[Opensim-users] Speaking of Content Theft, How About Our Own Backyard?

[John Mieske]

Ok I think there is a missunderstanding here. i'm not saying anything about
the legalities of it as you are. I am saying this is what happens..  Again,
if I don't care for something to get stolen then i'll put it out there,
otherwise I am wasting time to secure it. You can never secure anything you
put on the net.. bottom line as I repeat that if someone wants anything on
this planet bad enough, they can eventually succeed at it.

On a positive note though, if you can sue the guy / gal then hey, :: dances
:: here comes the money.. here comes the money...  hahahahaha

john

On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 1:12 PM, Michael Cortez <mcortez at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 2:09 PM, Len Brown <lenwbrown at gmail.com> wrote:
> >      Sadly, there's not a single thing she can do.
> >
>
> Actually, technically there is.  Every writer or photographer since
> copyright laws went into affect can file a lawsuit against anyone who
> plagiarizes their content and since the introduction of the DMCA they
> have a certain level of recourse in compelling the service providers
> that host infringing material to reveal what identify information they
> have on file for someone illegitimately using their copy-written
> material.
>
> It's probably not worth the cost of the time and effort needed for it
> to come to fruition, and it would likely only result in the offenders
> removing her copy-written material with no way of getting monetary
> damages or recouping legal fees.
>
>
> on Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 5:57 PM John Mieske <johnmieske at gmail.com> wrote:
> > three years ago, I started to just give stuff away. I realized there is
> no way to secure
> > your items you try to sell in SL or in anything online social network now
> days. Not
> > enough money in it and pirateers will always.. and I do mean ALWAYS find
> a way if
> > they want it bad enough. The way I personally look at it, if you don't
> mind your stuff
> > getting stolen then put it out there, otherwise your just wasting time
> trying to secure
> > it.
>
> For some reason I have never really been able to agree with this
> particular point of view.
>
> Photographers, writers, music, radio, television and movie producers
> have all been subject to people copying their content, using it in
> ways they never intended, giving free copies away, selling duplicates,
> or even plagiarizing, often without the original creator getting
> credit.
>
> Yet for some reason when someone fails at any of the businesses
> associated with these types of products, the fact that their
> intellectual property can (and will be) illegally copied, is rarely
> cited as the primary reason for failure to be profitable, become well
> known, or help out your fellow man (depending on your original goals.)
>
> With proper marketing making it easy for people to find you, with good
> pricing so that your competitive, with support that makes it clear
> it's better to use your direct products rather than knock offs or
> copies, with continued innovation of new products and services it is
> possible to not only make a profit, but to make a living producing
> material than can (and will be) stolen.
>
> Yes, I'll admit there are many out there that wish they could
> create/invent a handful of items and through the patent, copyright, or
> trademark laws be able to sell their creation without the associated
> business costs of dealing with copy cats and thieves, so that they can
> make profit from their intellectual property in perpetuity.  But the
> simple fact of the matter is, that type of business climate started
> slipping away in the 40's and is increasingly difficult to achieve.
> Especially in a digital market place, where it is relatively easy for
> your IP to be stolen.
>
> For me it's not really so much "if you don't mind your stuff getting
> stolen" -- I don't really think anyone likes to have their stuff
> stolen.  For me it's more about recognizing the market place, and the
> requirements and repercussions of doing business in that market, and
> making an informed decision to compete or not.
>
> On a personal note, I think a lot of the artists could make quite a
> bit of additional profit bylicensing their textures and creations via
> a normal web site, using paypal, that does not directly target SL or
> any particular Grid.  I have for example, tracked down an artist that
> sells textures via TRU (who has a strict no non-SL policy), and found
> that the artist licensing their own textures via the web for use
> *anywhere* and doesn't even mention SL on their website.  The web site
> happens to directly mention Poser/Daz3D, game and 3D content
> developers.  I was more than willing to pay $30/USD to buy their
> texture pack outside SL, and as per the terms of the license I can use
> those anywhere (including in SL or OSGrid) as long as I don't
> redistribute them as a texture pack -- I'm free to use them on my own
> creations, even if I'm selling them.
>
> Cheers,
> --
> Michael
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