Yesterday, the Washington Post ran an article about a Second Life resident who sells Duke University basketball shirts in-world as supplemental income.
From the article:
In the physical world, Moore, 62, writes software for a subsidiary of defense contractor Raytheon. In the virtual world, he is one of thousands of entrepreneurs selling products — for genuine American dollars — that add a remarkably profitable dose of reality to Second Life’s fantasy world.
So, by working for Raytheon, this Second Life resident should be educated enough in copyright and trademark law to know this is not okay.
FYI: The Duke Blue Devils logo is under trademark.
Have you contacted him to see if he has bought a license to sell products with the school logos?
I have to say, I hate whenever something about SL comes out in the news.. it’s always some tacky portrayal of it, nothing like how it is in reality.
The trademark is one thing, but i’m actually more upset about this making the news and making SL as a whole look bad.
Buying rainstorms and Basketball shirts isn’t exactly what SL stands for as a whole..
It is, however, an improvement on most stories about SL that involve a woman leaving her husband and kids to travel across an ocean to find that her SL lover isn’t actually a buff hero but rather is unemployed, drinks too much, and is disappointed in her RL looks.
I agree with Loreena that is what we normally hear. Some dried up old housewife in her 40s leaving her family her 30 year old lover will blah blah blah prince charming fail blah.
I have not heard of one story of two people actually meeting from SL being RL hot lawl and making it.
So a bit of improvement. I guess his employers might balk at the press coverage too.
You know, not everyone gives a rats ass about your crusade. This is actually a good article by a reputable paper, unlike the venom you post here on a continual basis against people you don’t like, while turning a blind eye to your ‘friends’ who do the same exact thing.
Well, I’m glad we’re on the same page here – because I tire quickly of vapid comments like this. Yawwwwn.
Good on him
i want a 30, no make that 25 year old lover dammit!
(i might not be old and dried up enough though)
I, for one am glad to see articles that don’t take SL seriously. Interesting to see articles with facts, real numbers, and true statistics followed by an air of skepticism and disbelief on the author’s part.
Know that our secret is safe. Our world preserved. I am not condoning trademark infringement. I am merely pointing out the stress-free layman’s opportunity to create, sell, and make profits without “The Man†breathing down our backs. I imagine the Washington Post’s author looking down on SL as one might view a Lemonade stand. Never a thought does one consider Koolaid’s stand point in the reselling of their product. No, all we get is a token pat on the head and acknowledgment. “Look how resourceful you are, playing your little game, now run along.†Rules and regulations kill creativity, let’s enjoy our lemonade stands while we have them.