Is in game advertisement for private servers wrong?
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Kane Kent
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08-02-2007 13:12
Is in game advertisement for private servers wrong?
Since SL like the internet 3d thats how I always seen it. I wanted know as we seen ads before for UO Private server and a L2 one even before if these are ilegal or as long they not breaking copyrights there legal?
As far as I know the current laws on theses private servers are legal as long there not charging or modifying the clients.
But I wanted to hear from you guys what do you think? Should Linden Labs ban all Private Server ADS?
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Reitsuki Kojima
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08-02-2007 13:17
Uh, what now?
There are no "private SLs" to my knowledge. Even the projects that are trying to do it are ages from having anything resembling a workable product.
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Ciaran Laval
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08-02-2007 13:20
I'm not sure what you mean. I didn't know there were private servers.
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Kane Kent
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08-02-2007 13:39
not for SL lol I said advertisement inside SL for games like L2 and UO and WoW and so on.
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Ciaran Laval
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08-02-2007 13:43
From: Kane Kent not for SL lol I said advertisement inside SL for games like L2 and UO and WoW and so on. Oh now I'm with you, can of worms really. Advertising for an illegal service almost certainly breaks some rules, but whether they are the LL rules is a different matter. |
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Kane Kent
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08-02-2007 13:58
From: Ciaran Laval Oh now I'm with you, can of worms really. Advertising for an illegal service almost certainly breaks some rules, but whether they are the LL rules is a different matter. Yeah and it's not illegal depends how it is but I read some history over the battles of private servers and such only ones that ever been busted were stolen server files and yet the gotwow or w/e witch was not legally taken down it was scared into taking down there site.
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Har Fairweather
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08-02-2007 14:05
I don't care who advertises here. Why should anybody? If they pay money, they help pay the freight. If they don't, I ignore them anyway. What's to worry about?
Aesthetics? hell, go look at the ad farms and other land-griefer builds around. THAT is bad aesthetics. I'd take legitimate advertisers who want my business any day.
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Ciaran Laval
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08-02-2007 14:10
From: Har Fairweather I don't care who advertises here. Why should anybody? If they pay money, they help pay the freight. If they don't, I ignore them anyway. What's to worry about?
Well I'm pretty sure WoW prohibits the use of private servers, do we really want Blizzard coming here to complain about this? |
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Morwen Bunin
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08-02-2007 14:12
I would be carefull... many private servers are just tolerated, but not more then that. One wrong step and they will be busted.
I remember this UO private server that started to ask their players for money for their account. That server was within 3 days down and got never online again.
Morwen.
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Har Fairweather
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08-02-2007 14:37
From: Ciaran Laval Well I'm pretty sure WoW prohibits the use of private servers, do we really want Blizzard coming here to complain about this? As an immigrant from WoW to Sl, let me say: Screw Blizzard. They are in a totally different Internet space. And hey, private servers that can hook on to the LL grid are going to be a Darwinian necessity, whether Philip Rosedale or we like it or not. The problem is, to deal with the abuses to SL it opens up. I think that is what needs to be worked on. |
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Kane Kent
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08-02-2007 15:12
From: Morwen Bunin I would be carefull... many private servers are just tolerated, but not more then that. One wrong step and they will be busted.
I remember this UO private server that started to ask their players for money for their account. That server was within 3 days down and got never online again.
Morwen. yes and no.. Selling accounts and making money off it is ilegal. But things like running it is not. Especially for UO 
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