[Opensim-users] Announcement of inventory tool (MyInventory), mostly of interest to grid operators/grid nauts

[Melanie]

Hi,

On 19/11/2012 22:17, Snowcrash Short wrote:
>> If the items belong to the user. Purchased items do not belong tot
>> he user. They belong to the creator and continue to belong to the
>> creator, being licensed only for use on the one grid where they were
>> purchased (licensed). Allowing these items to travel is called
>> "copyright infringement", or, more often, "theft."
>>
> Whether this is theft or not really depends on how you define the term
> "distribution". Unfortunately I have not seen a single consistent
> definition of this term used, neither in the practical world nor in the
> legislation governing ip rights, especially in the context of the internet.
> 

It's not about distribution. That is a whole other kettle of fish.

> Whether copying an item I have licensed but not created from the personal
> inventory of one of my accounts to another is distribution, or merely
> moving from one personal storage location to another is very much at an
> open question which I doubt has no clear answer in any country.

Transfer from one account to another on the same grid is governed by
the "no copy" permission. Transfer off the grid is not allowed. It
really is that simple but I'm really getting the impression that you
don't want to accept that. I understand you'd like reality to be
different and you'd like users to actually own their inventory
outright but that s simply not the case. Some TOS restrict items to
one grid only and don't allow download of items you have not
yourself created. If you download something you acquired from
someone else in one of those grids, it is theft. No matter what the
purpose of the download is.

- Melanie