SL has the size of a medium sized town, and with an economy based on bits and bytes it IS a problem. And only because virtual worlds are very small and relatively new and - by their very nature - digital, we perceive it as a big problem. The problem we have is a society problem. Every case on a small scale, but amassed. But this is not a purely SL problem! The same examples also apply in RL, where all this happens as well, daily, countless times. I am sure there are countless other examples where IP rights get infringed on a daily basis. While this gets discussed when done on a high profile level (Prad Prathivi showed an interesting comparison between RL clothing made by Diesel and SL clothing made by Armidi) it goes largely unnoticed on a more obscure level. And I am not even talking about designers doing this and selling the creations, I am talking about home owners, club owners, office owners - resulting in hundreds if not thousand incidents each day.įor example recreation of buildings found on websites, furniture found in catalogs and clothing seen in magazines. I can only assume it is similar in most countries.įor example artwork, photos and images donwloaded from Google Image Search and uploaded to become wall decorations, carpets, building components. I don't know the respective laws in their countries, but in my country this would be seen as commercial use of IP work and would require a fee being paid based on the number of listeners (and not on revenue). I know some SL-DJ's personally, and this is not a personal attack against them. I am talking about the everyday content theft and IP infringement happening in SL on a daily basis, and where nobody talks about.įor example, Live DJ's who play music on shop and sim openings, or at clubs, and accept payment or tips for it. I am not going to talk about this, because people who are much more elaborate than me did already in more eloquent words. sues Linden Lab on not acting hard enough on content theft, and Rebel Hope et.
SL gets rocked by two incidents these days: Stroker Serpentine et.
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