Emerald DMCA’s NeilLife

GO GO GADGET EMERALD!

We just submitted a copyright violation claim to Google regarding a “neillife” viewer blog. This is one of several clients that have been brought to our attention that are in violation of our copyright.
We intend to file similar claims at our discretion against any derivatives of our work which are in violation of our copyright.
We are at the end of our patience in regards to these programs.
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PS: In case you didn’t catch it above: “neil”, and other violators, your actions have resulted in the termination of your rights under the licensing provided, and you no longer have the legal right to produce works based upon the Emerald Viewer. You cannot regain these rights, even if you altered your behavior to comply with the licensing.
Read more from Fractured Crystal, Emerald Developer, over at the Emerald blog: http://modularsystems.sl/index.php?option=com_myblog&show=emerald-tired-of-this-bullshit.html&Itemid=1
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Comments

  1. NachoMom says:

    GNU General Public License and DMCA…different things. They do not mention DMCA, as those people didn't violate DMCA, but rather the licencing agreement for Open Source software, the GNU General Public License for derivative works…

    Tsk tsk…:p

  2. skulls says:

    we filed a DMCA with his blog host .

  3. Cat says:

    So it needs to be something on the blog (ie, copied content on the blog!) before they'll take action…That's like sending a DMCA to google because people can find illegal mp3s via it…

    Though speaking of copied content or rather the Lindens being unable to 'converse' with their residents and actually sort copied content issues, check this link out..
    http://www.slapt.me/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=11&amp

  4. Roblem says:

    Thank you Tenshi for spreading the word on this.

    This really is a big deal folks. Modular systems is doing things we all wish the Lindens would do, use perfectly simple and legal means to go after rouge versions of the SL client that enable copying. My understanding is that modular systems has evoked its rights under the GNU GPL to revoke the rights to distribute the derivative NeilLife code and is filing DMCA take downs where it finds the now illegal code available for download. While this will not remove the copies of NeilLife that are "in the wild", it is exactly what we all want to see. Well Done!

  5. Sometimes I wish I had gone to law school so I could understand all that's happening lately, LOL. But besides that YAY!

  6. AfraidOfLLSpies says:

    Won't do any good. The only effective resolution is a lawsuit which is a public record and requires publishing the real life name and address of whoever "Neil" is.

  7. Prokofy Neva says:

    Fake. Rippers who were ripping 2 months ago now distracting from that by blowing in others.

    • TiredofProkofy says:

      Shut up Prokofy

    • Okay you annoy me now. They are not rippers they make the SL client better

    • Polero says:

      Prokky hunny, you can type better English than that. I have no idea what you mean, so as far as communication goes, you fail. Please try again (preferably somewhere else).

      • Mockba the Borg says:

        Prokofy … SHUT UP!!!
        You just raised your voice against the former ripper on the Emerald team. This behavior will not be tolerated here.
        You must comply with some rules on this blog if you don't want to be flamed at, which are:
        1 – Never express your real oppinion.
        2 – Never go against the emerald/LGG/Ripper team
        3 – Never move away from the cattle
        4 – Never forget to floss after diner … and the list goes on.

        (sorry if I could write better english that this)

  8. anon says:

    You mean basically Emerald is trying to act in charge because they want to be the only other viewer that is used in 3rd party terms when we all know that Modular themselves have tried breaking and working glitches to fill there on interest why don't you all ask them what the full lsl bridge can do they will say just radar to you are nothing at all.

    On top of that why don't every one of you look deep and find who the person you so protect is also known for https://xstreetsl.com/modules.php?name=Marketplac… not everyone is pure no one is perfect.

  9. dag says:

    How can Emerald claim A OPEN source is Theire????
    if they want a PATENET on it make a TOTALY NEW source then take a PATENT you guys talk so much shitt that even a PIG will start laffing at you grow up peoples see the world for what it is ANY viewers out THERE INCLUDING EMERALD is BUILT ON SL VIEWER!!! Claim all you want But first Make your OWN PVT open source OR in this case CLOSED source!

    • Richard Brooksby says:

      1. The stuff they added to the viewer is copyright by them. 2. Read the GPL: "…nothing other than this License grants you permission to propagate or modify any covered work"

    • Polero says:

      Have you been drinking?

  10. skulls says:

    Lrn2spell please? reading this gives me a headache :<

    • Mockba the Borg says:

      Hey skull … nice to see you around again. Maybe we can start creating some entropy here on this thread too …

      cheers,
      The Borg.

  11. Jason says:

    No don't get me wrong, I use Emerald everyday and am very happy with it. It does everything i want in a viewer. However, to paint the developers of Emerald as saints is a bit misleading. Those same people have produced private clients on the same scale as NeilLife, and have sold those clients for upwards of 50,000 Linden. Some even scam their supposed customers byt taking the money and never deliver the "passwords" that must be use to unlock the client. The point is, don't go tossing stones if you don't know all the facts. I just find it funny that the ones doing the pointing are the ones with most to hide.

    • Jason, in my eyes, the Emerald developers ARE saints. The jiggly boobs function allows me to FEEL like a REAL woman, AND at the same time makes me FEEL SEXY.

      • Mockba the Borg says:

        Have you thought about surgery? We have this (now) chick in Brasil who used to be a guy. She went thru some surgery and now she looks VERY hot.
        She had been on TV for some time. And even got to a movie of some sorts.

  12. Neil's unwillingness to publish his code does raise a few questions.

    It would be rather poetic justice, I suppose, if it transpires that all the people who've been using his viewer to rip content find they've also been sending him their passwords and log-in details…

  13. Mockba the Borg says:

    Do you compile your own Emerald copy prior to using it? As fas as I am concerned, any modded viewer (Emerald included) can be doing that. That's why I only rely on the LL viewer when I want to go out and do some ripping. But wait … don't they do the same as well? hmmm…. made me think now.

  14. Marjorie Achtung says:

    Some other moron is publishing a proxy application that allows all kinds of nasty stuff. (http://openmetaverse.blogspot.com/)
    And this one is not like Neil, he is releasing the full source code, so he is not breaking any GPL.
    I think this makes him eve more dangerous than Neil, because he is not hiding anything from anyone.

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