[Opensim-users] Content Theft and the responsibility of Grid Operators

[Michael Dickson]

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 <robertltux at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>         On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 2:23 AM, Karen Palen
>         <karenpalensl at gmail.com> 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
>         
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