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    On 10/16/2011 01:50 PM, Wayne wrote:
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        Hi Lindy and thank you.</div>
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      <div>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.</div>
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    Did you get them as a work for hire?  Have a contract that says you
    can reuse them?  This is no different than software or other
    intellectual property.  Ownership vests in the person that *created*
    them.  You paid for a right to use. And in that case, only in the
    context of SL; A given since there's no way to export them
    legitimately.  People who create textures often include terms of use
    to address this because textures are more easily moved around.  But
    if you "buy" textures in SL you get them with a right to use them,
    possibly spelled out in a license.  Ownership is still only the
    creator.<br>
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    Just had to clarify this.  There's too much oppourtunity to abuse
    content creators rights in the virtual world space.<br>
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    Mike<br>
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      <div>Sorry, just had to vent. lol</div>
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      <div>Wayne<br>
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      <div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 1:30 PM, Lindy
        Orwin <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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          Wayne
          <div>You can find some animations for free on 
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                href="http://www.lindakellie.com/" target="_blank">http://www.lindakellie.com/</a></div>
            <div>Lindy<font color="#888888"><br>
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                  <div class="h5">On 16 October 2011 08:28, Wayne <span
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                        Hi Everyone,</div>
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                      <div>Does anyone know how to get animations that I
                        purchased in SL to opensim?</div>
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                      <div>Thanks</div>
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