Archive for 'Legal Issues'
Discussion of Alphaville Herald being censored on Sims Online Stratics Message Boards?
Rumor has it that the Sims Online message boards run by Stratics had an interesting thread discussing the termination of Urizenus, but that it was wiped from the boards on the grounds that it constituted a “protest movement” or some such thing. We are looking to confirm this development. If you saw that discussion thread [...]
Full StoryMaxis Suspends additional accounts related to Alphaville Herald
In this Rapidly Breaking story, it appears that EA/Maxis is attempting to pursue its vendetta against the Alphaville Herald by banning additional sims from the game. Now the account associated with Doctor Legion has either been suspended or terminated. Doctor Legion has received no official statement of suspension from maxis, much less a justification of [...]
Full StoryEA/Maxis Permanently terminates Urizenus Account
EA has permanently terminated my Urizenus account, 11 hours after issuing a 72 hour warning/suspension. In the termination letter (below) EA falsely claims that I have “continue to list alphvilleherald.com” in my profiles. In fact I immediately removed all references to the Alphaville Herald from my user bio. One presumes that this action is in [...]
Full StoryMaxis Harassment of Alphaville Herald Continues: Urizenus Suspended
In This breaking News, The Publisher of the Alphaville Herald, Urizenus, has been suspended for 72 hours for providing a link to The Alphaville Herald in his property description. Specifically, the offending statement in his property description was this: “Our newspaper/blog is online at alphavilleherald.com” (see letter from EA Player Relations below)This is the latest [...]
Full StoryMAXIS is deleting in game references to Alphaville Herald
According to the sim Doctor Legion, Maxis has deleted references to The Alphaville Herald in her bio. Doctor Legion reports that the contents of her bio were simply “Read the Alphaville Herald, alphavilleherald.com”. This message has been replaced by Maxis with the message “REMOVED BY MAXIS”. No explanation has been given to Doctor Legion. Tomorrow [...]
Full StoryMaxis Targetting Whistle-blowers?
As reported in the previous post, Maxis finally revisited my IM messaging with a sim that claimed to have beaten his 8 yr old sister and hospitalized her . After repeated complaints to EA, Maxis *finally* notified law enforcement authorities. But within hours of being notified of this positive development, I received the following notice [...]
Full Story“Challenge Everything?”: Third-Party Harm and Online Gaming
Lately, I’ve been losing more sleep than usual. I started playing TSO in Alphaville. I had wanted to further explore some legal issues in the course of my graduate studies. My first exposure to Alphaville was light-hearted, fun, and it struck me as a seemingly benign little place. Then something freaked me out. Another player, [...]
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