Archive for 'Media'

Ono Shelman’s Post 6 Boob Transplants – Photoshop DRAMA!

Greetings Herald Readers I try to stay out of the comments, but as this week’s Post 6 brings up an issue that seems to speak to my credibility and the credibility of Post 6 in general, I shall address it directly. Please don’t take my silence to this point as anything except a very busy [...]

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LadyDeath Rockswood the Club Manager

by Meleth Oakleaf I wandered into the familiar stone hallway of a dear friend’s club. I was again struck by the tall ceilings and strong architectural features of the club. Unlike many of the clubs I’ve visited, there is no eye blinding laser show, dim lighting nor the typical barrage of gestures. Instead, a provocative [...]

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Planet Thyferra – May the Force Not Shove You Off a Bridge!

by Meleth Oakleaf I teleported into the sim and was greeted by the now familiar note card of information and vendor market. Though this time with two distinctions, I was standing in front of a shuttle and the note card included a quick overview of the overall thrust of the role-playing story on Planet Thyferra. [...]

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Second Life Faction Wars: Woodbury “Raid” or JLU Drama-fest?

Chatlogs from Ahern infohub conflict by Senban Babii   Drunk and disorderly? Kalel Venkman and GreenLantern Excelsior particle spamming  a club in New Grayson Station on January 1, 2010 While the Justice League Unlimited's formerly secret wiki claims that on January 5th 2010 a "Woodbury University raiding party" descended on the Ahern infohub and engaged [...]

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Second Life’s Pandora Na’vi Roleplay – Breathtaking Beauty and Lag

Multilingual players use Na'vi speaker/translator to bridge language gap by Meleth Oakleaf Like many places in the world SL has caught Avatar fervor. While it was my original intention was to review a single Pandoran role-play environment, a combination of lag and frustration led me to explore the two most highly traffic-ed Pandoran roleplay sims, [...]

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SL Shrink Analyzes DMCA Crazed Caped Crusader

Kalel Venkman suffering from incomplete immersion or over-augmentation? by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk In a story titled O Superman the eggheads at SL Shrink analyze Justice League Unlimited leader Kalel Venkman and seem to be asking if the DMCA wielding role play super hero – or super thug? – might be suffering from some [...]

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Saints of Hell MC Implicated In Second Life Content Theft – Part 2

Alleged thief remains free after multiple DMCA filings, using the same accounts by Coke Supply, Investigative Reporter [Coke Supply's motorcycle copybot investigation continues - the editrix ] ANOTHER THEFT Investigating further, I soon discovered that this was not the first time that Black/Biack had been caught stealing motorbikes. And it wasn't the first time the [...]

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Pixeleen Mistral Files Legal Response to Venkman’s DMCA Abuses

Herald news Idoru pseudonym sacrificed in free speech fight by Peter Ludlow (aka Urizenus Sklar), Herald Founder Sometimes we all have to take a stand.  In this case Herald Editrix Pixeleen Mistral, facing an outrageous abuse of the DMCA by Kalel Venkman, has, pursuant to Section 512(c)(1)(C) of the DMCA, filed documents disputing Venkman's claims [...]

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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 [...]

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Plexus 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 [...]

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