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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Second Life content creators face genuine dilemmas]]></title><link>http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/02/04/second-life-content-creators-face-genuine-dilemmas/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/02/04/second-life-content-creators-face-genuine-dilemmas/</guid><comments>http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/02/04/second-life-content-creators-face-genuine-dilemmas/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/business-models/" rel="tag">Business models</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/culture/" rel="tag">Culture</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/economy/" rel="tag">Economy</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/opinion/" rel="tag">Opinion</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/second-life/" rel="tag">Second Life</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/virtual-worlds/" rel="tag">Virtual worlds</a></p><p><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/massively.joystiq.com/media/2008/02/op1.jpg" alt="" />Content theft has always been something of an issue in <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/tag/second-life" target="_blank"><em>Second Life</em></a>, though there seems to be less of it going on in per capita terms <a href="http://www.brandchannel.com/features_effect.asp?pf_id=187" target="_blank">than in the physical world</a>. That said, it is interesting to see <em>Second Life</em> content creators increasingly moved towards positions maintained by music and movie publishers in the physical world.</p>
<p>"Why would anyone walk into a store and spend 400 or 500 Linden on a dress, if they can get a dress of similar quality for free or very cheap from a reseller," asks <a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=-1tA2NumNfw" target="_blank">Ziggy Quirk</a>.</p><p><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/02/04/second-life-content-creators-face-genuine-dilemmas/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Second Life content creators face genuine dilemmas</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com"><img src="http://massively.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Massively" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/02/04/second-life-content-creators-face-genuine-dilemmas/">Second Life content creators face genuine dilemmas</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com">Massively</a> on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 11:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/02/04/second-life-content-creators-face-genuine-dilemmas/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/forward/1105508/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/02/04/second-life-content-creators-face-genuine-dilemmas/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>blizzard-activision</category><category>business-models</category><category>culture</category><category>economy</category><category>featured</category><category>james-dawson</category><category>linden-lab</category><category>microsoft</category><category>opinion</category><category>prada</category><category>rolex</category><category>second-life</category><category>universal-music-group</category><category>virtual-worlds</category><category>warner-brothers</category><category>ziggy-quirk</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tateru Nino]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 11:00:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
