Unfortunately, Linden Labs will never make changes that help creators like this, that school of thinking is done at Linden Lab, gone with Chadrick Linden, Cory Linden and Q Linden.

The residents content doesn’t matter. This is what this lawsuit is about.

Strokers and Munch files a suit against Linden Lab. Linden Lab’s response is to pendulum-swing too much the other way and announces– early– that they plan on banning even legitimate backup of builds containing full-perm “freebie” textures. Basically (from what I understand), if you didn’t created it, it will be against-the-TOS BANNABLE offense.

Now, let’s think about this a second. Do any of us believe for one second that Linden Lab has to take such position to protect themselves legally? Full perm means full perm. Legally, unless the creator presents a specific license stating otherwise, the moment s/he releases an item full-perm, it becomes PUBLIC DOMAIN. That means we have the right– lacking statement otherwise– to do whatsoever we will with the item… including backing up a build we created using a public domain texture to our hard drive for safekeeping.

So why is Linden Lab taking this stance? It strikes me as a blatant move to turn people against Strokers and Munchflower for stirring the pot. It’s an old tactic of Linden Lab: blame the customer for the problem.

I don’t know all the ins and outs of this case, but after more than five years of dealing with Linden Lab, it’s become fairly easy to recognize their mode of operation.

I’m not impressed. I see Linden Lab pull marginally-legal (or possibly even illegal) stunts on a regular basis. Then when someone finally has the nards to stand up and say, “We’re going to do something about this”… Linden Lab’s over-reaction paints them as trouble-makers, and numerous buffoons on Second Life are gullible enough to fall for the trick?

LOL. That is just seriously gullible. Folks, if we want to blame someone for something that happens on Second Life, it might be beneficial to look first at the people in charge of the board, the ones who set the policies that cause us all so many problems.

Or have we forgotten so early the OpenSpace bait and switch con game and the fact that they had the gall to blame their customers for that one as well? 5,500+ sims had to shut down because of that blatantly profit-grabbing stunt. Premium user numbers fell, people left Second Life by the tens of thousands, and Linden Lab succeeded in putting their competition– OpenSim– on the map.

So if anyone is looking for someone to blame in regard to problems on Second Life– it might behoove to look at the ones who are running Second Life… not the customers who are paying the bills.

#3 .. why buy an item that will multiply and cost you even more each day (for the food)

#2 .. those who want a decent SL experience don’t install every new viewer that appears. The ‘latest and greatest’ isn’t called “Bleeding edge” for nothing. I can live without bouncing boobies .. give me stability, decent menuing and less lag

#1 .. yawn, no, make that double yawn. The only thing good about this one is that it shook up LL , at least a little bit. Hopefully, it’ll make them think about their policies.