Comments on: More Copyright matters over photos in Secondlife http://www.vtoreality.com/2007/more-copyright-matters-over-photos-in-secondlife/311/ VTOR - Virtual TO Reality, featuring Second Life Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:04:16 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: VR Legal Rights » VTOR - Virtual TO Reality http://www.vtoreality.com/2007/more-copyright-matters-over-photos-in-secondlife/311/comment-page-1/#comment-37 VR Legal Rights » VTOR - Virtual TO Reality Sun, 07 Jan 2007 00:16:54 +0000 http://www.vtoreality.com/2007/more-copyright-matters-over-photos-in-secondlife/311/#comment-37 [...]  It seems that virtual worlds are starting to bring rise to several legal questions as fellow VTOR contributors TD Goodliffe in his Jan. 3, 2007 article  Taking photos of public sims copyright infringement? Um, no and Weirdharold in his Jan. 5, 2007 article  More Copyright matters over photos in Secondlife point out. C|net news also reports on the issue of legality in an article by Daniel Terdiman published on Jan. 5, 2007 titled: The legal rights to your ‘Second Life’ avatar. [...] [...]  It seems that virtual worlds are starting to bring rise to several legal questions as fellow VTOR contributors TD Goodliffe in his Jan. 3, 2007 article  Taking photos of public sims copyright infringement? Um, no and Weirdharold in his Jan. 5, 2007 article  More Copyright matters over photos in Secondlife point out. C|net news also reports on the issue of legality in an article by Daniel Terdiman published on Jan. 5, 2007 titled: The legal rights to your ‘Second Life’ avatar. [...]

]]> By: admin http://www.vtoreality.com/2007/more-copyright-matters-over-photos-in-secondlife/311/comment-page-1/#comment-32 admin Sat, 06 Jan 2007 02:01:06 +0000 http://www.vtoreality.com/2007/more-copyright-matters-over-photos-in-secondlife/311/#comment-32 Good job Harold, this story was picked up by techmeme: http://www.techmeme.com/070105/p65#a070105p65 Good job Harold, this story was picked up by techmeme:
http://www.techmeme.com/070105/p65#a070105p65

]]> By: TD Goodliffe http://www.vtoreality.com/2007/more-copyright-matters-over-photos-in-secondlife/311/comment-page-1/#comment-29 TD Goodliffe Sat, 06 Jan 2007 00:47:39 +0000 http://www.vtoreality.com/2007/more-copyright-matters-over-photos-in-secondlife/311/#comment-29 Crazy. I thought part of the idea of virtual worlds was to be different -- not more of the same -- as real life? What type of infringement will pictures of flying penises during an interview have on Anshe Chung? You nailed it, Harold, she seems to have done this because she was humiliated by the griefing attacks, not because they are worried about any sort of actual copyright infringement. Don't take my picture at a public event?! I don't get it. Crazy. I thought part of the idea of virtual worlds was to be different — not more of the same — as real life? What type of infringement will pictures of flying penises during an interview have on Anshe Chung?

You nailed it, Harold, she seems to have done this because she was humiliated by the griefing attacks, not because they are worried about any sort of actual copyright infringement.

Don’t take my picture at a public event?! I don’t get it.

]]> By: ^Lestat http://www.vtoreality.com/2007/more-copyright-matters-over-photos-in-secondlife/311/comment-page-1/#comment-26 ^Lestat Fri, 05 Jan 2007 22:40:58 +0000 http://www.vtoreality.com/2007/more-copyright-matters-over-photos-in-secondlife/311/#comment-26 I think this is setting a terrible precedence. Who is who to start censoring images on the web in public domains such as in a MMORPG? This is truly not right. I think this is setting a terrible precedence. Who is who to start censoring images on the web in public domains such as in a MMORPG? This is truly not right.

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