[Opensim-users] Animations

[Karen Palen]

Consider this an introduction to the whole content piracy issue.

It is not nearly as one sided as many would have you believe.

FWIW, IRL I am a retired IP lawyer so I know something of the issues and
the practical results are not very satisfying to either side.

For example under current US law if you purchased the "content" on
physical media such as a CD or USB stick then you OWN that piece of
hardware and can resell it to anyone, provided that you do not keep a copy.

However if you merely downloaded the content then you are merely
"renting" it!

I think you can see why many people on both sides of the issue are upset
- we (i.e. judges) simply have not had time to work out what is truly
fair to everyone!

Another example is the actual statute.

If you look up 17 USC 101 (US copyright statutes) then you find about 20
line defining what is "protected work" then the next 5000 line define
limitations and exceptions that is what is NOT copyright-able!

The largest publisher of books n the world (US Govt) cannot copyright
anything for example. Teachers and libraries get some blanket exemptions
as well.

Worse yet, as a content creator myself the "ownership" of content even
content that YOU have created is far from clear. Linden Labs lays some
claim to YOUR work! The exact nature of this is undefined at present,
but at various times they have simply forbidden ALL export of ANY
content, even content that I created.

At that point I moved all of my stores etc. out of Second Life, and
rarely even visit any more.

MY solution has been to create stuff on my own private "Diva" grid then
IMPORT it wherever I want to use it. Even that gets a hassle from
paranoid grid owners sometimes.

While I do not condone the piracy that is happening, I do understand the
frustration that causes it.

Karen

On 10/16/2011 10:50 AM, Wayne wrote:
> Hi Lindy and thank you.
> 
> I've spent hundreds of dollars on animations in SL and I think it's a crime
> to find that, in essence, I am only renting them.
> 
> Sorry, just had to vent. lol
> 
> Wayne
> On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 1:30 PM, Lindy Orwin <lindyaustralia at gmail.com>wrote:
> 
>> Wayne
>> You can find some animations for free on
>> http://www.lindakellie.com/
>> Lindy
>>
>> On 16 October 2011 08:28, Wayne <lppwayne at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Everyone,
>>>
>>> Does anyone know how to get animations that I purchased in SL to opensim?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>>
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