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Our World – You Obey – Our Viewer Only
3rd party viewer policy update includes Linden Goonsquads™ brown bag resident registry [note: Caligula Linden - who might not be a Linden at all - provides an updated version of the Lab's 3rd Party viewers blog post -- the Editrix] by Caligula Linden Linden Lab supports an open platform with opportunity for all who comply [...]
Full StoryCrackdown on Third Party Viewer Encrypted IMs?
Emerald Viewer's OTR at odds with SL Community Standards and ToS? by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk The grid is aflutter with wild rumors in the wake of the Lab's announcement of an impending crackdown on third party viewers. One source pointed the Herald to what is claimed to be an e-mail sent to the [...]
Full StoryBrown Suede Boots With EULA
A license to wear boots by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk you can't read the license terms until after the purchase I probably should not have been surprised to see that the L$650 pair of ZHAO brown suede boots I bought yesterday came with an End User License Agreement – but no word on [...]
Full StoryBnT Failure Fallout Sends Players to Surreal Estates
Are other land businesses at risk? by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk As word spread that IntLibber Brautigan’s BnT virtual land business is effectively bankrupt, displaced residents considered their options. For some, the unwinding of BnT’s affairs has been chaotic - residents were given 24 hours Friday to retrieve their objects from the sims Linden [...]
Full StorySecond Life Boobs Jiggle In Emerald Life Viewer
Shimmy your way through the metaverse by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk [UPDATED: Ayumi's Jiggletastic video added after the jump] Open source advocates are pointing to the newest feature of the Emerald Life viewer as proof positive that open source software makes life better for everyone. The latest version of the Emerald viewer includes the [...]
Full StoryLand Baron Meltdown Leaves Residents Homeless
Intlibber Brautigan's estate taken offline by Linden Lab by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Between 30 and 40 sims are offline tonight after what appears to be a Linden Lab repo-man job on the estate of Intlibber Brautigan. Mr. Brautigan's base - Venture Square – and neighboring sims are offline and inaccessible. In addition [...]
Full StoryA Techno-Communist Manifesto
Autonomous chicken-collective lags Linden lackey Neva by Pappy Enoch, Techno-Revolutionist I salute all working avatars of the fake worlds! A specter is haunting Second Life – the specter of Prokofy Neva. Yes, I mean the same avatar who claims to defy the cabal of Linden plutocrats by being an anti-collectivist “free-market capitalist.” I laugh in [...]
Full StoryLindens Turn To Cheaper Lawyers in Class Action Complaint?
Lab’s insurance won’t cover Michael Rhodes $800/hour fees by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk According to a story in LAW.COM, the Lindens can’t afford their first choice in legal representation – Michael Rhodes of San Diego law firm Cooley Godward Kronish. At issue is the Eros LLC/Nomine vs. Linden Research class-action trademark and copyright complaint [...]
Full StoryMetaverse Glitterati, Community Leaders Swarm Post 6 Party
Whacha gon' do? Let's get small!!! by Chatterbox Telltale, society reporter The Greenies' mega-sized kitchen table may never be the same after yesterday's Post 6 Grrrls, Guys, Furries and Robots party set a new standard for how the most beautiful people in the new media metaverse can be movin' and groovin' gettin' small all across [...]
Full StoryResidents Displaced as AzureIslands Takes a 5% Haircut
Sim closures blamed on Linden Lab price increases, bad economy by Pixeleen Mistral, National affairs desk Evidence that the virtual land market is not immune to real life economic woes appeared this weekend when a number of residents were informed that their parts of the metaverse will be closed by the end of the month. [...]
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