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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[The Virtual Whirl: News of the Whirl]]></title><link>http://massively.joystiq.com/2010/03/20/the-virtual-whirl-news-of-the-whirl/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://massively.joystiq.com/2010/03/20/the-virtual-whirl-news-of-the-whirl/</guid><comments>http://massively.joystiq.com/2010/03/20/the-virtual-whirl-news-of-the-whirl/#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/economy/" rel="tag">Economy</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/events-real-world/" rel="tag">Events, real-world</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/news-items/" rel="tag">News items</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/education/" rel="tag">Education</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/virtual-worlds/" rel="tag">Virtual worlds</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/the-virtual-whirl/" rel="tag">The Virtual Whirl</a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/the-virtual-whirl/"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/massively.joystiq.com/media/2010/01/vwhirl4-580.jpg" /></a></p>
<p>This week, in <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/the-virtual-whirl/">The Virtual Whirl</a>, we're having our monthly roundup of news items. Things that got missed, things that didn't make the cut, things that got buried, and things that really should have gotten your attention anyway.</p><p><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2010/03/20/the-virtual-whirl-news-of-the-whirl/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>The Virtual Whirl: News of the Whirl</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/2010/03/20/the-virtual-whirl-news-of-the-whirl/">The Virtual Whirl: News of the Whirl</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com">Massively</a> on Sat, 20 Mar 2010 20:00:00 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/2010/03/20/the-virtual-whirl-news-of-the-whirl/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/forward/19407669/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2010/03/20/the-virtual-whirl-news-of-the-whirl/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>business-models</category><category>charity-linden</category><category>charity-majors</category><category>economy</category><category>education</category><category>featured</category><category>francogrid</category><category>hypergrid</category><category>hypergrid-business</category><category>infinity-linden</category><category>jack-linden</category><category>john-lester</category><category>linden-lab</category><category>maria-korolov</category><category>meadhbh-hamrick</category><category>open-metarverse-cent</category><category>open-metaverse-currency</category><category>open-source</category><category>open-wonderland-foundation</category><category>opensim</category><category>opinion</category><category>oracle</category><category>osgrid</category><category>pathfinder-linden</category><category>project-wonderland</category><category>reactiongrid</category><category>robin-whyte</category><category>sciencesim</category><category>second-life</category><category>sun</category><category>the-new-world-grid</category><category>the-virtual-whirl</category><category>virtual-worlds</category><category>virwox</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tateru Nino]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 20:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Linden Lab explanation alienates educators]]></title><link>http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/10/03/linden-lab-explanation-alienates-educators/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/10/03/linden-lab-explanation-alienates-educators/</guid><comments>http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/10/03/linden-lab-explanation-alienates-educators/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/culture/" rel="tag">Culture</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/news-items/" rel="tag">News items</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/legal/" rel="tag">Legal</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/academic/" rel="tag">Academic</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/education/" rel="tag">Education</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/virtual-worlds/" rel="tag">Virtual worlds</a></p><p align="center"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/education"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/massively.joystiq.com/media/2009/10/tan-teaching_bucharest_1842.jpg" alt="" /></a><br /></p>
<p>When news broke about <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/10/01/linden-lab-punctures-education-community-with-newly-registered-t/">Linden Lab sending a takedown notice to the core <em>Second Life</em> education community Web-site</a>, our colleagues over at <a href="http://www.metaversejournal.com/">the Metaverse Journal</a> put a number of questions about the matter to Linden Lab.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.metaversejournal.com/2009/10/03/trademarking-and-educators-linden-lab-responds/">The Linden Lab response to those questions yesterday</a> seems to have generated a reaction among educators akin to pouring gasoline on a blaze, coupled with a vigorous fish-slapping. While there's a undeniably a spectrum of reaction to the Lab's response, most of what we've seen seems to cluster around the livid end.</p><p><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/10/03/linden-lab-explanation-alienates-educators/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Linden Lab explanation alienates educators</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/2009/10/03/linden-lab-explanation-alienates-educators/">Linden Lab explanation alienates educators</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com">Massively</a> on Sat, 03 Oct 2009 16:00:00 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/2009/10/03/linden-lab-explanation-alienates-educators/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/forward/19183129/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/10/03/linden-lab-explanation-alienates-educators/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>academic</category><category>dean-groom</category><category>education</category><category>first-amendment</category><category>jokay-wollongong</category><category>lanham-act</category><category>legal</category><category>linden-lab</category><category>metaverse-journal</category><category>opinion</category><category>pathfinder-linden</category><category>reactiongrid</category><category>second-classroom</category><category>second-life</category><category>sl-policy</category><category>trademark</category><category>virtual-worlds</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tateru Nino]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 16:00:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
