I have more than one avatar and I want to transfer all of my inventory from one to the other. I can’t, because of the way permissioning works. I’m actively considering finding a copybot program to do it, because I can’t afford to spend thousands of L$ re-buying inventory that I already supposedly own.

Also, why is there not the basic right to be able to re-sell anything I own (at a lower price than the purchase price) like I can in rl?

Why is No-Copy implemented as one copy within an entire inventory rather than one copy per avatar? (No, they’re not the same thing – “One Copy per Avatar implies the ability to make multiple copies throughout an avatars inventory, all of which are lost if one of those copies is transferred)

So often, content creators see things only from their own perspective, rather than asking what it is about the system is that is so broken and how can it be fixed. And why isn’t it being fixed.

From your argument for stealing, I assume you are one of those thieves. Only a thief would lump all creators, good or bad, together, so that they can justify their reason for stealing and feel better for it. Awww poor you.

Lets get this over and done with, okay? … Thieves don't need an excuse, its natural that thieves create a reason in their head to make themselves feel better about stealing (in that way, they are creative I suppose) A thief is a thief – even if you steal from another thief, that still makes you a thief too. Two wrongs do not make a right.

To the person who posted this fake info YOU GOT MY FUCKING FRIEND BANNED OVER NOTHING KINGGOON DIDNT DO NOTHING AND IS NOW BANNED YOU CUNT ALL HIS MONEY GONE ALL HIS STUFF GONE THNX TO YOU !!!
So what do you think is going to happen now ?? ITS ONLY GOING TO GET WORST THNX TO YOU !!!

Here's a wikiquote for you – "Vilification also called libelling (for written or otherwise published words) – is the communication of a statement that makes a claim, expressly stated or implied to be factual, that may give an individual, business, product, group, government or nation a negative image. It is usually, but not always, a requirement that this claim be false (…)"

You should have removed people's names as soon as you knew of how easy it was to fake their names. Also, Damen Hax and Zbornak Docherty both stated on different sites that they weren't even approached, questioned or even informed before being publicly calumnied. This sort of thing has happened before, with Hart Larsson and Mallory Cowen for example; I might be wrong but I believe Minnu Pallen was also cleared of her alleged licensing violation "scandal" – at least she's still working and creating beautiful skins; even Ding Fotherington was recently banned and attacked for false suspicions of copybotting. Where will this lack of responsibility by bloggers end? Get your facts and evidence straight or your own credibility will suffer, and you'll be nothing but a bad reporter thirsty for any quick dramatic story.
I personally won't believe anything I read from both of you in the future Thanks for posting my 2 cents.

If the thieves were really made of success in rl or sl, you really think they would devote so much of their time to copybotting and packaging the stolen goods? – Envy, some people have an inability to control it.

The thief would not be in the wrong because you didn't have better locks, or you should have chosen to live in a better neighborhood, or you shouldn't have a house in the first place!!!

Thieves logic … (I suppose it is how they make themselves feel better, awwww)

Maybe you are the one who needs to get out of SL because you clearly don't understand it. What do you do all day that you can't appreciate people's hard work? You say you were a creator, are you just jealous because some succeed where you failed? Because if you were a real artist, a real legitimate content creator, you would feel for people. But instead you would rub salt in their wounds. I have never, ever resorted to name calling on this blog, but you are an idiot.

If you go on holiday, and you lock your house up and set your burglar alarm. You come back and discover somebody broke into your house and stole your belongings, whose fault is it? Some of the arguments that appear to justify stealing in this thread, would say that it is the owner's fault for going on holiday in the first place.

But, it still doesn't justify content theft whether it's in Second Life or in Real Life. If a content creator in SL stole ideas/brand in RL then it is up to the RL creators to take action. The same goes in SL, if another resident stole creations of other residents (whether this creations are original or not) it is up to the creator in SL to take up action.

The argument that the platform is not secure is moot. Theft is theft. There is no justification in that. Theft is theft. Whether it's done by a kid or an adult. Theft is theft. Even if Linden Lab or Second Life allows it. Theft is theft. Just because you can do it, it doesn't mean it is right because in its simplest form. Theft is theft.

Is that so hard to understand? I wonder… Hmmm… O_o

No, they played the game of Second Life. If they start a real company, host their own works, and someone steals that work, they have the right just as we all do to take legal action.

Saying that they are victimized needs further investigation. For example, whom hosts their product? Did they look around for a better host? Are they hosted on a shared resource where others have access to the servers? How many concurrent connections are allowed to this resource to which you state someone has been victimized? How many ports are open on their local machine?

Did they take the necessary precautions and get registered trade marks, copyrights, and in some cases patents on the intellectual property they claim is so valuable? If so, why do they not use the legal system and it's provisions to uphold such copyright information and intellectual property rights? If they choose to do so, have they sought out whom the thieves are? or did they just take their best pot shot at the hosting provider?

Have they removed all their works and found a better solution for themselves? The first concept of not allowing one to be victimized is to remove oneself from the issue. Have they sought to do so?

My recommendation is to find a better host, or better yet, host their own non-tangible virtual assets. Why wouldn't they if they have been victimized? It's the first step to not becoming or remaining the victim if that is the terms you wish to use.

SL is full of children and scam artists. What new news is this for you?
At what point and time did you say… hey.. I'm a victim, SL has people who like to thieve? My first reaction would be to tell you to grow up. SL has been this way for many years and anyone with a mere year in SL would have this knowledge.

No. Instead, we get to hear about how you are a content creator. How thoroughly disruptive this has been to your life, and how it's "Linden Lab" that should be responsible for all of the theft and corruption.

If I were the attorney on the matter, I would ask you these questions. I would cross examine you, and find out exactly why you claim your content is of such value to you, yet you take no proactive measures to remove yourself from the situation as you view it.

It's going to sound pretty nuts. No matter how you view it. Because you consider yourself a victim, yet you couldn't host your own virtual product, nor would you even leave the company that lacks the skills to secure said servers and content. Who's fault is that?

The Lab has allowed this to happen – and have taken a "hands off" approach – while spending the time on countless rolling restarts, fixing "high level security leak at backend" with no explanations – and stepping into the "Marketing/Promotion" arenas – they've not cared, and the track record shows they've done the AR/DMCA crap – and it's fruitless – allowing more and more issues to arrive – So your generalization, is totally off the mark.

While you are so quick to stepup on the soapbox, and shout foul – you need to understand that your blinders need to be lifted and proper knowledge of a statement needs to have a leg to stand on, before you can claim superiority.

***** Editing to add –
The content creators are tired of supporting LL – without creations, and the drive for the almighty L$, the Lab would not be here, and surely not making what they do off of transactions/uploads/selling & buying of currency, and their service charges – and the creators cannot get SOME protection. Like wearing a raincoat in the shower – your feet still get wet.

Just a few years ago Linden was cracked and credit cards needed changed. Nothing has changed here, people have access, and people are manipulating the item permissions throughout the SL database.

Why? Because they can.

Keep believing Linden is obligated to protect your wonderful virtual works. I personally believe that no hosting provider is responsible for protecting any of what you store on their servers. If you have something so wonderful, get a patent and a registered copyright.

Otherwise, it's just another prim item, another texture, that anyone can steal. Just as the web is and always was.

I have more of a problem with the attitudes of so called "content creator" than I do with the theft itself. And witnessed it for years in SL.

Very sad.. I don't approve of theft of any kind or type, but what I witness is no less than nuts.

The whole setup makes me sick. And people and their "prize" builds and virtual possessions make me even sicker.

You folks are *awfully* resistant to just reading the open, public record on all the various websites of these devs and reading their own admissions of making viewers that violate copyright. Their new accounts, their strenuous protestations that Emerald doesn't violate copyright, all of those point to a history, and a history that matters, and indicates they cannot be trusted.

See here for how it has all been documented and put together:
http://blog.vrhacks.net/?p=154

I know Kat, I know her well – and I know the character of this woman, which someone like you – could not even muster if it was handed to you – so please, do yourself a favor, have a cup of stfu.

And for the record, it is Alderson, not Anderson.

The beauty of Second Life is that everyone has an opportunity to experience creating something, and that is why unlike in real life, there is more sympathy and support for those whose work got stolen.

One of my real life acquaintances, doesn't have a creative bone in his body. He works for one of the big finance companies – make BIG MONEY doing very little. He has NEVER spent a PENNY in Second Life. Most of the stuff he wears is stolen, given to him by thieves and he passes it on.

Why is it always the creative ones suffer? SL WAS the perfect society for creative people to make a living. Instead there are those who want the creative ones to be flipping burgers.

It is quite obvious that those who support stolen content don't support the artists.

I'm asking the right questions about the Emerald devs, they are there to be asked by connecting all the dots. Connect them and stop being dummies.