#contenttheft — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #contenttheft, aggregated by home.social.
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It’s really wild the proportions this has taken on. And that’s just a tiny bit of what we’re even aware of here ... there is so much more out there.
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It’s really wild the proportions this has taken on. And that’s just a tiny bit of what we’re even aware of here ... there is so much more out there.
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It’s really wild the proportions this has taken on. And that’s just a tiny bit of what we’re even aware of here ... there is so much more out there.
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It’s really wild the proportions this has taken on. And that’s just a tiny bit of what we’re even aware of here ... there is so much more out there.
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How Creators and Creative Industries Are Pushing Back Against AI Theft
https://copyrightalliance.org/creative-industries-pushing-back-against-ai-theft/ #Copyright, #AI, #AIEthics, #CreatorsRights, #CopyrightLaw, #CreativeIndustries, #AITrainingData, #ContentTheft, #FairUse, #DigitalRights
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How Creators and Creative Industries Are Pushing Back Against AI Theft
https://copyrightalliance.org/creative-industries-pushing-back-against-ai-theft/ #Copyright, #AI, #AIEthics, #CreatorsRights, #CopyrightLaw, #CreativeIndustries, #AITrainingData, #ContentTheft, #FairUse, #DigitalRights
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How Creators and Creative Industries Are Pushing Back Against AI Theft
https://copyrightalliance.org/creative-industries-pushing-back-against-ai-theft/ #Copyright, #AI, #AIEthics, #CreatorsRights, #CopyrightLaw, #CreativeIndustries, #AITrainingData, #ContentTheft, #FairUse, #DigitalRights
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How Creators and Creative Industries Are Pushing Back Against AI Theft
https://copyrightalliance.org/creative-industries-pushing-back-against-ai-theft/ #Copyright, #AI, #AIEthics, #CreatorsRights, #CopyrightLaw, #CreativeIndustries, #AITrainingData, #ContentTheft, #FairUse, #DigitalRights
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How Creators and Creative Industries Are Pushing Back Against AI Theft
https://copyrightalliance.org/creative-industries-pushing-back-against-ai-theft/ #Copyright, #AI, #AIEthics, #CreatorsRights, #CopyrightLaw, #CreativeIndustries, #AITrainingData, #ContentTheft, #FairUse, #DigitalRights
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How Creators and Creative Industries Are Pushing Back Against AI Theft copyrightalliance.org/creative-ind... #Copyright, #AI, #AIEthics, #CreatorsRights, #CopyrightLaw, #CreativeIndustries, #AITrainingData, #ContentTheft, #FairUse, #DigitalRights
How Creators and Creative Indu... -
If you repost and engage with stolen content/scraper accounts ur not welcome in SexySuccubus™️ space and yes of course that includes my Snapchat! #SW #NOPE #NOTINMYWHOREHOME #SIMONSAYSNO #contenttheft #WOMPWOMP
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:f3dcsz365o4zyt7uuqyliwgt/post/3mg6o3c4ah225 -
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I was tired of ChatGPT harvesting my content and made a blocklist
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TechCrunch: Following YouTube, Meta announces crackdown on ‘unoriginal’ Facebook content. “This year, Meta has already taken down around 10 million profiles that were impersonating large content creators, it said.”
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Guitar World: Giacomo Turra used their solos note-for-note for his own viral content. Now the guitarists who had their playing “stolen” are speaking out. “Allegations that social media guitarist Giacomo Turra has been stealing songs for viral content gained traction earlier this week – and now guitar players who had their work appropriated have begun speaking out.”
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Guitar World: Giacomo Turra used their solos note-for-note for his own viral content. Now the guitarists who had their playing “stolen” are speaking out. “Allegations that social media guitarist Giacomo Turra has been stealing songs for viral content gained traction earlier this week – and now guitar players who had their work appropriated have begun speaking out.”
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I know that Microsoft hates me and removing/preventing me from having subscribers on Wordpress is fun, but removing views is seriously psychotic.
Even Google hasn't got that bad ... yet.
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@kim_harding on the other hand, if the AI mafia gets away with this, we’ll see bittorrent clients with built in LLM training software … "I had to download all those movies to train that LLM" #ai #ContentTheft
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📜 CONTENT POLICY (MY TERMS):
By engaging, you agree to these conditions.🚫 PROHIBITED:
- AI training (ChatGPT, etc.) on my work.
- Reposting/adapting without written consent.
- Misusing "fair use" to bypass my rights.💸 ENFORCEABLE ACTIONS (BY ME):
- Demand removal + compensation for unauthorized use (RM100/post).
- DMCA takedowns + Malaysian small claims court (Copyright Act 1987).
- Permanent ban + platform reporting (e.g., Vivaldi Social).⚖️ MALAYSIAN LAW APPLIES:
- Copyright Act 1987: Penalizes plagiarism/distribution (no retroactive fees).
- PDPA 2010: If personal data is misused.🤝 SUPPORT CREATORS:
- Tip: https://ko-fi.com/kaebecomyn
- Share with credit (no edits/decontextualizing).🔁 SHARING RULES:
- ✅ Allowed: Direct sharing (credit + link).
- ❌ Banned: AI scraping, paywalling, or distortion.⚠️ NOTE:
- I enforce via takedowns, invoices, and court where possible.
- No retroactive fees (Malaysian law doesn’t support this).TL;DR: Respect my work; support or scroll.
💎 Support: https://ko-fi.com/kaebecomyn | ⚖️ #PayTheCreator#CreatorRights #NoAIscraping #EthicalContent #SupportIndieCreators #FairUsePolicy #CreditTheCreator #NoFreeLabor #CreativeCommons #DontStealMyWork #PayTheCreator #HumanMadeContent #AIethics #ContentTheft #DigitalOwnership #RespectCreators #ArtTheft #ConsciousConsumption #CreatorEconomy
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📜 CONTENT POLICY (MY TERMS):
By engaging, you agree to these conditions.🚫 PROHIBITED:
- AI training (ChatGPT, etc.) on my work.
- Reposting/adapting without written consent.
- Misusing "fair use" to bypass my rights.💸 ENFORCEABLE ACTIONS (BY ME):
- Demand removal + compensation for unauthorized use (RM100/post).
- DMCA takedowns + Malaysian small claims court (Copyright Act 1987).
- Permanent ban + platform reporting (e.g., Vivaldi Social).⚖️ MALAYSIAN LAW APPLIES:
- Copyright Act 1987: Penalizes plagiarism/distribution (no retroactive fees).
- PDPA 2010: If personal data is misused.🤝 SUPPORT CREATORS:
- Tip: https://ko-fi.com/kaebecomyn
- Share with credit (no edits/decontextualizing).🔁 SHARING RULES:
- ✅ Allowed: Direct sharing (credit + link).
- ❌ Banned: AI scraping, paywalling, or distortion.⚠️ NOTE:
- I enforce via takedowns, invoices, and court where possible.
- No retroactive fees (Malaysian law doesn’t support this).TL;DR: Respect my work; support or scroll.
💎 Support: https://ko-fi.com/kaebecomyn | ⚖️ #PayTheCreator#CreatorRights #NoAIscraping #EthicalContent #SupportIndieCreators #FairUsePolicy #CreditTheCreator #NoFreeLabor #CreativeCommons #DontStealMyWork #PayTheCreator #HumanMadeContent #AIethics #ContentTheft #DigitalOwnership #RespectCreators #ArtTheft #ConsciousConsumption #CreatorEconomy
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📜 CONTENT POLICY (MY TERMS):
By engaging, you agree to these conditions.🚫 PROHIBITED:
- AI training (ChatGPT, etc.) on my work.
- Reposting/adapting without written consent.
- Misusing "fair use" to bypass my rights.💸 ENFORCEABLE ACTIONS (BY ME):
- Demand removal + compensation for unauthorized use (RM100/post).
- DMCA takedowns + Malaysian small claims court (Copyright Act 1987).
- Permanent ban + platform reporting (e.g., Vivaldi Social).⚖️ MALAYSIAN LAW APPLIES:
- Copyright Act 1987: Penalizes plagiarism/distribution (no retroactive fees).
- PDPA 2010: If personal data is misused.🤝 SUPPORT CREATORS:
- Tip: https://ko-fi.com/kaebecomyn
- Share with credit (no edits/decontextualizing).🔁 SHARING RULES:
- ✅ Allowed: Direct sharing (credit + link).
- ❌ Banned: AI scraping, paywalling, or distortion.⚠️ NOTE:
- I enforce via takedowns, invoices, and court where possible.
- No retroactive fees (Malaysian law doesn’t support this).TL;DR: Respect my work; support or scroll.
💎 Support: https://ko-fi.com/kaebecomyn | ⚖️ #PayTheCreator#CreatorRights #NoAIscraping #EthicalContent #SupportIndieCreators #FairUsePolicy #CreditTheCreator #NoFreeLabor #CreativeCommons #DontStealMyWork #PayTheCreator #HumanMadeContent #AIethics #ContentTheft #DigitalOwnership #RespectCreators #ArtTheft #ConsciousConsumption #CreatorEconomy
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📜 CONTENT POLICY (MY TERMS):
By engaging, you agree to these conditions.🚫 PROHIBITED:
- AI training (ChatGPT, etc.) on my work.
- Reposting/adapting without written consent.
- Misusing "fair use" to bypass my rights.💸 ENFORCEABLE ACTIONS (BY ME):
- Demand removal + compensation for unauthorized use (RM100/post).
- DMCA takedowns + Malaysian small claims court (Copyright Act 1987).
- Permanent ban + platform reporting (e.g., Vivaldi Social).⚖️ MALAYSIAN LAW APPLIES:
- Copyright Act 1987: Penalizes plagiarism/distribution (no retroactive fees).
- PDPA 2010: If personal data is misused.🤝 SUPPORT CREATORS:
- Tip: https://ko-fi.com/kaebecomyn
- Share with credit (no edits/decontextualizing).🔁 SHARING RULES:
- ✅ Allowed: Direct sharing (credit + link).
- ❌ Banned: AI scraping, paywalling, or distortion.⚠️ NOTE:
- I enforce via takedowns, invoices, and court where possible.
- No retroactive fees (Malaysian law doesn’t support this).TL;DR: Respect my work; support or scroll.
💎 Support: https://ko-fi.com/kaebecomyn | ⚖️ #PayTheCreator#CreatorRights #NoAIscraping #EthicalContent #SupportIndieCreators #FairUsePolicy #CreditTheCreator #NoFreeLabor #CreativeCommons #DontStealMyWork #PayTheCreator #HumanMadeContent #AIethics #ContentTheft #DigitalOwnership #RespectCreators #ArtTheft #ConsciousConsumption #CreatorEconomy
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📜 CONTENT POLICY (MY TERMS):
By engaging, you agree to these conditions.🚫 PROHIBITED:
- AI training (ChatGPT, etc.) on my work.
- Reposting/adapting without written consent.
- Misusing "fair use" to bypass my rights.💸 ENFORCEABLE ACTIONS (BY ME):
- Demand removal + compensation for unauthorized use (RM100/post).
- DMCA takedowns + Malaysian small claims court (Copyright Act 1987).
- Permanent ban + platform reporting (e.g., Vivaldi Social).⚖️ MALAYSIAN LAW APPLIES:
- Copyright Act 1987: Penalizes plagiarism/distribution (no retroactive fees).
- PDPA 2010: If personal data is misused.🤝 SUPPORT CREATORS:
- Tip: https://ko-fi.com/kaebecomyn
- Share with credit (no edits/decontextualizing).🔁 SHARING RULES:
- ✅ Allowed: Direct sharing (credit + link).
- ❌ Banned: AI scraping, paywalling, or distortion.⚠️ NOTE:
- I enforce via takedowns, invoices, and court where possible.
- No retroactive fees (Malaysian law doesn’t support this).TL;DR: Respect my work; support or scroll.
💎 Support: https://ko-fi.com/kaebecomyn | ⚖️ #PayTheCreator#CreatorRights #NoAIscraping #EthicalContent #SupportIndieCreators #FairUsePolicy #CreditTheCreator #NoFreeLabor #CreativeCommons #DontStealMyWork #PayTheCreator #HumanMadeContent #AIethics #ContentTheft #DigitalOwnership #RespectCreators #ArtTheft #ConsciousConsumption #CreatorEconomy
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CW: The announced actions against copybotting and content theft could mean very, very dark times for OpenSim; CW: long (over 4,700 characters)
Brad Oberwager and Philip Rosedale of @Second Life have announced to take much, much mor drastic measures against content piracy within as well as originating in Second Life.
Some sources:
Linden Lab may soon act when:- you have stolen content in Second Life
- you have uploaded stolen Second Life content somewhere
- you offer stolen Second Life content somewhere
- you host stolen Second Life content somewhere
- you tell others how to steal Second Life content
And "act" means:- they'll terminate your Second Life account
- they'll purge any and all creations from this account from Second Life, including in-world and from other avatars' inventories
- they'll terminate every last one of your alt accounts
- they'll purge any and all creations from your alt accounts from Second Life, including in-world and from other avatars' inventories
- they'll file a DMCA notice against you
- they'll file a Cease & Desist against whatever you've done and wherever you've done it
- they might even start a criminal lawsuit against you, drag you to court and have you convicted
Now, most talk concerning these measures is in Second Life and/or only concerning Second Life. But OpenSimulator, especially grids connected to the Hypergrid, have been flooded with stolen Second Life content for many years already. My estimation is that over 95% of all sim decoration and at least 99% of all avatar accessories were stolen from Second Life.
Granted, no-one makes any money with this content. And we're talking about over 3,000, maybe over 4,000 individual grids, the vast majority of which are connected to the Hypergrid. But the availability of even premium Second Life content as freebies in OpenSim makes OpenSim more attractive to non-creators than Second Life and gives it an unfair and illegal advantage in the competition between virtual worlds.
If Linden Lab went all the way against OpenSim, the effects would be devastating. Grid by grid would be shut down, either by their admins or by the authorities, and their admins might end up behind bars with a permanent criminal record, just because there's illegal Second Life content on them, maybe even available in freebie stores.
This would not only affect the small grids that are based around young and extremely popular freebie stores that are constantly being supplied with a stream of freshly copybotted content.
OSgrid, the first public grid, the oldest still existing grid, one of the two largest grids with a bigger landmass than Second Life itself and the main testbed for OpenSim's development, would meet its end, and its entire eight-piece grid staff would be convicted for what's on externally attached sims like Agora or Nutella or, in fact, any sim that isn't 100% squeaky clean. In fact, I dare say it's hardly possible for a grid to be so aseptic that it couldn't possible be a target of such actions. One local avatar with a Second Life body, and a grid could be toast.
Better yet: The Lindens won't even have to go look for illegal content in OpenSim themselves. A new category for Second Life support tickets will be created to report cases of stolen Second Life content. If you think this won't be used with malicious intent, I have a bridge to sell you.
Philip Rosedale said that Linden Lab will take care that this won't be weaponised within Second Life. But neither he nor Brad Oberwager nor anyone else at Linden Lab would even notice if it's being used as a weapon in wars between grids, communities or single users in OpenSim. In OpenSim, this report feature could be used as a salted thermonuclear weapon that can not only permanently destroy grids of any size, but all their staff in real life along with them, even those who have never had Second Life avatars.
And believe me when I say that, especially in the German-speaking OpenSim scene, there are enough open conflicts and enough complete nutbars who would "push the button" with glee to get rid of grids and users whom they have a problem with. I think there's only one German grid that couldn't possibly be destroyed this way, and that grid is almost unknown and has spent over a decade under a rock. Our only salvation is how slow the German legal system is, and how digital legislation has yet to arrive in the 21st century.
I've recently posted a lengthy comment on this.
#Long #LongPost #CWLong #CWLongPost #SecondLife #OpenSim #OpenSimulator #Metaverse #VirtualWorlds #Piracy #Copybotting #ContentTheft -
CW: The announced actions against copybotting and content theft could mean very, very dark times for OpenSim; CW: long (over 4,700 characters)
Brad Oberwager and Philip Rosedale of @Second Life have announced to take much, much mor drastic measures against content piracy within as well as originating in Second Life.
Some sources:
Linden Lab may soon act when:- you have stolen content in Second Life
- you have uploaded stolen Second Life content somewhere
- you offer stolen Second Life content somewhere
- you host stolen Second Life content somewhere
- you tell others how to steal Second Life content
And "act" means:- they'll terminate your Second Life account
- they'll purge any and all creations from this account from Second Life, including in-world and from other avatars' inventories
- they'll terminate every last one of your alt accounts
- they'll purge any and all creations from your alt accounts from Second Life, including in-world and from other avatars' inventories
- they'll file a DMCA notice against you
- they'll file a Cease & Desist against whatever you've done and wherever you've done it
- they might even start a criminal lawsuit against you, drag you to court and have you convicted
Now, most talk concerning these measures is in Second Life and/or only concerning Second Life. But OpenSimulator, especially grids connected to the Hypergrid, have been flooded with stolen Second Life content for many years already. My estimation is that over 95% of all sim decoration and at least 99% of all avatar accessories were stolen from Second Life.
Granted, no-one makes any money with this content. And we're talking about over 3,000, maybe over 4,000 individual grids, the vast majority of which are connected to the Hypergrid. But the availability of even premium Second Life content as freebies in OpenSim makes OpenSim more attractive to non-creators than Second Life and gives it an unfair and illegal advantage in the competition between virtual worlds.
If Linden Lab went all the way against OpenSim, the effects would be devastating. Grid by grid would be shut down, either by their admins or by the authorities, and their admins might end up behind bars with a permanent criminal record, just because there's illegal Second Life content on them, maybe even available in freebie stores.
This would not only affect the small grids that are based around young and extremely popular freebie stores that are constantly being supplied with a stream of freshly copybotted content.
OSgrid, the first public grid, the oldest still existing grid, one of the two largest grids with a bigger landmass than Second Life itself and the main testbed for OpenSim's development, would meet its end, and its entire eight-piece grid staff would be convicted for what's on externally attached sims like Agora or Nutella or, in fact, any sim that isn't 100% squeaky clean. In fact, I dare say it's hardly possible for a grid to be so aseptic that it couldn't possible be a target of such actions. One local avatar with a Second Life body, and a grid could be toast.
Better yet: The Lindens won't even have to go look for illegal content in OpenSim themselves. A new category for Second Life support tickets will be created to report cases of stolen Second Life content. If you think this won't be used with malicious intent, I have a bridge to sell you.
Philip Rosedale said that Linden Lab will take care that this won't be weaponised within Second Life. But neither he nor Brad Oberwager nor anyone else at Linden Lab would even notice if it's being used as a weapon in wars between grids, communities or single users in OpenSim. In OpenSim, this report feature could be used as a salted thermonuclear weapon that can not only permanently destroy grids of any size, but all their staff in real life along with them, even those who have never had Second Life avatars.
And believe me when I say that, especially in the German-speaking OpenSim scene, there are enough open conflicts and enough complete nutbars who would "push the button" with glee to get rid of grids and users whom they have a problem with. I think there's only one German grid that couldn't possibly be destroyed this way, and that grid is almost unknown and has spent over a decade under a rock. Our only salvation is how slow the German legal system is, and how digital legislation has yet to arrive in the 21st century.
I've recently posted a lengthy comment on this.
#Long #LongPost #CWLong #CWLongPost #SecondLife #OpenSim #OpenSimulator #Metaverse #VirtualWorlds #Piracy #Copybotting #ContentTheft -
CW: The announced actions against copybotting and content theft could mean very, very dark times for OpenSim; CW: long (over 4,700 characters)
Brad Oberwager and Philip Rosedale of @Second Life have announced to take much, much mor drastic measures against content piracy within as well as originating in Second Life.
Some sources:
Linden Lab may soon act when:- you have stolen content in Second Life
- you have uploaded stolen Second Life content somewhere
- you offer stolen Second Life content somewhere
- you host stolen Second Life content somewhere
- you tell others how to steal Second Life content
And "act" means:- they'll terminate your Second Life account
- they'll purge any and all creations from this account from Second Life, including in-world and from other avatars' inventories
- they'll terminate every last one of your alt accounts
- they'll purge any and all creations from your alt accounts from Second Life, including in-world and from other avatars' inventories
- they'll file a DMCA notice against you
- they'll file a Cease & Desist against whatever you've done and wherever you've done it
- they might even start a criminal lawsuit against you, drag you to court and have you convicted
Now, most talk concerning these measures is in Second Life and/or only concerning Second Life. But OpenSimulator, especially grids connected to the Hypergrid, have been flooded with stolen Second Life content for many years already. My estimation is that over 95% of all sim decoration and at least 99% of all avatar accessories were stolen from Second Life.
Granted, no-one makes any money with this content. And we're talking about over 3,000, maybe over 4,000 individual grids, the vast majority of which are connected to the Hypergrid. But the availability of even premium Second Life content as freebies in OpenSim makes OpenSim more attractive to non-creators than Second Life and gives it an unfair and illegal advantage in the competition between virtual worlds.
If Linden Lab went all the way against OpenSim, the effects would be devastating. Grid by grid would be shut down, either by their admins or by the authorities, and their admins might end up behind bars with a permanent criminal record, just because there's illegal Second Life content on them, maybe even available in freebie stores.
This would not only affect the small grids that are based around young and extremely popular freebie stores that are constantly being supplied with a stream of freshly copybotted content.
OSgrid, the first public grid, the oldest still existing grid, one of the two largest grids with a bigger landmass than Second Life itself and the main testbed for OpenSim's development, would meet its end, and its entire eight-piece grid staff would be convicted for what's on externally attached sims like Agora or Nutella or, in fact, any sim that isn't 100% squeaky clean. In fact, I dare say it's hardly possible for a grid to be so aseptic that it couldn't possible be a target of such actions. One local avatar with a Second Life body, and a grid could be toast.
Better yet: The Lindens won't even have to go look for illegal content in OpenSim themselves. A new category for Second Life support tickets will be created to report cases of stolen Second Life content. If you think this won't be used with malicious intent, I have a bridge to sell you.
Philip Rosedale said that Linden Lab will take care that this won't be weaponised within Second Life. But neither he nor Brad Oberwager nor anyone else at Linden Lab would even notice if it's being used as a weapon in wars between grids, communities or single users in OpenSim. In OpenSim, this report feature could be used as a salted thermonuclear weapon that can not only permanently destroy grids of any size, but all their staff in real life along with them, even those who have never had Second Life avatars.
And believe me when I say that, especially in the German-speaking OpenSim scene, there are enough open conflicts and enough complete nutbars who would "push the button" with glee to get rid of grids and users whom they have a problem with. I think there's only one German grid that couldn't possibly be destroyed this way, and that grid is almost unknown and has spent over a decade under a rock. Our only salvation is how slow the German legal system is, and how digital legislation has yet to arrive in the 21st century.
I've recently posted a lengthy comment on this.
#Long #LongPost #CWLong #CWLongPost #SecondLife #OpenSim #OpenSimulator #Metaverse #VirtualWorlds #Piracy #Copybotting #ContentTheft -
CW: The announced actions against copybotting and content theft could mean very, very dark times for OpenSim; CW: long (over 4,700 characters)
Brad Oberwager and Philip Rosedale of @Second Life have announced to take much, much mor drastic measures against content piracy within as well as originating in Second Life.
Some sources:
Linden Lab may soon act when:- you have stolen content in Second Life
- you have uploaded stolen Second Life content somewhere
- you offer stolen Second Life content somewhere
- you host stolen Second Life content somewhere
- you tell others how to steal Second Life content
And "act" means:- they'll terminate your Second Life account
- they'll purge any and all creations from this account from Second Life, including in-world and from other avatars' inventories
- they'll terminate every last one of your alt accounts
- they'll purge any and all creations from your alt accounts from Second Life, including in-world and from other avatars' inventories
- they'll file a DMCA notice against you
- they'll file a Cease & Desist against whatever you've done and wherever you've done it
- they might even start a criminal lawsuit against you, drag you to court and have you convicted
Now, most talk concerning these measures is in Second Life and/or only concerning Second Life. But OpenSimulator, especially grids connected to the Hypergrid, have been flooded with stolen Second Life content for many years already. My estimation is that over 95% of all sim decoration and at least 99% of all avatar accessories were stolen from Second Life.
Granted, no-one makes any money with this content. And we're talking about over 3,000, maybe over 4,000 individual grids, the vast majority of which are connected to the Hypergrid. But the availability of even premium Second Life content as freebies in OpenSim makes OpenSim more attractive to non-creators than Second Life and gives it an unfair and illegal advantage in the competition between virtual worlds.
If Linden Lab went all the way against OpenSim, the effects would be devastating. Grid by grid would be shut down, either by their admins or by the authorities, and their admins might end up behind bars with a permanent criminal record, just because there's illegal Second Life content on them, maybe even available in freebie stores.
This would not only affect the small grids that are based around young and extremely popular freebie stores that are constantly being supplied with a stream of freshly copybotted content.
OSgrid, the first public grid, the oldest still existing grid, one of the two largest grids with a bigger landmass than Second Life itself and the main testbed for OpenSim's development, would meet its end, and its entire eight-piece grid staff would be convicted for what's on externally attached sims like Agora or Nutella or, in fact, any sim that isn't 100% squeaky clean. In fact, I dare say it's hardly possible for a grid to be so aseptic that it couldn't possible be a target of such actions. One local avatar with a Second Life body, and a grid could be toast.
Better yet: The Lindens won't even have to go look for illegal content in OpenSim themselves. A new category for Second Life support tickets will be created to report cases of stolen Second Life content. If you think this won't be used with malicious intent, I have a bridge to sell you.
Philip Rosedale said that Linden Lab will take care that this won't be weaponised within Second Life. But neither he nor Brad Oberwager nor anyone else at Linden Lab would even notice if it's being used as a weapon in wars between grids, communities or single users in OpenSim. In OpenSim, this report feature could be used as a salted thermonuclear weapon that can not only permanently destroy grids of any size, but all their staff in real life along with them, even those who have never had Second Life avatars.
And believe me when I say that, especially in the German-speaking OpenSim scene, there are enough open conflicts and enough complete nutbars who would "push the button" with glee to get rid of grids and users whom they have a problem with. I think there's only one German grid that couldn't possibly be destroyed this way, and that grid is almost unknown and has spent over a decade under a rock. Our only salvation is how slow the German legal system is, and how digital legislation has yet to arrive in the 21st century.
I've recently posted a lengthy comment on this.
#Long #LongPost #CWLong #CWLongPost #SecondLife #OpenSim #OpenSimulator #Metaverse #VirtualWorlds #Piracy #Copybotting #ContentTheft -
CW: The announced actions against copybotting and content theft could mean very, very dark times for OpenSim; CW: long (over 4,700 characters)
Brad Oberwager and Philip Rosedale of @Second Life have announced to take much, much mor drastic measures against content piracy within as well as originating in Second Life.
Some sources:
Linden Lab may soon act when:- you have stolen content in Second Life
- you have uploaded stolen Second Life content somewhere
- you offer stolen Second Life content somewhere
- you host stolen Second Life content somewhere
- you tell others how to steal Second Life content
And "act" means:- they'll terminate your Second Life account
- they'll purge any and all creations from this account from Second Life, including in-world and from other avatars' inventories
- they'll terminate every last one of your alt accounts
- they'll purge any and all creations from your alt accounts from Second Life, including in-world and from other avatars' inventories
- they'll file a DMCA notice against you
- they'll file a Cease & Desist against whatever you've done and wherever you've done it
- they might even start a criminal lawsuit against you, drag you to court and have you convicted
Now, most talk concerning these measures is in Second Life and/or only concerning Second Life. But OpenSimulator, especially grids connected to the Hypergrid, have been flooded with stolen Second Life content for many years already. My estimation is that over 95% of all sim decoration and at least 99% of all avatar accessories were stolen from Second Life.
Granted, no-one makes any money with this content. And we're talking about over 3,000, maybe over 4,000 individual grids, the vast majority of which are connected to the Hypergrid. But the availability of even premium Second Life content as freebies in OpenSim makes OpenSim more attractive to non-creators than Second Life and gives it an unfair and illegal advantage in the competition between virtual worlds.
If Linden Lab went all the way against OpenSim, the effects would be devastating. Grid by grid would be shut down, either by their admins or by the authorities, and their admins might end up behind bars with a permanent criminal record, just because there's illegal Second Life content on them, maybe even available in freebie stores.
This would not only affect the small grids that are based around young and extremely popular freebie stores that are constantly being supplied with a stream of freshly copybotted content.
OSgrid, the first public grid, the oldest still existing grid, one of the two largest grids with a bigger landmass than Second Life itself and the main testbed for OpenSim's development, would meet its end, and its entire eight-piece grid staff would be convicted for what's on externally attached sims like Agora or Nutella or, in fact, any sim that isn't 100% squeaky clean. In fact, I dare say it's hardly possible for a grid to be so aseptic that it couldn't possible be a target of such actions. One local avatar with a Second Life body, and a grid could be toast.
Better yet: The Lindens won't even have to go look for illegal content in OpenSim themselves. A new category for Second Life support tickets will be created to report cases of stolen Second Life content. If you think this won't be used with malicious intent, I have a bridge to sell you.
Philip Rosedale said that Linden Lab will take care that this won't be weaponised within Second Life. But neither he nor Brad Oberwager nor anyone else at Linden Lab would even notice if it's being used as a weapon in wars between grids, communities or single users in OpenSim. In OpenSim, this report feature could be used as a salted thermonuclear weapon that can not only permanently destroy grids of any size, but all their staff in real life along with them, even those who have never had Second Life avatars.
And believe me when I say that, especially in the German-speaking OpenSim scene, there are enough open conflicts and enough complete nutbars who would "push the button" with glee to get rid of grids and users whom they have a problem with. I think there's only one German grid that couldn't possibly be destroyed this way, and that grid is almost unknown and has spent over a decade under a rock. Our only salvation is how slow the German legal system is, and how digital legislation has yet to arrive in the 21st century.
I've recently posted a lengthy comment on this.
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@Stex Auer I know from personal experience that many OpenSim users expect OpenSim to be Second Life, free-of-charge, but otherwise Second Life. Including the same content, but free-of-charge. Or at least that subset of the same content which they desire. For example, that's what makes female avatars look sexy (or what these people take for sexy) and male avatars look badass.
Let me put it this way: Over the last years, more female footwear with 6" platforms and 12" spike heels was stolen from Second Life than with flat soles. There are more medium-heeled female shoes made in OpenSim and rigged for Ruth 2.0 RC#2/RC#3 than there are stolen medium-heeled shoes for all female Second Life mesh bodies combined. It's magnitudes easier to dress an Athena-based avatar like a completely overdone slut than to make a veritable and credible winter outfit. And I guess you can't even dress Legacy for autumn in OpenSim.
Fully legal mesh avatars are very difficult to make and maintain, especially if you don't want to run around with the same outfit on all the time. It's possible, but very difficult. One reason for this is because it isn't really worth making mesh clothes from scratch, especially free mesh clothes. If you have a male avatar, you have to trust certain merchants when they say that they've imported Second Life content with the consent of its creators. If you have a female avatar like @Juno Rowland, you have to make do with Clutterfly, textured Damien Fate meshes, skin-tight clothes as layers, and you have to know very obscure creators for the rest.
Second Life creators traditionally barely have any chance in OpenSim. This is largely due to that "Never buy in OpenSim" mantra which some seem to believe to have originated from OpenSim's own creators, but which was actually coined by the copybotting mafiya in the 2010s to get rid of legal payware merchants. Getting rid of legal freebie merchants was attempted with its own tricks.
Also, the vast majority of OpenSim users doesn't want to invest any money anyway, at least not beyond what little they pay for their sims. Most of those who cite anti-capitalism as the reason for supporting "Never buy in OpenSim" are either poor or just plain cheap.
The items that sell the best, both in Second Life and in OpenSim, are avatar accessories. You can't sell avatar accessories in OpenSim for money. There's next to nothing in this regard that isn't already available in OpenSim as illegal copies, at least not if it's actually (considered) wanted by the users. And even if you want to offer brand-new clothes, wearing them requires a stolen body. That is, unless you rig for Ruth2 or Roth2 which were made in and for OpenSim (terrible devkits notwithstanding), and doing so isn't even worth the effort in Second Life.
Lastly, if a Second Life creator offers something in OpenSim for money, and it's good in some way, you can be certain that someone else wil copybot it from Second Life and then offer it as freebies. In fact, I'm not sure if Studio Skye joined the Kitely Market before or after their beach kit was copybotted.
But I'd really like to see what happens if Linden Lab, with Second Life creators by their side, sue the owners of some of those small American or European grids that are built around massive freebie stores into submission, have their grids shut down and even make sure that they won't start new grids. I guess if the legal action that was threatened some ten years ago already is actually taken, and entire grids (albeit small ones, but with popular, significant freebie sims) fall victim to it, this may shock quite a few people. Especially if these grids don't pop up again within no time.
#Long #LongPost #CWLong #CWLongPost #SecondLife #OpenSim #OpenSimulator #Metaverse #VirtualWorlds #Piracy #Copybotting #ContentTheft -
@Stex Auer I know from personal experience that many OpenSim users expect OpenSim to be Second Life, free-of-charge, but otherwise Second Life. Including the same content, but free-of-charge. Or at least that subset of the same content which they desire. For example, that's what makes female avatars look sexy (or what these people take for sexy) and male avatars look badass.
Let me put it this way: Over the last years, more female footwear with 6" platforms and 12" spike heels was stolen from Second Life than with flat soles. There are more medium-heeled female shoes made in OpenSim and rigged for Ruth 2.0 RC#2/RC#3 than there are stolen medium-heeled shoes for all female Second Life mesh bodies combined. It's magnitudes easier to dress an Athena-based avatar like a completely overdone slut than to make a veritable and credible winter outfit. And I guess you can't even dress Legacy for autumn in OpenSim.
Fully legal mesh avatars are very difficult to make and maintain, especially if you don't want to run around with the same outfit on all the time. It's possible, but very difficult. One reason for this is because it isn't really worth making mesh clothes from scratch, especially free mesh clothes. If you have a male avatar, you have to trust certain merchants when they say that they've imported Second Life content with the consent of its creators. If you have a female avatar like @Juno Rowland, you have to make do with Clutterfly, textured Damien Fate meshes, skin-tight clothes as layers, and you have to know very obscure creators for the rest.
Second Life creators traditionally barely have any chance in OpenSim. This is largely due to that "Never buy in OpenSim" mantra which some seem to believe to have originated from OpenSim's own creators, but which was actually coined by the copybotting mafiya in the 2010s to get rid of legal payware merchants. Getting rid of legal freebie merchants was attempted with its own tricks.
Also, the vast majority of OpenSim users doesn't want to invest any money anyway, at least not beyond what little they pay for their sims. Most of those who cite anti-capitalism as the reason for supporting "Never buy in OpenSim" are either poor or just plain cheap.
The items that sell the best, both in Second Life and in OpenSim, are avatar accessories. You can't sell avatar accessories in OpenSim for money. There's next to nothing in this regard that isn't already available in OpenSim as illegal copies, at least not if it's actually (considered) wanted by the users. And even if you want to offer brand-new clothes, wearing them requires a stolen body. That is, unless you rig for Ruth2 or Roth2 which were made in and for OpenSim (terrible devkits notwithstanding), and doing so isn't even worth the effort in Second Life.
Lastly, if a Second Life creator offers something in OpenSim for money, and it's good in some way, you can be certain that someone else wil copybot it from Second Life and then offer it as freebies. In fact, I'm not sure if Studio Skye joined the Kitely Market before or after their beach kit was copybotted.
But I'd really like to see what happens if Linden Lab, with Second Life creators by their side, sue the owners of some of those small American or European grids that are built around massive freebie stores into submission, have their grids shut down and even make sure that they won't start new grids. I guess if the legal action that was threatened some ten years ago already is actually taken, and entire grids (albeit small ones, but with popular, significant freebie sims) fall victim to it, this may shock quite a few people. Especially if these grids don't pop up again within no time.
#Long #LongPost #CWLong #CWLongPost #SecondLife #OpenSim #OpenSimulator #Metaverse #VirtualWorlds #Piracy #Copybotting #ContentTheft -
@Stex Auer
the second the enhancement of creativity.
This reminds me of how rampant copybotting of Second Life content killed off almost all creativity in OpenSim in no time back in 2015.
Speaking of which, I'm wondering if Linden Lab is specifically targetting OpenSim here. This could end up either impossible or not worth it or really ugly. If you've got too much time to read...
CC: @Metasocieties
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@Stex Auer
the second the enhancement of creativity.
This reminds me of how rampant copybotting of Second Life content killed off almost all creativity in OpenSim in no time back in 2015.
Speaking of which, I'm wondering if Linden Lab is specifically targetting OpenSim here. This could end up either impossible or not worth it or really ugly. If you've got too much time to read...
CC: @Metasocieties
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Bluesky has reached over 20 million users and is adding more every second. But how is it on matters of copyright and content protection?
https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2024/11/20/copyright-and-content-protection-on-bluesky/
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Today's #tiktok #youtube #instagram short video: #contentThief #SSSniperwolf DOXXED #jacksfilms ' house via livestream to her army of simps in retaliation for his critique of her #reaction #contentTheft !
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Today's #tiktok #youtube #instagram short video: #contentThief #SSSniperwolf DOXXED #jacksfilms ' house via livestream to her army of simps in retaliation for his critique of her #reaction #contentTheft !
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Today's #tiktok #youtube #instagram short video: #contentThief #SSSniperwolf DOXXED #jacksfilms ' house via livestream to her army of simps in retaliation for his critique of her #reaction #contentTheft !
View on Tiktok @toplessTopicsTV
https://www.tiktok.com/@toplesstopicstv/video/7290967568368651566View on Youtube @toplesstopics
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Today's #tiktok #youtube #instagram short video: #contentThief #SSSniperwolf DOXXED #jacksfilms ' house via livestream to her army of simps in retaliation for his critique of her #reaction #contentTheft !
View on Tiktok @toplessTopicsTV
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