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PhotoLife Drama In Second Life
You mean I need permission to sell your Flickr photos in SL? by Tenshi Vielle Besides nameless SLobrities showing up at SL6B friday evening, the talk of SL6B has been claims that PhotoLife's recently violated the Flickr standards – and Darkley Aeon's artistic rights. The back story: Darkley Aeon was using PhotoLife's stage system – [...]
Full StorySLB6 Is a Crypto Copycat
Mysterious rot13 and secret decoder rings at SL birthday party by Tenshi Vielle SL6B is a copycat! Some darn robots copied Gigs Taggart's Shanti encoded promotion from last year for the Meerkat viewer, but twisted it, turned it, put it up on its side and included lots of fun puzzles – including a slider! Resident [...]
Full StorySL Ban in Oz Worries Chicken Little
by Tenshi Vielle Concerned Australians in Second Life are donning chicken little avatars and chirping that the sky is falling, with news of Australia's proposed ban on adult online games including Second Life circulating. The Sydney Morning Herald reports that Communications Minister, Stephen Conroy, has been nominated by the British ISP industry for its annual [...]
Full StoryJack Linden: Child Avatars Welcome In Adults-only Continent!
But sexual ageplay is not by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Friday, Jack Linden delivered a stunning rebuke to anti-child avatar advocates, saying “Child avatars are allowed on adult land as long as they are account verified like any other Resident. Those choosing to represent themselves with a child avatar do not represent a minor [...]
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 Now Indecency has been replaced by Adult Content.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 [...]
Full StoryThe Renaissance of Porn – Part 1
by Bunny Brickworks If Second Life residents are one big family, www.flickr.com surely istheir family album. Whenever something important happens, we take a snapshotand share the pictures with the community – our first, second and third wedding,a trip to a tropical beach, a party with friends and the fourth or fifthwedding. But as in every [...]
Full StorySecret Shadow Settings in New SL Viewer?
PCs with DirectX10 video might already have it made in the shade by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Are the Lindens sneaking support for shadows into the Second Life viewer? Rumors of a shadowy Second Life in the near future could be true, if the notecard Jenny Thielt sent the Herald is accurate. The notecard [...]
Full StoryPaying For Free SL Love
How Linden Lab profits from adult verification by Jessica Holyoke The Internet and Virtual Worlds have tried to monetize pornography in different ways. Red Light Center, and other pornography web sites charge a monthly fee to access the naughty parts. IMVU has made the same types of overtures. In the past, I've seen one time [...]
Full StoryLinden Lab Co-Founder Cory Ondrejka to Visit Metaplace
by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Cory's Second Life profile After parting company with Linden Lab last year, Cory Linden Ondrejka joined EMI, where he seems to be doing well – and was recently promoted to senior vice president for digital strategy. Given Cory's credentials as a co-founder of Linden Lab and creator of [...]
Full StoryVaneeesa Blaylock Pushes Second Life’s Limits
I am a unique individual. And so am I. by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk My graphics card has nearly recovered from attending Vaneeesa Blaylock's "I Rez Therefore I Am" performance art event in early June. The artwork consisted of 25 silent female avatars wearing identical shoes and their own shapes – an invitation for [...]
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