I don't think it's Linden Labs, as such, pulling this idiotic move.

Based on my previous experience with this sort of thing, I'm guessing that LL has a lawyer, or lawyers, who've recently been memo'd or tasked with defending their new trademark.

This new "attack dog" is eager to prove its worth (so as to be able to earn a raise when the time comes) and is blindly trying to rack up legal "kills" wherever possible so as to build up credentials for that eventual raise I mentioned.

Problem is, some attack dog lawyers, like pit bulls, are prone to stupidity and attack indiscriminately in their eagerness to prove their value.

Here, they've quite literally "bitten the hand which feeds them" by going after a longtime LL supporter and valued community member.

I'm sure the LL illuminati knew nothing of this, and would probably never have sanctioned it. They delegated the task of trademark protection to their attack dog, without knowing that their dog was a dumb-ass pitbull instead of, say, a clever german shepherd.

If the Linden Labs people are smart, they'll make every effort to patch this up with the owner of the fansite as quickly as possible -- and they'll put a new lawyer in charge of their trademark protection -- one smart enough to know friend from foe.