to halt the activity. Eros LLC markets a line of sex animations for the virtual world of Second Life, and has built a successful business – but the accumulated frustrations with the weak enforcement of intellectual property rights on the part of Linden Lab seem to have reached the breaking point.
When the Herald contacted Stroker Serpentine for comment, Mr. Serpentine (Kevin Aldermann in real life) said, "This is not about financialgain. Seldom do class actions result in substantial class settlements.This is about a pattern of ambivelence over six years. We wantfundamental change in the regard to the very content and creators thatmade SL what it is today."
The complaint begins:
The illegal conduct alleged includes
Grei by reproducing and displaying her copyrighted works within Second Life, and by materially contributing to and supervising the infringing conduct of others within Second Life."
We will have much more on this breaking story once we finished reading the complaint – if Stroker is as successful with this legal action as he has been with legal actions in the past, the Lindens may have their hands full.
Jumpman Lane
Mar 15th, 2010
@bubble We feel there’s no such thing as over-exposure. we welcome the opportunity to meet these threats of frivilous lawsuits in a court of law, where we may have these matters properly adjudicated by actual legal minds.
we origionally supported stroker in his suit against LL for all of a 5 minutes, till we realized we had much provable insights into the case and activities of one stroker serpentine.
being sued wouldn’t be the worst thing in the world. Stroker’s attempts here are to use the defamation laws to chill our first amendment rights of free speech and as the press.
we’re a press organ. we published TRUE (and proveable) stories.
Humpboy Lane’s charactorization as an age play sex toy depends upon the standard LL established for identifing such things, not necessarily the objects removal from xstreet.
overall we feel confident of our position. we will meet these charges face on.
@stroker
hehehehe we recognize that asking for a puclic retaction is prelude to such legal action. But, if you want a serious public retraction you better get to enumerating exactly what you consider defaming. emailing me screen shots of your abuse reports to Linden labs, Stories by the Aphaville Herald NOT AUTHORED BY ME etc, etc are not a good faith request for a retraction.
furthur
these are things we have evidene for and/or believe are completely definsible at this time
1. Corsi Mousehold’s and Briggi Bard’s content is being used by you in objects you were selling at the time of our reportage against their will and wishes. If you can produce any evidece that you have the right to Mousehold’s anims or Bard’s scripts OF COURSE we will retract the statment (in a big giant slut mag article, bet that, just as we retracted and corrected the statments that Bard coined the name SexGen which wefound wasnt true when we interviwed her).
barring that we offer no retraction of that at this time
2. Humpboy Lame fits LL’s critera for identifying age-play. Specifically with respect to size of your avi in photographs sodomizing it and the use of the word’s ‘boy’ and ‘boy toy’ in the ad copy. Perhaps if you could have some representative of Linden Lab to officially contact me stating that HumpBoy Lame in no way meets their standard of an age play object. We will retract it. Otherwise we feel the statements Humpboy Lame is an age play sex toy crreated by Stroker Serpentine. We stand by it.
eye rolling
Mar 15th, 2010
pornography in any form is “disturbing”. The adult industry poisons society in both R life and S Life.
The two above (Jumpman and Strokerz) is a perfect example of the type of mentalities of the people who work in this industry.
L Labs should ban the whole lot of them from S Life before its reputation is completely destroyed. Adult Content belongs in one place, the dumpster out back along with the people involved with it.
Jumpman Lane
Mar 15th, 2010
@second life garner The man behind the avi Jumpman Lane has been linked to far worse than slut magazine. hehehehe.
you’ll see when he sues me. Jumpy aint a innanet tuff guy! Jumpy a thug! striaght up menace to society. why you scared to go outside at night!
Muziekfreak1980 miles
Mar 15th, 2010
@Eyrolling
Look that you hate nice pair of tits and nice shaven pussy after a good steak. Do not blame that on the rest of the world..
What A BS you put out man, The adult industry in sl is something that BOTH RL AND SL SELLS LIKE oreos in the 7eleven. Why put a stop to that? Because you read a story of two “powerfull” men that bitch about there so called (virtual) rights..
Common get over it, Sl is allready dying, do you actually believe that the 10thousands of members it has are all valid?
The do not condone me to traffic, but in the meantime the boost there own numbers by letting the pathetic ppl create alts “because the need it, the need to hide for some punkass ex”
Do those ppl even know how stupid that sounds!! LL sucks on more thing i do agree so far this is one of the many things that bugs me.
But lets see what happens here because jumpman is more and more talking like a child atm (provoking like one sorry)
And Stroker, keeps on being a stuckup by almost preaching entire essays about how it is and should be.
Again reminder, you both signed up to a TOS that is in effect. Nobody forces you to read blogs,or come onto sites, or logging to sl, or even to become a member of it.
You all did that yourself, now i do wonder because LL is not stupid either. Plus i agree with the above comment here WELL PUT!!! Page back. about why Stroker even reacts, this can work all against you by keep on reacting.
Not to mention it is not proffi…
But heeij im used to this bs now so please do continue…:))
eye rolling
Mar 15th, 2010
“The two above (Jumpman and Strokerz) is a perfect example of the type of mentalities of the people who work in this industry.”
Point made.
“Jumpy a thug! striaght up menace to society. why you scared to go outside at night!”
Coke Supply
Mar 15th, 2010
@ Edna,
You make a good point, but sometime in the future, probably within 10 years, you won’t be able to tell the difference between the two o.0
Coke Supply
Mar 15th, 2010
@ eye rolling
Your position on porn disturbs me – as much as you find it distasteful, why not adopt a “live and let live” attitude? I might not approve of the things that YOU do, but I would not suggest that you belong in a dumpster because of it. I’m glad you aren’t a politician, you little Nazi !!!!
Senban Babii
Mar 15th, 2010
I call Godwin’s Law 8D
Casual Observer
Mar 15th, 2010
The two above (Jumpman and Strokerz) is a perfect example of the type of mentalities of the people who work in this industry.
Point made”
What point have you made?
Do you know anyone in the pron industry? Can you give other examples of similar mentalities of people in the poirn industry?
What do *you* know about anything in that industry? and why, if you hate the industry so much?
I personally dont think that either of these two are representative of people in the porn industry, in any way shape or form. Im saying that, knowing a good number of people in that line of work.
And if you can be seen as an example of someone who is not in the porn industry, I’d say, put everyone who likes it PG in that dumpster outside, because nobody likes a prick who think he can tell others what they should or shouldnt do.
Im glad that’s not the case however, people like you are a very vocal and annoying, but small part of the community.
Jumpman Lane
Mar 15th, 2010
@coke here here! mt take too
RLV User
Mar 15th, 2010
Umm if the Lindens are going to make us use just the new 2.0 viewer now because of this lawsuit, who is going to pay the people back who have invested money in RLV products? Are you strokerz? Maybe everyone affected by strokerz lawsuit should sue him for lost money and other damages,Or are you claiming ownership of that too? Leave it to one azzhole to ruin it for the rest.
Robert
Mar 15th, 2010
agreed Coke Supply….god I tire of moral conservatives…@ eye rolling you dont like SL sex…dont look at it or be a part of it…what are you even doing commenting here…and btw I am sure there are lots of things in your life that people could be critical about, but we choose not to get involved…you dont like internet porn…fine, dont watch it, but dont try to ruin everybody else’s fun…imo, the most destructive thing in our current climate is self righteous moral conservatives who want to dictate how all others should live…they make me just as sick as porn apparently makes them….the difference is that I dont feel I have the right to tell them what to do, but they feel they have the right to tell me…well I say screw off, and mind your own business….thats you eyerolling.