Comments on: Sex bed boss’ copyright shout http://www.p2pnet.net/story/12696 p2pnet.net - reader powered Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:20:37 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: raindog469 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/12696/comment-page-1#comment-140470 raindog469 Thu, 05 Jul 2007 22:01:30 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/12696#comment-140470 Second Life is like real life, except completely controlled by corporations. Imagine a world where everything is data, and can be copied infinitely at the press of a button. If it were the real world, it would be the dawn of a beautiful age with no fighting over natural resources, no consumer culture, no one going hungry or exposed to the elements. Now imagine a world where everything really IS data, but there's DRM allowing anyone to pretend their imaginary property is real and unique, all subject to the whim of Linden Labs, and you have Second Life. And the silliness of this lawsuit is an example of that. Actually, I take that back. Second Life isn't really like real life at all. Second Life is like an IRC chat room with a clumsy 3D engine and scripting interface on top. I logged in for the first time last month, spent some time trying to make an avatar that looked like me, and when I was done, found I didn't actually care. Watching some virtual blow-up doll doing the hot coffee routine is no better than watching people in chat rooms go "/me kneels down in front of you and OMG LOL". No interest in miming the same scripted sex acts over and over when I can make up new ones in real life with someone else's help. But a lot of my friends are in there and just like I'm on AIM and Yahoo IM to stay in touch, I caved in on SL, so as long as SL is a cultural phenomenon, I am.... - "Dawg Maertens" Second Life is like real life, except completely controlled by corporations. Imagine a world where everything is data, and can be copied infinitely at the press of a button. If it were the real world, it would be the dawn of a beautiful age with no fighting over natural resources, no consumer culture, no one going hungry or exposed to the elements. Now imagine a world where everything really IS data, but there’s DRM allowing anyone to pretend their imaginary property is real and unique, all subject to the whim of Linden Labs, and you have Second Life. And the silliness of this lawsuit is an example of that.

Actually, I take that back. Second Life isn’t really like real life at all. Second Life is like an IRC chat room with a clumsy 3D engine and scripting interface on top. I logged in for the first time last month, spent some time trying to make an avatar that looked like me, and when I was done, found I didn’t actually care. Watching some virtual blow-up doll doing the hot coffee routine is no better than watching people in chat rooms go “/me kneels down in front of you and OMG LOL”. No interest in miming the same scripted sex acts over and over when I can make up new ones in real life with someone else’s help.

But a lot of my friends are in there and just like I’m on AIM and Yahoo IM to stay in touch, I caved in on SL, so as long as SL is a cultural phenomenon, I am….

- “Dawg Maertens”

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