New Terms of Service for Second Life--
grants LL the right to sell your work?
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A look at the new TOS from Second Life and a layman's comments on what they might mean.
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That is the way it looks to me. But you read it for yourself: Linden Lab Terms of service
Section 2.3
(Quick trick: to find a specific phrase.like 2.3, on a web page try Ctrl+f. On Google Chrome, that brings up a little search bar in the upper right. It might do something useful on other browsers.)
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That does not mean that they will really do that. But you can look at both sides: Read on
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Executive Summary
This is not a legal opinion. If the issue is financially important to you, hire a lawyer
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1. Creators who sell their creations inworld in SL probably do not have to worry for now. Since SL may be the main or only outlet for their products, the benefits will probably outweigh the risks.
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2. Creators who also sell their products in other worlds may want to consider the possibility that SL could sell your products in those worlds, competing with you.
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3. Creators who use textures or other other products from web sources may need to check the license. If the license does not give you the right to sell or convey the unaltered product, you may violate the license by uploading those things to SL
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4. Creators who sell their products (videos and recordings) in the outworld do need to worry now. They will not have and cannot sell exclusive rights to their products. That limitation may reduce the value of their products and applies now, without regard to actions or intent of LL. Where possible, they may want to move productions to a grid with TOS more friendly to creators.
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5. Writers who put their text on notecards may be relinquishing their exclusive rights to what they have written.
6. Explanations, even if given by LL personnel, are ruled irrelevant by a clause in the TOS.
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7. The only possible remedy to the problem is a revision to the TOS which clearly states the rights of the creators as well as the rights claimed by LL.
grants LL the right to sell your work?
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A look at the new TOS from Second Life and a layman's comments on what they might mean.
-
-
That is the way it looks to me. But you read it for yourself: Linden Lab Terms of service
Section 2.3
(Quick trick: to find a specific phrase.like 2.3, on a web page try Ctrl+f. On Google Chrome, that brings up a little search bar in the upper right. It might do something useful on other browsers.)
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That does not mean that they will really do that. But you can look at both sides: Read on
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Executive Summary
This is not a legal opinion. If the issue is financially important to you, hire a lawyer
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1. Creators who sell their creations inworld in SL probably do not have to worry for now. Since SL may be the main or only outlet for their products, the benefits will probably outweigh the risks.
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2. Creators who also sell their products in other worlds may want to consider the possibility that SL could sell your products in those worlds, competing with you.
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3. Creators who use textures or other other products from web sources may need to check the license. If the license does not give you the right to sell or convey the unaltered product, you may violate the license by uploading those things to SL
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4. Creators who sell their products (videos and recordings) in the outworld do need to worry now. They will not have and cannot sell exclusive rights to their products. That limitation may reduce the value of their products and applies now, without regard to actions or intent of LL. Where possible, they may want to move productions to a grid with TOS more friendly to creators.
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5. Writers who put their text on notecards may be relinquishing their exclusive rights to what they have written.
6. Explanations, even if given by LL personnel, are ruled irrelevant by a clause in the TOS.
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7. The only possible remedy to the problem is a revision to the TOS which clearly states the rights of the creators as well as the rights claimed by LL.