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CamperDave Proudfoot

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Join date: 16 Sep 2004

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09-07-2005 08:56

I bought a "magic bracelet" for 1 Linden at ElvenGlen.

The creator is you.

However, the script "magic" is No Copy/No Modify and I don't have a template to make scripts. Please help me out.

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Jesrad Seraph

Nonsense

Join date: 11 Dec 2004

Posts: 1,463

09-07-2005 09:13

Awww

Let me get back home and I'll fix it in the vendors and send you another, moddable bracelet.

It's weird that you didn't get the template though... Do you have inventory filters set ?

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Riann Maltese

!@%$#

Join date: 20 Jul 2005

Posts: 35

09-07-2005 14:00

From: Luc Aubret

*Note: It has been wisely pointed out that using script commands directly from the HP series would potentially violate WB's copyrights. As such, I will choose different names/commands than the ones listed here.

I don't know if it would help but it looks latin to me and WB cant copywrite foreign languages as magic words for spells...for instance:

Spell: Crucio
Command: /crucio

In latin:
crucio : to torture, torment.

Spell: Levicorpus
Command: /levicorpus

In latin:
levo : to raise, lift up / relieve, ease / diminish, weaken, impair.
corpus corporis : body, corpse.

Michael Psaltery

Registered User

Join date: 6 Jun 2004

Posts: 57

09-08-2005 15:18

From: Eloise Pasteur

Hogwarts as a name is certainly JKRowling's property. But intellectual copyright may well apply to a boarding school identifiable as a modern school specifically for wizards and witches. I can't think of another book or series with that precise concept at the moment so WB might have you there.

I'm not sure if 'Hogwarts' was ever used, but go watch the movie 'Troll' from around the late 80's. It deals with witchcraft/wizardry, and the main character's name is Harry Potter.

You can't copyright a name. You can't copyright a word. You can trademark them, and creation of items such as 'Harry Potter Magic Wand' would certainly infringe on the trademark. I'm not so sure use of 'Potterspeak' for your wand would be as infringing. Only if the actual words were registered trademarks, would it be subject to trademark litigation. But to consider it copyright infringement would be a very very gray area.

FYI, one could potentially acquire a patent for creating wands in virtual environments. If one were to do so and then EA games or WB were to create a virtual environment which used Harry Potter wands, you could have an intellectual property case against them for patent infringement.

Keknehv Psaltery

Hacker

Join date: 11 Apr 2005

Posts: 1,185

09-08-2005 15:40

From: Strife Onizuka

There was a scooby doo cartoon serries involving a magic school, (it was bad, but that goes without saying).

Scooby-doo... man, I hated that show. I never saw what people liked about it. It was so predictable. "Aaah! A monster" "Aaah! Run!" "Let's set a trap" "Ah! We've got you! Wait, it's a suit" "Woah, it's [name]! What a surprise".

I think WB probably wouldn't mind, if it's all attributed to them, and it's like a fan club. However, the fact that LL directly converts into $ might bring up problems... selling trademarked things is bad.

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a lost user

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09-08-2005 22:33

From: Keknehv Psaltery

Scooby-doo... man, I hated that show. I never saw what people liked about it. It was so predictable. "Aaah! A monster" "Aaah! Run!" "Let's set a trap" "Ah! We've got you! Wait, it's a suit" "Woah, it's [name]! What a surprise".

I think WB probably wouldn't mind, if it's all attributed to them, and it's like a fan club. However, the fact that LL directly converts into $ might bring up problems... selling trademarked things is bad.

Don't get me started on Scooby, man.

Even to date, we have not been able to perfect the projection of three-dimensional holographic images. We must have merely forgotten how; in the sixties, apparently, they were available at your local Radio Shack.

Somehow, the guy who had been dressing up as a Yeti to scare the bank away from repossessing his ski lodge managed to afford eight or ten holographic projectors and a luminescent body suit. Not only that, but he had built a highly expensive and complex control system with video cameras in the basement, where no one thought to look.

What’s even more disturbing is this: at the end of every show Velma (it was always Velma) would instantly know the precise location of each holographic projector. And when she activated them, they always played the same 30-second loop of action, over and over again. Never mind the fact that the “holographic” monster had thrown a table at them during the show.

Torley Linden

Enlightenment!

Join date: 15 Sep 2004

Posts: 16,530

09-08-2005 22:37

^ Good lord. Hahaha... that's brilliant. How's that for a dose of reality?

Hey, I liked Scooby-Doo when real ghosts and the Harlem Globetrotters were on.

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CamperDave Proudfoot (_)\|33P\ 1337 $xor Join date: 16 Sep 2004 Posts: 205	09-07-2005 08:56 I bought a "magic bracelet" for 1 Linden at ElvenGlen. The creator is you. However, the script "magic" is No Copy/No Modify and I don't have a template to make scripts. Please help me out. _____________________ The PWNED SHOP! List of Cool Things I've done first... I think Put on sale a key mod that makes SL more like an FPS Made my own custom attachment points - looking for a good use Found "secret" login screen. Created a way to call Java methods from LSL --> Thread
Jesrad Seraph Nonsense Join date: 11 Dec 2004 Posts: 1,463	09-07-2005 09:13 Awww Let me get back home and I'll fix it in the vendors and send you another, moddable bracelet. It's weird that you didn't get the template though... Do you have inventory filters set ? _____________________ Either Man can enjoy universal freedom, or Man cannot. If it is possible then everyone can act freely if they don't stop anyone else from doing same. If it is not possible, then conflict will arise anyway so punch those that try to stop you. In conclusion the only strategy that wins in all cases is that of doing what you want against all adversity, as long as you respect that right in others.
Riann Maltese !@%$# Join date: 20 Jul 2005 Posts: 35	09-07-2005 14:00 From: Luc Aubret *Note: It has been wisely pointed out that using script commands directly from the HP series would potentially violate WB's copyrights. As such, I will choose different names/commands than the ones listed here. I don't know if it would help but it looks latin to me and WB cant copywrite foreign languages as magic words for spells...for instance: Spell: Crucio Command: /crucio In latin: crucio : to torture, torment. Spell: Levicorpus Command: /levicorpus In latin: levo : to raise, lift up / relieve, ease / diminish, weaken, impair. corpus corporis : body, corpse.
Michael Psaltery Registered User Join date: 6 Jun 2004 Posts: 57	09-08-2005 15:18 From: Eloise Pasteur Hogwarts as a name is certainly JKRowling's property. But intellectual copyright may well apply to a boarding school identifiable as a modern school specifically for wizards and witches. I can't think of another book or series with that precise concept at the moment so WB might have you there. I'm not sure if 'Hogwarts' was ever used, but go watch the movie 'Troll' from around the late 80's. It deals with witchcraft/wizardry, and the main character's name is Harry Potter. You can't copyright a name. You can't copyright a word. You can trademark them, and creation of items such as 'Harry Potter Magic Wand' would certainly infringe on the trademark. I'm not so sure use of 'Potterspeak' for your wand would be as infringing. Only if the actual words were registered trademarks, would it be subject to trademark litigation. But to consider it copyright infringement would be a very very gray area. FYI, one could potentially acquire a patent for creating wands in virtual environments. If one were to do so and then EA games or WB were to create a virtual environment which used Harry Potter wands, you could have an intellectual property case against them for patent infringement.
Keknehv Psaltery Hacker Join date: 11 Apr 2005 Posts: 1,185	09-08-2005 15:40 From: Strife Onizuka There was a scooby doo cartoon serries involving a magic school, (it was bad, but that goes without saying). Scooby-doo... man, I hated that show. I never saw what people liked about it. It was so predictable. "Aaah! A monster" "Aaah! Run!" "Let's set a trap" "Ah! We've got you! Wait, it's a suit" "Woah, it's [name]! What a surprise". I think WB probably wouldn't mind, if it's all attributed to them, and it's like a fan club. However, the fact that LL directly converts into $ might bring up problems... selling trademarked things is bad. _____________________ LSL Wiki \| Scripting Mentors \| Keknehv's Particle Script \| WarpPos
a lost user Join date: ? Posts: ?	09-08-2005 22:33 From: Keknehv Psaltery Scooby-doo... man, I hated that show. I never saw what people liked about it. It was so predictable. "Aaah! A monster" "Aaah! Run!" "Let's set a trap" "Ah! We've got you! Wait, it's a suit" "Woah, it's [name]! What a surprise". I think WB probably wouldn't mind, if it's all attributed to them, and it's like a fan club. However, the fact that LL directly converts into $ might bring up problems... selling trademarked things is bad. Don't get me started on Scooby, man. Even to date, we have not been able to perfect the projection of three-dimensional holographic images. We must have merely forgotten how; in the sixties, apparently, they were available at your local Radio Shack. Somehow, the guy who had been dressing up as a Yeti to scare the bank away from repossessing his ski lodge managed to afford eight or ten holographic projectors and a luminescent body suit. Not only that, but he had built a highly expensive and complex control system with video cameras in the basement, where no one thought to look. What’s even more disturbing is this: at the end of every show Velma (it was always Velma) would instantly know the precise location of each holographic projector. And when she activated them, they always played the same 30-second loop of action, over and over again. Never mind the fact that the “holographic” monster had thrown a table at them during the show.
Torley Linden Enlightenment! Join date: 15 Sep 2004 Posts: 16,530	09-08-2005 22:37 ^ Good lord. Hahaha... that's brilliant. How's that for a dose of reality? Hey, I liked Scooby-Doo when real ghosts and the Harlem Globetrotters were on. _____________________

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