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• 08.05.09
  Linden Lab Listening: Second Life Content Protection Road Map Released Business in Virtual Worlds, Privacy and Protection, Second Life | (13)

  After the provocation of Rezzable's announcement that they might release a full sim copying tool for Second Life and the vocal reaction of the community, Linden Lab has released a road map for content protection and permissions and is inviting community feedback. The reply by the Lab is, to my mind, a stunning articulation of their position on content protection and, while it invites community feedback and has some wiggle room around new options for licenses (the devil will be in the details), I can only loudly applaud their response. I can now officially retract my previous post where I stated: "But I’m ...

  Tagged: content, intellectual property, Linden Lab, Nebraska, perms, protection, sim copying tool
  

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