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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Techdirt Slams Typepad Takedown Of “Clear Cut Fair Use” JLU Coverage

Second Life vigilante gang's coverup tactics questioned by Idoru Wellman, staff writer Responding to a questionable copyright infringement claim, last night Typepad gutted the Herald's coverage of the Justice League Unlimited with takedowns of disputed content from six stories. Was this justified?  Techdirt.com legal issues writer Mike Masnick questions Typepad's handling of the situation in  [...]

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Op-Ed: Avatars United – A Social Network Too Far?

by Sigmund Leominster If you’re becoming jaded by the tales of the inconsequential status and activity of the Justice League Unlimited, which, as a group, must now hold some sort of record in terms of column inches in the Herald (inversely proportional to the inches of their primmy penises), and fapping to Post 6 Grrrlz [...]

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Six Apart Seeks Safe Harbor From Justice League Unlimited DMCA Storm

Embarrassed Second Life role-play superhero police force swings mighty DMCA hammer again by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Herald coverage of the Justice League Unlimited has been edited by Six Apart staff to remove text and images which Six Apart has informed the Herald are subject to copyright infringement claims. This action came after the [...]

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Rhapsody Heartsdale — Post 6 Grrrrl

(The Herald Editorial Staff wish to thank Daeynaries for theoutstanding job she did as Post 6 Photographer during Timothy'svacation. We look forward to working with her again in the future). (RhapsodyHeartsdale is probably one of the funnest people I've met in my travelsthrough SL. Shes witty, full of life, and her av is amazingly dark. [...]

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Op/Ed: Second Life Resident Comments on JLU Superpowers

Have you taken a look in a mirror lately? You're a walking infringement… AnnOTooleInSL's  Xtranormal.com video commentary on the Second Life Justice League Unlimited situation:

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Second Life Economy: Weak Growth in Q4 2009

Q4 2009 – feeble growth after 2 quarters of economic decline by Jessica Holyoke Last week, Linden Lab released their fourth quarter 2009 and year-end results for the Second Life Economy.  A few weeks earlier, Linden Lab released their raw economic data for the previous year. Included in the raw data numbers were the missing Positive [...]

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Class To Be Held…Inside a Facebook App???

by Idoru Wellman, Herald Education Desk On January 28, in what may be the first instance of a university course held inside Facebook, Northwestern University Philosophy Professor Peter Ludlow (known to Herald readers as Urizenus Sklar) recently attempted to hold his class, Conceptual Issues in Virtual Worlds, inside the Island Life application on Facebook.  The [...]

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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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JLU Wiki Re-Indexed and Republished

Second Life Superman's Abuse Reports indexed and regions ranked by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk   Sandbox superheros: Justice League Unlimited greatest hits for Abuse Reporting Although Kalel Venkman has been playing copyright whack-a-mole to limit the spread of the leaked Justice League Unlimited wiki, interested parties continue to study the the Second Life vigilante [...]

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