Comments on: Use of CopyBot and Similar Tools a ToS Violation http://blog.secondlife.com/2006/11/14/use-of-copybot-and-similar-tools-a-tos-violation/ By Linden Lab Sat, 19 Jul 2008 20:55:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: Ross Notes » Blog Archive » Second Life http://blog.secondlife.com/2006/11/14/use-of-copybot-and-similar-tools-a-tos-violation/#comment-24142 Ross Notes » Blog Archive » Second Life Tue, 28 Nov 2006 15:39:59 +0000 http://lindenlab.wordpress.com/2006/11/14/use-of-copybot-and-similar-tools-a-tos-violation/#comment-24142 [...] It has been interesting to watch the phenomenon from outside, especially as mainstream business co-opts the community (like the SL Reuters bureau), hackers test the limits of both the virtual world and the legal terms of service, and people trying to build in-world businesses push back against the open nature of the software, where that openness threatens business. [...] [...] It has been interesting to watch the phenomenon from outside, especially as mainstream business co-opts the community (like the SL Reuters bureau), hackers test the limits of both the virtual world and the legal terms of service, and people trying to build in-world businesses push back against the open nature of the software, where that openness threatens business. [...]

]]> By: Freedom to Tinker » Blog Archive » Duck Amuck and the Takedown Gun http://blog.secondlife.com/2006/11/14/use-of-copybot-and-similar-tools-a-tos-violation/#comment-24103 Freedom to Tinker » Blog Archive » Duck Amuck and the Takedown Gun Tue, 28 Nov 2006 14:35:03 +0000 http://lindenlab.wordpress.com/2006/11/14/use-of-copybot-and-similar-tools-a-tos-violation/#comment-24103 [...] Initially, the management at Second Life pointed to takedown notices as a response to CopyBot-based infringement. More recently, they have shifted their position a bit, saying that infringement violates their Terms of Use and threatening to expel violators from Second Life. They still face the same problem, though. Presumably their enforcement actions will be driven by user complaints, which motivates Alice to make a complaint gun. [...] [...] Initially, the management at Second Life pointed to takedown notices as a response to CopyBot-based infringement. More recently, they have shifted their position a bit, saying that infringement violates their Terms of Use and threatening to expel violators from Second Life. They still face the same problem, though. Presumably their enforcement actions will be driven by user complaints, which motivates Alice to make a complaint gun. [...]

]]> By: The Daily Graze » Blog Archive » Software Theater http://blog.secondlife.com/2006/11/14/use-of-copybot-and-similar-tools-a-tos-violation/#comment-22577 The Daily Graze » Blog Archive » Software Theater Thu, 23 Nov 2006 05:18:14 +0000 http://lindenlab.wordpress.com/2006/11/14/use-of-copybot-and-similar-tools-a-tos-violation/#comment-22577 [...] Last week The Electric Sheep Company found itself smack in the middle of the Copybot phenomena (link, link, link). In a post by the Second Life Herald, we were wrongfully accused of having commissioned CopyBot as a mannequin for an apparel client. [...] [...] Last week The Electric Sheep Company found itself smack in the middle of the Copybot phenomena (link, link, link). In a post by the Second Life Herald, we were wrongfully accused of having commissioned CopyBot as a mannequin for an apparel client. [...]

]]> By: Jimmy’z Blog » Blog Archive » Making Money in Second Life http://blog.secondlife.com/2006/11/14/use-of-copybot-and-similar-tools-a-tos-violation/#comment-22245 Jimmy’z Blog » Blog Archive » Making Money in Second Life Wed, 22 Nov 2006 00:06:12 +0000 http://lindenlab.wordpress.com/2006/11/14/use-of-copybot-and-similar-tools-a-tos-violation/#comment-22245 [...] Linden Labs has issued a warning that anyone found using this CopyBot utility will be banished and lose any property that they owned inside of Second Life. I’m guessing that better security measures will need to be put in place to protect business owners’ Intellectual Property. [...] [...] Linden Labs has issued a warning that anyone found using this CopyBot utility will be banished and lose any property that they owned inside of Second Life. I’m guessing that better security measures will need to be put in place to protect business owners’ Intellectual Property. [...]

]]> By: Clonage d’avatar « Ludoscope http://blog.secondlife.com/2006/11/14/use-of-copybot-and-similar-tools-a-tos-violation/#comment-22167 Clonage d’avatar « Ludoscope Tue, 21 Nov 2006 17:44:37 +0000 http://lindenlab.wordpress.com/2006/11/14/use-of-copybot-and-similar-tools-a-tos-violation/#comment-22167 [...] Linden Lab fait donc face à un défi que plusieurs industries du monde réel affrontent déjà depuis des années : la gestion des droits d’auteur à l’ère numérique. L’approche des créateurs du jeu, saluée par Wired, diffère cependant de l’approche classique. Plutôt que de développer un système de DRM contraignant et de risquer ainsi de déclencher une course à l’armement contre les adeptes de Copybot et de ses inévitables successeurs, l’entreprise choisit plutôt de laisser les résidents établir eux-même les limites. En attendant des nouvelles fonctionnalités qui permettront aux utilisateurs de gérer plus facilement les problèmes soulevés par cette situation, Linden Lab propose également de limiter l’accès à ses serveurs aux avatars reconnus pour avoir utilisé Copybot de façon abusive. [...] [...] Linden Lab fait donc face à un défi que plusieurs industries du monde réel affrontent déjà depuis des années : la gestion des droits d’auteur à l’ère numérique. L’approche des créateurs du jeu, saluée par Wired, diffère cependant de l’approche classique. Plutôt que de développer un système de DRM contraignant et de risquer ainsi de déclencher une course à l’armement contre les adeptes de Copybot et de ses inévitables successeurs, l’entreprise choisit plutôt de laisser les résidents établir eux-même les limites. En attendant des nouvelles fonctionnalités qui permettront aux utilisateurs de gérer plus facilement les problèmes soulevés par cette situation, Linden Lab propose également de limiter l’accès à ses serveurs aux avatars reconnus pour avoir utilisé Copybot de façon abusive. [...]

]]> By: 3pointD.com http://blog.secondlife.com/2006/11/14/use-of-copybot-and-similar-tools-a-tos-violation/#comment-22161 3pointD.com Tue, 21 Nov 2006 16:06:56 +0000 http://lindenlab.wordpress.com/2006/11/14/use-of-copybot-and-similar-tools-a-tos-violation/#comment-22161 <strong>CopyBot, Community and Controversy</strong> What a week to be away. While I was busy chatting to fans of the best MMO going, the virtual world of Second Life was getting its knickers in a twist over something called CopyBot, an application that intercepts data flowing between the Second Life ser... CopyBot, Community and Controversy

What a week to be away. While I was busy chatting to fans of the best MMO going, the virtual world of Second Life was getting its knickers in a twist over something called CopyBot, an application that intercepts data flowing between the Second Life ser…

]]> By: Second Life « digital entertainment piracy http://blog.secondlife.com/2006/11/14/use-of-copybot-and-similar-tools-a-tos-violation/#comment-22159 Second Life « digital entertainment piracy Tue, 21 Nov 2006 15:41:40 +0000 http://lindenlab.wordpress.com/2006/11/14/use-of-copybot-and-similar-tools-a-tos-violation/#comment-22159 [...]  http://blog.secondlife.com/2006/11/14/use-of-copybot-and-similar-tools-a-tos-violation/ [...] [...]  http://blog.secondlife.com/2006/11/14/use-of-copybot-and-similar-tools-a-tos-violation/ [...]

]]> By: greatinca.com Blog » Blog Archive » CopyBot and Second Life. Yippee!! http://blog.secondlife.com/2006/11/14/use-of-copybot-and-similar-tools-a-tos-violation/#comment-22062 greatinca.com Blog » Blog Archive » CopyBot and Second Life. Yippee!! Mon, 20 Nov 2006 23:35:55 +0000 http://lindenlab.wordpress.com/2006/11/14/use-of-copybot-and-similar-tools-a-tos-violation/#comment-22062 [...] Second Life - Use of CopyBot and Similar Tools a ToS Violation [...] [...] Second Life - Use of CopyBot and Similar Tools a ToS Violation [...]

]]> By: DRTVtechnology.org: blogging the technology of Direct Response » Second Life Confronts Virual Piracy http://blog.secondlife.com/2006/11/14/use-of-copybot-and-similar-tools-a-tos-violation/#comment-21580 DRTVtechnology.org: blogging the technology of Direct Response » Second Life Confronts Virual Piracy Sun, 19 Nov 2006 00:11:32 +0000 http://lindenlab.wordpress.com/2006/11/14/use-of-copybot-and-similar-tools-a-tos-violation/#comment-21580 [...] Second Life, the online virtual world with its own thriving economy, allows its users to sell or trade their in-game virtual objects and creations under the creative commons license.  This has allowed some users to build and sell virtual objects for a (first life) living.  But now Second life has to confront with new software such as CopyBot, that makes is simple to copy any virtual object form the VR world. In this blog entry, Linden Labs the creator of SL, tries to address this potentially enormous problem.  The whole controversy is discussed by the exclusively Second Life journalist WJ Au. Link [...] [...] Second Life, the online virtual world with its own thriving economy, allows its users to sell or trade their in-game virtual objects and creations under the creative commons license.  This has allowed some users to build and sell virtual objects for a (first life) living.  But now Second life has to confront with new software such as CopyBot, that makes is simple to copy any virtual object form the VR world. In this blog entry, Linden Labs the creator of SL, tries to address this potentially enormous problem.  The whole controversy is discussed by the exclusively Second Life journalist WJ Au. Link [...]

]]> By: Twist Image - Mitch Joel Blog - Marketing and Communication Insights http://blog.secondlife.com/2006/11/14/use-of-copybot-and-similar-tools-a-tos-violation/#comment-21571 Twist Image - Mitch Joel Blog - Marketing and Communication Insights Sat, 18 Nov 2006 22:56:10 +0000 http://lindenlab.wordpress.com/2006/11/14/use-of-copybot-and-similar-tools-a-tos-violation/#comment-21571 <strong>In Second Life Having CopyBot Makes You King… And That’s The Problem</strong> You can’t leave the metaverse of Second Life for more than a minute without something major happening. Turns out that CNET reports ('Second Life' Faces Threat To Its Virtual Economy) there’s a new threat to the Second Life economy: “The... In Second Life Having CopyBot Makes You King… And That’s The Problem

You can’t leave the metaverse of Second Life for more than a minute without something major happening. Turns out that CNET reports (’Second Life’ Faces Threat To Its Virtual Economy) there’s a new threat to the Second Life economy: “The…

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