Comments on: Rebel Hope Theft: Blacklisted

By: scd

scd — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 15:59:42 +0000

I think Blacklisting works on anything with a UUID – so… everything.

By: ~MH~

~MH~ — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 14:09:15 +0000

Blacklisting is a GREAT idea.. does this work on all things though?
Hair, skin, eyes, textures? An object, is easy to blacklist.
I hope that they come up with something similar for all else.

By: ReneeH

ReneeH — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 10:11:49 +0000

In the two years I've been in SL, this is the first I've heard of the much threatened "blacklisted" option being exercised by LL. I'm so happy to see it. This is terrific news. Both because it spares RH from further damage as a result of this malicious act, but also because it will hopefully give those making a profit off stolen goods something to think about. If those goods really do start disappearing from people's inventories, they will finally have to answer for it. Kudos on a job well done LL, and to RH, who must have motivated them to act.

By: IsabeauReinard

IsabeauReinard — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 07:21:06 +0000

This is great. I'm happy for RH and Rebel. This is huge. It's nice that LL FINALLY acted quickly in a content theft situation. Now how about disabling all content by Dirty Dikes and the other popular hair rippers? How about getting rid of all those ripped Redgrave and Naughty skins? I mean, come on. They're finally getting off their asses now that they're being sued, but they really need to step it up and start disabling content they should have disabled months, if not years ago.

By: Baily

Baily — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:03:16 +0000

Excellent result

By: ~H~

~H~ — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:14:53 +0000

Umm…no. It was taken care of so quickly because of the big names involved and because of the impending Stroker, Munch and etc suit.

By: Guest

Guest — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:34:05 +0000

It's probably new, and also I'm guessing there is a long long waiting list, the people who so loudly complain about content theft are probably not being served yet because SL is a huge place and there may be others to take care of first… Maybe this has happened before but some people are just quiet and politely wait.
Anyways It's good to see someone get taken care of.

By: Mainit

Mainit — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:24:49 +0000

OMG thats awesome.. YAAY FOR LL for responding and doing something..im really happy for Rebel and RH =D
im really happy LL took action and did the right thing.
i agree what rebel and RH said.. most of us SL isnt a game, and do make a living off SL.

By: Skinkie

Skinkie — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:25:54 +0000

I'm thrilled for RH and Rebel, it's a great outcome.

However, I'd imagine there are a large number of creators, who've had numerous items stolen, who are out there asking "why didn't I get that response?". Is it that the technology to do this has only just become available, perhaps spurred on by Stoker's lawsuit? Is it because RH and Rebel are "oldbies" (no offence) and well known?

For me, the fact that we're all surprised by LL's response speaks volumes, and raises many questions.

By: lordgreggreg

lordgreggreg — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:10:34 +0000

Oy, thats true. But i think the dmca has stuff in it to hadle cases like that.. so there should also be a automatic way to get your stuff put back on the market.

But once again.. this seems to really depend on accountablity, else and army of alts could take down the grid through forced dmca stuff

By: Shimere Felisimo

Shimere Felisimo — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:02:08 +0000

In this case, Linden Labs acted absolutely correctly because the theft was blatant, malicious, and without ambiguity. But considering the amount of spurious dmca's filed, I'd hate to see an innocent content creator suffer through the mortification of having "that inventory has been blacklisted" come up on one of their legitimate designs.

By: lordgreggreg

lordgreggreg — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:37:40 +0000

They should have a auto matic system just like this to take care of any dmca reports, as they are legally required to do. This is very very good results.
I wish they had a better accountability for certain avatars so they dpnt just make an alt and do it again.. but one step at a time i supose. Once more and more poeople fore LL to do what they must.. necessity is the mother of invention.. they will come up with a better way.

By: Delora Starbrook

Delora Starbrook — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:52:46 +0000

This is fantastic! Thank you LL for actually disabling content in-world this time instead of just looking the other way. Now lets see this start happening for the rest of the content creators, not just the big names.

Congratulations Rebel Hope and RH Engel, it looks like you're going to survive the mess!

By: MissKillian

MissKillian — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:16:45 +0000

Good Job Linden Lab.. am I first?!