Seriously agree with Michael here. This whole thread (and the other related thread with 85+ posts) begins to sound more and more like Sarah Palin canvassing for IP legal work.
Please, let this topic die a long deserved death. Cheers On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 9:08 AM, Michael Dickson <[email protected]> wrote: > Ummm, no. Or should I say thats one perspective on it. > > And I suspect that people making content for virtual worlds like SL and > opensim based grids would object to themselves being characterized as > getting rich from it. > > IMO IP laws exist to protect smaller entities from predatory practices > by larger corporations who might wish to exploit the size of a smaller > company. Even thats just one perspective. > > In any event this all has little to do with running OpenSim grids (other > than to say if you are running a public grid in the US you should be > aware of the DMCA and what it provides in terms of protection and > responsibilities). Speculating on the intent of Linden Labs, SL content > creators, etc, is just that. Speculation. And not productive IMO. > > Mike > > On Wed, 2010-06-02 at 12:33 +0000, Karen Palen wrote: > > Which really comes back to my original point: IP laws (including DMCA) > > were never intended to make a few "big content people rich, but to > > increase the available "works" for everyone! > > > > We are a long way from that! > > > > Karen > > > > On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 4:47 AM, Robert Martin <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 2:23 AM, Karen Palen > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I think the essential requirement is very similar even > > though the > > > implementation differs a whole lot. > > > > > > The person who claims to "own" the material being copied > > must present proof > > > that it is indeed being copied and not just a vague > > statement that " they > > > are using what looks a lot like my work". > > > > > > That much is universal! > > > > the big problem is that the DMCA is being used as a version of > > Maxwells Silver (sledge)Hammer so we have the big content > > folks doing > > keyword searches and catching > > > > 1 their own legitimate postings > > 2 postings that use the same keywords but are unrelated > > 3 what is actually fair use bits of content > > 4 Fan fiction (which the author has stated is allowed) > > > > -- > > Robert L Martin > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Opensim-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-users > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Opensim-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-users > -- =================================== http://osgrid.org http://twitter.com/jstallings2 http://www.linkedin.com/pub/5/770/a49
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