Location, or jurisdiction actually, is definitely a big factor. From what I have seen is that it is the location of the grid's "official" headquarters that is the deciding factor. However, every ToS that I have seen also specifically states the jurisdiction, so it may be that I would have to include that as a requirement. I had planned to anyway, but its a good idea to raise that issue to, for the benefit of others. I don't think its about how strict a law is. Having worked as a researcher in a law office (quite some time ago), I can tell you that this is pretty new ground, so we may be developing precedent here.
I just don't want to be the chum that gets tossed into the pool :-) But I also don't want to end up with some overly long legalistic ToS, either. I want to develop one that is in plain language and easy to understand. In fact, I am using SL's ToS as an example of what NOT to do *chuckles* On 9/13/11, Robert Martin <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 12:24 PM, Sarge Misfit > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Doesn't HG already land a person at 128, 128, ground? >> >> The reason I'm asking about this is that I am planning on making my >> stand-alone public and having a good ToS in place is important. I >> don't want to end up setting up a visitor as violating anything. Other >> recent discussions have raised this issue, mostly about avatars, but >> also the very important issue of intellectual property protection. >> >> For example, the DMCA applies to US-based grids, but I'm Canadian, so >> my ToS should include something about Canadian IP protection law >> having jurisdiction. I think. >> > The real hook is that the law gets "messy" since there are possibly 3 > different countries involved and the overlap in laws may cause > conflicts. > 1 users physical location > 2 users POP /network "location" > 3 location for the grid server/ grid owner <---- this may actually be > a fourth location > > I would think that somebody needs to throw enough "chum" into a shark > pool to get this sorted out as a first pass effort. > > In this case i think that the stricter law applies (which would be the > US DMCA) for those using a Canadian Grid in the US. > -- > 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
