Upcoming Changes for Adult Content: Answers to Questions

Does Another Linden have a bear?

I got my very first Linden Bear yesterday. I'm very puzzled why though, as I didn't ask anybody for one?

I'm getting really tired of Blondin's use of the word 'probably'.

Er.. How is ANYTHING that LL is planning going to keep RL kids out of anywhere?

Even more important than what his answers are, are whether his answers count. If the sole official word is the Knowledge Base and Blog, nothing he says here matters.

So, Mr Blondin Linden, are your answers here official policy for Linden Labs, or just your informed opinion?

I know that I have asked before, and maybe it was answered in the 299 pages and over 4400 enteries and if someone could direct me to the information thank you.

I, as others here have stated, have looked long and hard to find good location on the mainland. I have over 1/2 a region that is protected on two sides with Linden water. If I need to move because we do at times have adult events (Topless Thursdays) how will I be able to get like type land if I move to the adult area? Can I keep some of my current land and give up a portion of it for the adult area?

Thanks

From what I've understand on the search thing, if my business advert says "join the group against sexual discrimination", it will not appear in search for non-adult because it has the word "sexual", even if the search is made with the word "discrimination"

In a discussion with a friend this weekend, that has a pretty thriving adult business, I was amazed to hear her say that she supports these measures, but wishes they would have limited it to age verified only and not PIOF.

She also indicated that several vendors she knows, along with her, have been heavily lobbying the Lindens for quite some time about offering more protection from children accessing their merchandise and clubs.

I guess they weren't blowing smoke when they said that some adult vendors were asking for this.

Me too. But save those posts! They're your only defense when the G Team comes to call.

btw..stuff like that goes live on TV. And it's ok?

Shepard Smith: We Do Not F**king Torture!"

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/22/shepard-smith-torture_n_190350.html

This is a key point.

I'm quite sure that adult content vendors have asked for better zoning. I'm quite sure they've asked for better protection against underage players.

The problem is that LL is spinning us. They are citing these quite reasonable requests as indications that the adult content vendors are in favor of THIS particular implementation.

And that's yet another lie.

Of all the adult content vendors...club owners, content creators...that I've heard from only ONE has spoken in favor of LL's proposed policy.

It's just like LL's policy on Open Space/Homestead sims. They said, "We've heard you, and we're making the following changes..." when it was crystal clear that they had not heard and responded with a satisfactory set of changes at all.

R U FIC?? lmao

I know, Tal. That was my point.

Blondin's assurances here mean nothing, even with his wishy-washy qualifiers like "probably".

OMG! I've been set up!!!!!!!!!

I don't know what are the laws in your country. In Brazil, an employee saying anything while in duty has force as a legal contract. If LL were based in Brazil, all that I have to do was quote Blondin's answers and go to the nearest "tribunal of small cases" (sp?) to get it enforced.

Unfortunately, LL is not a Brazilian company

USA business law has a concept of "agency". If it appears to a reasonable person that a person is acting as an authorized agent, then they are. For example, a sales clerk in a store in real life offers to give you an extended warranty on a product for free, and puts that in writing. You can rely on that deal being upheld if it is a reasonable thing to think.

Looking back to the start of this thread, Blue Linden says:

"Thank you very much for your ongoing feedback! We have closed the previous thread in order to compile and provide some answers to questions in the hopes that we can further the discussion. Please do feel free to join the conversation!"

Feedback, discussion, and conversation does not say to me "this is final and official". If Blondin specifically answers my question that his answers are authorized and set policy, then we have every expectation that we can rely on that statement. If he does not, then I would expect the final blog and knowledge base pages to be controlling.

I'd rather that people who were in favor of this would speak up some more. The few that I've talked to seemed to take LLs word that this was a really great project and didn't think it through much more than that.

It would be nice if people who supported the project could speak up and explain their views without having everybody jumping on them. If what they think LL is doing turns out to be incorrect, talking will work better than screaming.

I wouldn't mind having a moderator step up to keep this thread more on-focus and less hostile to people with different views. I'm disappointed in LL that they sent us here to discuss one of the hottest topics without any moderation...

Escort is completely not adult.

So...basically Blondin is a dangling piece of meat on a stick to keep us all entertained and out of the way.

Some people's attitudes toward this sound eerily familiar: "This doesn't directly affect me at this very moment. Therefore I don't care."

This is about rights, weather you use them or not they should be ours to make the decision over.

"The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it." -Einstein

"Most human beings have an infinite capacity for taking things for granted."
-Aldous Huxley

So...basically Blondin is a dangling piece of meat on a stick to keep us all entertained and out of the way.

Feedback, discussion, and conversation does not say to me "this is final and official". If Blondin specifically answers my question that his answers are authorized and set policy, then we have every expectation that we can rely on that statement. If he does not, then I would expect the final blog and knowledge base pages to be controlling.

Since I have no perv balls or any of that stuff I won't qualify to move. But that means I won't be able to advertise the stuff i made to wear that needs to be described as useful for adult activities. And since you can't advertise these things outside of the place you will not be allowed to move to then Linden Lab is effectively putting businesses down. The FTC might be interested in this since it is interesting that a company could have sold a platform as an international commerce platform for years luring thousands of people to give them millions of dollars and then said company forms what is tantamount to their own government with regulations and laws without representation and then commences deciding who can be in business for what.

So the solution is simple. Second Life is no longer a business platform. Except for people stealing trademarks and copyrighted content. some people are making over a million dollars USD a year at blatant theft. LL is getting loads of cash from those operations with the knowledge that there is stolen content and stolen trademarks being sold. Reporting known trademark infringement is not allowed.

Great place for criminal operations.

So...basically Blondin is a dangling piece of meat on a stick to keep us all entertained and out of the way.