[Opensim-dev] WG: Legal Issues was RFC Profiles

[Kyle Hamilton]

If sounds are some form of packetized format, license data can be
embedded in them (just include a packet of a type that the player
won't try to render).

JPG and JP2 offer the ability to insert 'comment blocks' into the
file.  If there were support for TIFF, then that could also be tagged
(since TIFF is Taggable Image File Format).

This is starting to get back to the need for viewers to recognize
multiple-hash-algorithm collisions and squawk to URLs included in the
metadata transmitted with the objects about locations/assetservers
where they've seen the same asset.

-Kyle H

On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 1:49 AM, Stefan Andersson <stefan at tribalmedia.se> wrote:
>
> Just to chip in, if you want to be really sure your license will follow the
> asset, you could embed the licence text into the asset binary data; of
> course, it wouldn't work for binary assets like textures and sounds (I
> think) but for text assets like shirts and shapes.
>
> Best regards,
> Stefan Andersson
> Tribal Media AB
>
>
>
>
>> From: mike.dickson at hp.com
>> To: opensim-dev at lists.berlios.de
>> Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:26:36 -0500
>> Subject: Re: [Opensim-dev] WG: Legal Issues was RFC Profiles
>>
>> If as a creator I want to add a notecard to my object indicating the
>> licensing terms I want to apply when someone has a copy of or rez's my
>> object I'm free to do so. Heck I could even get fancy and script it
>> asking for a click-through menu response or something. I'm not against
>> licensing of objects. Just don't pollute what is IMO an already a tad
>> over-complex OpenSim core with it.
>>
>> Content licensing is a matter for the grid TOS and individual content
>> providers on that grid. Not, IMO something that OpenSIM core needs to
>> worry about or address.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> On Tue, 2009-03-31 at 21:08 +0000, Ralf Haifisch wrote:
>> > Dear all,
>> >
>> > i while ago i went over the legal side of many aspects with 2 lawyer.
>> >
>> > Since this is a multinational question and in many cases has not
>> > exampels
>> > (e.g. no judgments by court) it tends to be a discussion based on
>> > personal
>> > flavor, but not legal facts.
>> >
>> > And yes, maybe there is enough mud for the whole 3D web.
>> >
>> > But to come to the point:
>> >
>> > - I don´t know any country, where having the ability to add a
>> > hypergrid-aware note about the creator and a license (hint, url,
>> > notecard)
>> > would have negative impact
>> >
>> > - I know a few countrys where it would realy help from legal side
>> >
>> > - it would be a clear sign, that the opensim crew takes care about
>> > content
>> > rights and ownership
>> >
>> >
>> > And yes, this only is another brick in the wall of copyright protection.
>> > We
>> > still have RL laws, we still need secure technical system, rights
>> > management
>> > etc etc...
>> >
>> > And spoken in sex beds, I am more afraid about the pure mass von
>> > animations
>> > etc - a few more notecards don´t worry me to much. :-)
>> >
>> > So - if it is possible somehow, please add it.
>> >
>> >
>> > Just my 2 cent...
>> >
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> > Ralf
>> >
>>
>>
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