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Yes, other countries may also have additional requirements.However, there's nothing keeping foreign grids from registering a DMCA agent -- as Kitely has done.And remember that Megaupload case? They...
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A couple of more caveats:If your grid pre-screens content -- say, for example, not allowing users to upload stuff until a grid managers checks that it's not infringing -- you may lose your "safe...
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exactly, the US Governemnet is the property of American citizens =)the licenses are nice because that opens it up internationally as wellhowever, remember that Creative Commons isn't a legal...
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Wow (interesting). So what we need now is some sort of Tor network for opensim ? So that I can draw a triangle on the ground in a sandbox without having the church of pythagorian monks sue me ?...
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Something seems odd in all this. I am English so if another person from my country decides to sue me for infringement in a British court I don't see how registering a DMCA agent on file with the US...
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well i just picked the tank as an example, i downloaded several collada files, and the tank worked as a mesh upload in firestorm. Not all of them did. There seem to be some wrinkles with collada that i...
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I see the US military is part of the problem and not part of the solution regarding the rampant copyleftist doctrine on the Internet. Supporting Creative Communism undermines small business. What, the...
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Gaga, the EU has treaties with the US regarding just that. Although there are some differences, the EDEC deals with the same issues. I believe that Maria was speaking to the US based grids as most of...
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"* Oh, and Americans like to sue people" not this American [jus' sayin']After drilling down inside some of your supplied links, I feel so much better about the fact that I create RAW files and have...
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"exactly, the US Governemnet is the property of American citizens =)"I dunno, but as an American citizen, I often feel it is me who is the property of the us government...in so, so, so many ways-((...
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The US DMCA isn't a law you need to comply with or not comply with. Anybody can choose to ignore it and not register a DMCA agent. It will save them $105.It's an insurance policy.If you don't think you...
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Peter --None of the measures you suggest will help protect your grid against being sued. If your users build a triangle on your grid, and some creator somewhere decides that they copybotted their...
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Catherine --As a US taxpayer, I'm happy that the military is saving money where it can. However, they also tell me that they do pay design firms to create more high-end training simulations. The...
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At Dreamland Metaverse we offer saving and loading OAR and IAR archive files using our easy to use control panel. You can choose a number of options and shortly afterwards you have a local copy of your...
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oh come on.... please. You're not answering @gaga's comment, just repeating what you already said in your article.1) What jurisdiction will care about a 5$ (or ecen 500$) worth 3D object not made by...
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My advice is specifically aimed at commercial grid owners who are looking to make money from OpenSim (which is why we have "Business" in our title).If you're a commercial grid owner who's plan is to...
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The EU has very similar copyright laws and treaties involving DMCA. So as Maria has said, $105 to register a DMCA agent is a no brainer,
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What if you are not some huge business-but a US citizen?What if you are a grid owner of some tiny hyper-grid linked mini grid?What if you made the bloody thing some Troll claims?Is my Aloe plant to be...
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Unfortunately, Hyperica doesn't qualify for the "safe harbor" protection of the DMCA. We don't allow outside users to upload content to the grid. Everything on the grid is created by me or by trusted...
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