Comments on: Second Life Embraces and Extends First Life

By: MrOrange

MrOrange — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 13:20:01 +0000

Well, my daddy used to say ” When your on fire,everyones gonna come watch ya burn”

bad press ,good press..its still press. The more stink that is spread around the more subscriptions. Just watch.

By: J.

J. — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 05:37:35 +0000

I told you it was over when they refused to respond to the Marketplace guys.

It’s REALLY over now. All downhill from here.

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 00:12:44 +0000

Plan B: since Linden has declined to send First Life a cease-and-desist letter, they should request Linden Legal send them a parody of a cease-and-desist letter. (To non- lawyers, the parody will of course be indistinguishable from a real cease-and-desist letter.)

By: Trademark.

Trademark. — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 23:45:34 +0000

Linden needs to actively police the use of their mark if they want to preserve protection. Granting a license like this is very smart from a TM perspective (it resolves the TM question left unanswered by a copyright parody defense–sure parody is a defense to a claim of copyright infringement if valid, but is it a defense to a TM suit? It should be, but if the defense is never alleged because the holder of the mark didn’t police use of the mark, does that mean the parody user is entitled to a use that extends beyond parody? Yeah, there’s a problem there, all right.).

By: kwip

kwip — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 22:46:40 +0000

That’s true. Better nuke ‘em from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.

By: TPRJones

TPRJones — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 22:19:30 +0000

The real problem with First Life is you can’t easily tell the furries from everyone else on first glance. At least online they have the decency to look freaky as a warning sign.

By: Soulflame

Soulflame — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 21:51:13 +0000

I wondered why I woke up this morning with a box on my head.

By: Neep

Neep — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 21:41:38 +0000

Yea, as soon as you pop into the world. BAM genitalia…

Perverts.

By: Amber

Amber — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 21:08:13 +0000

And of course their first order of business was to claim 6.5 billion “residents.” Uh-huh. Look out WoW. pffff.

(Also, everyone knows that First Life is populated mostly by gamblers and prostitutes.)