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Quarter 3 Results, no QPC, but introducing TPH
by Jessica Holyoke The Lab'ts latest economic blog post by T Linden promised an in-depth look at the their quarter 2009 economy. However, the Herald's economic friend, Positive Monthly Linden Flow, was not reported. PMLF as its known, reports in-world business profits on residents who have earned more money then they have spent the previous [...]
Full StoryLab Responds to Eros and Nomine
Lab's Naked Trademarking and Copyright Preemption defenses explained by Jessica Holyoke On Friday, Linden Lab filed its response to the suit filed by Eros, LLC and Shannon Grei. Most of the responses are unsurprising as most answers admit or deny what the other side is saying. The affirmative defenses are also not that unusual except [...]
Full StoryLinden Lab’s Baitbox Nabs 50 Copyright Infringers?
Have the banned residents already returned to the grid? by Jessica Holyoke The SL community is safe again as reports that due to the heroic efforts of Soft Linden, and the alleged infringers themselves, 50 residents were banned from Second Life. The residents were all users of the Neil Life viewer. This viewer – which [...]
Full StoryOp/Ed: What Does Winning Look Like for Eros?
The real point of the class-action complaint against Linden Research by Jessica Holyoke Linden Research is due shortly to file something in response to Eros, LLC v. Linden Research. It could be an answer where the Lab states their response to the claims made by Stroker as a class representative or it could be preliminary [...]
Full StoryEros, LLC v. Linden Research: Initial observations
by Jessica Holyoke The metaverse is still buzzing with the news of SL Resident Stroker Serpentine filing a class action lawsuit against Linden Lab. After reading the complaint, a number of things pop up. As Benjamin Duranske used to warn on Virtually Blind, please remember that this is an active case and situations and facts [...]
Full StoryA Gorean Feminist’s Guide to Second Life Gor
Gor-crafters, Lifestylers, Roleplayers by Jessica Holyoke Goreans are a controversial part of the Second Life community. Based on a 27 book series collectivelycalled the Chronicles of Gor written by John Norman, residents of Second Lifetake part in activities that they call Gorean. Due to the usage of alts, it is hard to pin point how many [...]
Full StoryWhat Should I Do With My Hair?
by Jessica Holyoke One of the things I love about Second Life is the ability to substantially change my appearance by going hair shopping. In fact, an article by Jimbo Quality addressed how different people look when all they use is the standard issue avatar hair. But with the emergence of the new grids, I [...]
Full StoryL$ Economy In Summer Slump?
Q2 in-world economic results by Jessica Holyoke If you haven't noticed on the log-on screen, the Lab has released their numbers for the economy this past week. Now the Herald Stat Department is able to provide the results of the SL Economy. User to User Transactions are the big story for T Linden as it [...]
Full StoryOp/Ed: Who is Being Edged Out?
by Jessica Holyoke As Zindra edged closer to completion, one of my Feminist groups popped up saying that now was the time to remove rape from Second Life, or at least its advertisement or feature in Groups. They said now was the time to focus on how rape is a violent crime against women. The [...]
Full StoryAre Mainland IM and Chat Doomed To LL’s Naughty Word Filter?
Linden's new Community Standards include broad Adult Content powers by Jessica Holyoke Linden Lab uses the Big Six of the Community Standards as an addendum to the Terms of Service (ToS). Until now, the Big Six were Intolerance, Harrassment, Assault, Disclosure, Disturbing the Peace and Indecency. Now Indecency has been replaced by Adult Content. With [...]
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