Collapse replies (4) Reply View in chronology More importantly, this is the first accusation I have seen where the Herald is accused of helping steal anything. Its just the contents are now shared and the extent of the activities of what you called a charitable organization is now plastered on the web. They werenвЂ™t *stolen.* They are right where they belong.

You made an accusation that the Herald, a group of people reporting on virtual world news, helped in the releasing of the documents. And whether you consider the Herald a proper newspaper or not, it is still reporting, and such reporting is protected under the law, both constitutional and copyright.Д¤.

There might be a good argument to be made about the activities in SL being roleplay or augmented reality, but when a usersвЂ™ data is collected without consent, which *is* the real story here, its not a fiction. The website вЂњвЂќ upon opening it has two instances of copyright and trademark infringement.ДЈ. Even though they did create a wiki containing usersвЂ™ personal information in order to use that information against them in the context of the platform and possibly action against them in real life.Дў. The JLU is a charity and community serve organization. Collapse replies (10) Reply View in Martin,ДЎ.

And then I would go out and invent The Last Coolest Thing Ever and wonder if they can top that. If it was Really Cool I might even buy one myself. If someone invented The Cooler Next Thing I wouldnвЂ™t sue, I would devise a marketing campaign to ensure that there was no way to accidentally confuse them as being the same. I would demand it was spelled right and the picture was clear. If I create an item and call it The Next Cool Thing and a reporter writes about it, I would be glad they used the name and an image of it. So what if someone makes reference to something you did or own? ItвЂ™s at the point where they try to make money from it without your permission that you have to worry about. Everyone needs to stop suing everyone else, calm down, take a chill pill, and learn to freaking relax. When it comes to reporting, I know youвЂ™re supposed to go in-depth and give much detail for the editors to weed out, but copyright suits due to it? What are we supposed to do? Call them вЂњThe Group Which Shall Not Be NamedвЂќ? That itself sounds much like copyright infringement as well as being a boring story. People and companies seem to be using it as a defense or attack mechanism in order to destroy something they donвЂ™t like, namely other people doing something similar to them. NCSoft and youвЂ™ll see how rediculous both sides of the argument are.ДЄlso, I feel that copyright has definately gotten out of control. For references do searches for Marvel vs. Of course, it seems equally ironic that they would be using copyright claims to take down such content, seeing as they appear to be infringing on the trademarks of various comic book publishers.ДЄt what point is it copyright infringement and at what point is it an homage or parody which would be protected under the First Ammendment? ItвЂ™s not as though they made the characters in order to profit from them. Seeing as the publication of the contents was part of a journalistic effort, it seems like a pretty clear case of fair use, and itвЂ™s a bit upsetting that Typepad automatically sided with those making the copyright claim. The publication, the Second Life Herald, wrote about it, using information from the wikiвЂ¦ and the SLJLU has used a copyright claim to Typepad in an attempt to get the stories taken down. But, reading through the (admittedly one-sided) documents pass along by Pixeleen Mistral, it sounds like a vigilante group within Second Life going by the name Second Life Justice League Unlimited, and which has avatars designed to look like trademarked super heroes, had a private wiki, which was leaked. IвЂ™ll admit that the details on this one are a bit confusing and not explained well for those of us who donвЂ™t use Second Life.

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