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Posted: Aug 25th 2008 11:17AM (Unverified) said

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I so need to submit to this. I so know it'll never, ever be accepted, though.
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Posted: Aug 25th 2008 12:58PM (Unverified) said

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Is LL paying for the material they are going to use? It is time for them to stop taking advantage of free promotion from the SL users. They lost that right long ago and their copyright system was only the last straw. SL users build SL, they do most of the work in promoting SL, and yet LL still owns the rights on the term "SL"? The least hey can do is pay for it.
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Posted: Aug 25th 2008 1:48PM (Unverified) said

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Technically, according to the terms-of-service Section 3.2: "..you understand and agree that by submitting your Content to any area of the service, you automatically grant (and you represent and warrant that you have the right to grant) to Linden Lab: (a) a royalty-free, worldwide, fully paid-up, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive right and license to (i) use, reproduce and distribute your Content within the Service as permitted by you through your interactions on the Service, and (ii) use and reproduce (and to authorize third parties to use and reproduce) any of your Content in any or all media for marketing and/or promotional purposes in connection with the Service.."

So they already actually have the rights for content within the system for marketing. But these image and text submissions are just separate enough from the service legally that they're asking for permission again.

I'm pretty sure that there is no payment being offered for the material. The draft announcement in the wiki isn't quite final, though - some work was done on it shortly after we published. We'll wait and see.
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Posted: Aug 25th 2008 9:00PM (Unverified) said

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Just saw this today. In a similar case, Adam Frisby from DeepThink is paying for pictures to promote OpenSim: http://www.adamfrisby.com/blog/2008/08/opensim-screenshot-competition-submit-your-builds/
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Posted: Aug 25th 2008 6:04PM Joystiq Login Bugs SUCK said

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What does SL mean to me?

Nipples!

Oh hang on... I mean... No Nipples!
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Posted: Aug 25th 2008 7:57PM Otenth said

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So, let's get this straight: Linden Research, Inc., is preparing a promotional video about their only product, to be shown in public in 10-12 days, and they haven't yet publicly invited this input from customers? Oh, yeah, right, that'll be some video.

Will it be thrown together at the last minute, or is the request for customer input just customer manipulation with little actual effect on the final video?
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Posted: Aug 25th 2008 11:00PM (Unverified) said

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The timing on this is very tight, yes - especially when you factor in that submissions would probably take most people a few days. We're curious as to the results.
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Posted: Aug 26th 2008 12:51PM (Unverified) said

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Maybe a lot of the production is done already, and they just want to add some extra user created screenshots.
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Posted: Aug 27th 2008 3:46PM (Unverified) said

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Second Life really means a lot to me. It saved my real life from ending. Ilya Kaul.
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Posted: Aug 28th 2008 3:25AM (Unverified) said

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That is good to hear Ilya. I hope you are doing well.
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Posted: Sep 29th 2008 5:37AM (Unverified) said

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Thank you Frans Charming. I am doing much better now. Love, Ilya Kaul
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