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Typepad Threatens Takedown of Herald Justice League Unlimited Exposé
Will role-play superheros' copyright claims trump free speech? by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affair desk Typepad administrator Jen has given Herald a deadline of January 29th to gut our coverage of the Second Life Justice League Unlimited's wiki, citing a Typepad Terms of Service violation for "displaying copyrighted text and images without permission". The Herald has [...]
Full StoryOpenSim Regions Predicted to Overtake Second Life in 2011
OpenSim growth rates shame Linden Lab by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Citing an annualized OpenSim growth rate of 177%, Maria Korolov predicts the OpenSim grids will overtake Second Life in early 2011 in an article in Hypergrid Business. Ms. Korolov made her prediction after comparing the 29% increase in OpenSim regions between September and [...]
Full StoryOp/Ed: Facebook, IslandLife, Second Life, Lively, Metaplace – Why Worlds Fail
by Jessica Holyoke As previously reported, IslandLife, which looks a lot like Metaplace, has opened on Facebook. Metaplace is a virtual world that closed at the end of 2009. Metaplace looked a lot like Google's Lively, which also closed. What does IslandLife in Facebook and the failure of Lively and Metaplace mean? Consider one world that hasn't [...]
Full StoryPlexus Linden Gives Second Life Superman Copyright Dance Lessons?
Cozy, classified relationship and implausible deniability by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Did Plexus Linden encourage Second Life's copyright-challenged Justice League Unlimited to tap dance around potential IP infringement issues with a wink and a nod, while promising the JLU in-game super powers? JLU leader Kalel Venkman's vigorous pursuit of whack-a-mole takedown actions against sites [...]
Full StoryJustice League Unlimited’s BrainiacWiki Papers Coverup?
Kalel Venkman now playing whack-a-mole with file sharing sites by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk The leaked Justice League Unlimited "BrainiacWiki" papers have been yanked from 5 file sharing sites – an apparent coverup attempt by embattled JLU loyalists wielding copyright infringement claims – but it may be too late for this sort of damage [...]
Full StoryJustice League Unlimited Secret Wiki Unmasked by The Wrong Hands
Roleplay police recruit copies, distributes 1700-page wiki – JLU superhero threatens DMCA, legal action by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk The Justice League Unlimited's secret Brainiac wiki used to track suspected griefers, record JLU meeting chatlogs, and plot strategies to entice the Linden game gods into banning players was published to at least 5 public [...]
Full StoryFTC Report to US Congress Finds Explicit Content in Second Life!!!
…or not so much by Sigmund Leominster Your tax dollars have been at work once again in the expert hands of a committee commissioned by Congress and handled by the Federal Trade Commission. This is the same FTC that failed to catch Bernie Madoff’s $65 billion Ponzi scheme, and the same Congress that handed out [...]
Full StorySecond Life metaLIFE Market Grows at XStreet’s Expense
by Coke Supply Ever since XStreet was taken over by Linden Lab, there has been a demand for independent sites that offer the same services due to resident fears that Linden Lab would run their site into the ground. Now that the Lab appears to be doing just that with the introduction of their new [...]
Full StoryPink Linden’s Commerce Survey Scares Merchants
Pink points out Apple takes 30% of iPhone App revenue – will LL follow suit? by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Pink Linden It is hard to blame Second Life merchants for being concerned about the virtual goods' retail landscape – the Lab has a long history of changing the rules of the game [...]
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 [...]
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