Someone launched a Second Life parody site, and Linden Labs said go ahead! I love it! They didn't go all corporate on the guy. I am impressed...
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Rusalka Writer
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09-13-2008 09:23
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milady Guillaume
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09-13-2008 09:27
Yet!
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Anti Antonelli
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09-13-2008 09:29
That's cool, but it happened over a year and a half ago.
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Brenda Connolly
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09-13-2008 09:33
That was almost 2 years ago..before the Pragmatic Era, and the Trademark announcement. I wonder how accomodating they are now. But that is a funny site.
It's probably not a big deal. It looks like this will be the only place where humor will be forbidden. _____________________
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09-13-2008 09:34
Yet! It's probably not a big deal. It looks like this will be the only place where humor will be forbidden. _____________________
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Darion Rasmuson
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09-13-2008 09:42
Funny enough, it was someone posting that parody site on a forum that led me to Second Life in the first place, as I wanted to know what the joke was about anyways..
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Dekka Raymaker
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09-13-2008 17:35
Funny enough, it was someone posting that parody site on a forum that led me to Second Life in the first place, as I wanted to know what the joke was about anyways.. so was it funny? _____________________
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Darion Rasmuson
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09-13-2008 17:48
Hilarious.
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Sindy Tsure
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09-13-2008 20:45
Wow.. Not often you see Ginsu Linden posting..
..Moreover, Linden Lab objects to any implication that it would employ lawyers incapable of distinguishing such obvious parody. Indeed, any competent attorney is well aware that the outcome of sending a cease-and-desist letter regarding a parody is only to draw more attention to such parody, and to invite public scorn and ridicule of the humor-impaired legal counsel. Linden Lab is well-known for having strict hiring standards, including a requirement for having a sense of humor, from which our lawyers receive no exception. LOL... |
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Ponsonby Low
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09-13-2008 22:22
That is one droll memo.
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SuezanneC Baskerville
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09-13-2008 23:06
Any other similar parody sites?
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Imogen Saltair
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More parodies
09-14-2008 03:09
Some you might have seen before, some less well known.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9733935-7.html http://www.wegame.com/watch/Avatar_A_Rockstar_Parody/ http://www.kewego.co.uk/video/iLyROoaft3xl.html http://torley.com/melon-snow-parody-of-chocolate-rain http://www.gametrailers.com/player/usermovies/159388.html http://www.myds.com.au/VideoDetail.aspx?id=894 http://www.kzero.co.uk/blog/?p=2440 imogen _____________________
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Cherry Czervik
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09-14-2008 13:43
I wonder if having a sense of humour extends to the Lindens staffing the Live Chat. Sometimes it does - sometimes there's no way according to the way that they react that they could have ever found anything funny.
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SuezanneC Baskerville
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09-14-2008 15:13
The sites Imogen listed aren't really the same sort of thing as the get a first life site.
The get a first life site uses the trademarked eye in hand symbol, modified, and images that are most likely copyrighted by Linden Research specifically to mock Second Life and virtual world users. http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9733935-7.html, which seems pretty old to me, makes like of some SL problems but uses real people to do so, not versions of LL trademarked or copyrighted content - except perhaps for the soundtrack, which has the wind noise, typing sound, etc. I'm not sure what the rules on the use of those sounds are. The wegame Second Life News video doesn't use LL images to attack or insult LL or the use of SL. The Avatar video doesn't parody Second Life, it uses Second Life in a parody of a song called Rockstar. Torley's video doesn't parody SL. The gametrailers video is an attack on SL users but doesn't use any LL corporate trademarked images or sounds so far as I noticed. This one includes the very old and overused image of the extemely obese guy in his underwear sitting at his computer, which I've seen far more times than I ever wanted to see already, so if you think your life would be better by not seeing it again, be forewarned. The one at http://www.myds.com.au/VideoDetail.aspx?id=894 doesn't parody Second Life so far as I can tell, just uses SL to make the visuals for a music video. It's good, I liked it the best of the bunch. The video song is called "Why don't you get a job?". The kzero one mocks Microsoft Surface and doesn't involve SL at all. _____________________
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09-14-2008 17:58
The sites Imogen listed aren't really the same sort of thing as the get a first life site. Oh I quite agree SuezanneC I just thought Forum Readers would like to see them Imogen _____________________
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