imho - make the tool to fit your needs. if people want to QQ about it, let them :) they didn't write it.
On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 9:58 AM, Snowcrash Short <[email protected]>wrote: > > > On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 6:28 PM, Melanie <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> On 15/11/2012 17:59, Snowcrash Short wrote: >> > IANAL! but... >> >> Precisely. >> >> > There is no doubt that the creator owns the copyright, and the user has >> a >> > license to use said item. One of the operative words here is "User" and >> not >> > "Avatar", avatars have no legal standing, users do. One of the many >> issues >> > here is that there is no agreement made between somebody clicking "Pay" >> on >> > an object in a virtual world and the one "selling" the object, but >> thats a >> > side issue. >> >> In fact, there is. It's called the Terms Of Service of the grid in >> question and such terms lay out the interpretation of the in world >> permissions. Those of Second Life and of Avination limit the grant >> of license to the grid of origin. In Second Life, this cannot be >> overridden while Avination allows an explicit, written license to >> export items. Avination will support the "exportable" flag if and >> when it becomes available to allow creators to mark their items as >> exportable, however, any item created before the adoption of such a >> flag will default to NOT exportable and the flag default will also >> be NOT exportable. >> >> > This is where I see content creators being in a far better position than >> > the Record Industry were back in the zero'es, the pricing on most >> content >> > is so low that it really isn't worth while to pirate it for the ordinary >> > user. But ease of access is very much an issue in opensim grids. >> >> In fact, ease of access is mostly given in "open" grids like OSGrid. >> > I disagree with the ease of access, the primary reason why I started this > project was that I wanted to try out a new grid, and had to spend 2 days > searching for suitable content for my avatar. The search aren't in place to > make it easy to find that content, and why should I spend two days > searching for content when I have a different account on a different grid, > with content I like? especially since that content is available under CC > license? > >> The only thing really missing is a tool that allows upload of .iar >> and possible .oar through a client connection. This is useful for >> people on grids that don't support user connected simulators or >> where the user doesn't have the time/expertise/resources to operate >> a simulator. >> >> > This very much depends on the country you live in, in my country I am >> > entitled to use any digital asset I have licensed in any way I see fit >> - as >> > long as this is done for personal use and I have not made a prior >> agreement >> > with the distributor to not use the asset in said manner. >> >> As above, that agreement is called the Terms Of Service. Since the >> grid is the distributor, this is a valid and legally binding >> agreement in any country. >> > However the TOS is not the end all thing most people believe, in my > country, the author of the document is very much responsible for making the > agreement clear, especially for non professional users, if the creator > cannot make a compelling argument that a clause is necessary and easily > understandable then it may verywell be disregarded in any court. > > But that is really an aside thing, we are talking about content with so > little monetary value that most courts will disregard the case as too > trivial, which is even more an aside, since it is not the intention of me > nor MyInventory to violate anybodies copyright. It is however the intention > of the tool to empower the user and to grant the user better control of > content the user has a legal right to control. > >> >> > I do not agree with you about damaging the opensim community, quite the >> > opposite. I see two major obstacles preventing widespread use, one is >> easy >> > access to content, and the second is a usable search tool. >> >> The damaging part is the public's impression that OpenSim equals >> content theft. >> The inventory download features works equally well for OpenSim and LL >> grids, in fact it may work a little better on LL grids since the Folder >> versioning works a bit more reliable on LL's grids. IMO there is a lot more >> content theft going on on the LL grid, simply because they have a bigger >> userbase, where as most people currently on opensim based grids are a >> different type of users. >> > There is a lot of free content available, either CC licensed or public >> > domain, but until now only grid operators have had access to it. >> > MyInventory is intended to give the user access to this content without >> > having to be technical savy enough to install and run a simulator. >> >> See above, such a tool would be a great thing to have. >> >> - Melanie >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >
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