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Girl Wonder Speaks...about Second Life®: If you are truly bored....

2008-04-05T15:32:00.000-04:00

I like this post, check it out:

Girl Wonder Speaks...about Second Life®: If you are truly bored....

Portrait on my red sofa ...

2008-04-05T07:10:00.002-04:00

SL downtime is a nice chance to run the errands (well, not at 6 in the morning, though), sleep longer (that would have been nice), take a shower (did that, so what), make some breakfast (not hungry, thank you) or play around with some photo material left on the harddisk ... this turned out rather nice.

Exception from rule: Full text quote from other blog

2008-04-02T13:45:00.003-04:00

On the 'Second Life Fashion Addict' Jhuzen Ketsugo posted today:

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Getting The ®™ Kiss Off!
Normally, I do not get political on my blog. It is about fashion, and my love for it, and my personal expression of self. But I cannot ignore this current trademarking crap from LL any longer. I agree with many others who have posted on this topic, it is apparently not "Your World, Your Imagination"... It is "Our World, Our Profit at Your Expense". The fact that I may face a libel suit because of the name of my Blog or my use of any of the terms that LL deems their 'property' is incredibly offensive. In the past almost 2 years since I joined the virtual megaverse, I have purchased currency to the tune of well over $2000.00 US, and have been paying for premium account status and the tier fees ensuing from SIM ownership.

Not Only does LL profit from the free advertising myself and other bloggers have provided them and their 'service', but I have also been party to others being taken advantage of in a similar manner by encouraging friends and family to participate in my hobby. If they had any concern for their 'residents', they would be explicit that the use of their trademarked symbols and terms where it actually supports their economy, is not subject to scrutiny. They would allow individuals who do not profit from their use, as I do not, to continue to use these terms in good faith. Instead, they have bitten the hand that feeds their greedy little 'corporate' mouths, and I am outraged.

Am I going to change the name of my blog... you bet! Am I going to refrain from mentioning LL or any of their registered terminology, Hallowed Be Their Name, yes I damn well am! I will not continue to support LL in their apparent lack of concern for their members, and their refusal to acknowledge the role we have all played in their success and proliferation.

I will continue to blog as always, without mention of the virtual community I am referring to, and have already created a new Blog URL Virtual Fashion Addict where there will be absolutely no mention of said company, not even the old disclaimer as to my disassociation with them. Why bother even using their name to suggest I am not affiliated with them, that too is a form of publicity, and they deserve none of it. I will begin to post simultaneously on both Blogs, until my new blog is picked up on the feeds, at which time this blog will be discontinued. If there was an alternative, I would seek it out, instead, I will refrain to the best of my ability from allowing LL to profit from my participation in their 'world' and still do my part to support the content creators that continue to get shafted by the corporation that literally profits from their blood, sweat, and tears on a daily basis.

You can only screw people over if they allow you to do it, and I am no longer in the mood to be screwed! Congrats LL, you have finally given the virtual middle finger to all of us, and I am now telling you where you can stick that finger!

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Thank you Jhuzen.

Big show-off

2008-03-31T08:09:00.003-04:00

I would like to highlight the STUNNING leather jacket and shiny denims Nanogunk has released recently, with some serious attachments, this jacket shows off big time!

Model: Eva Maria Nuñez
Jacket and pants: Nanogunk
Undershirt: Last Call (unavailable)

Rumble On The Beach

2008-03-29T10:09:00.005-04:00

In reaction to the report of a very blunt content theft in Anna Zwiers Blog,

a crowd gathers around the shop at

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Airfare/212/99/23

More about this, as well as a chatlog with the thieves, can be read here: http://eshiotawara.wordpress.com/2008/03/29/another-stick-it-to-...

Very valid points concerning protests and raids against content thieves makes Stephanie Misfit on the Fashion Victim-Blog here.

My own custom shirt :o))))

2008-03-28T21:29:00.003-04:00

made by Rose Stardust of Splendor by Rose and available in-world and on SLX for free as a promo-shirt. :o)

I called it a "camisole-tee" but I would appreciate any better ideas ....

A walk in the park, full of trademarked trees

2008-03-28T20:48:00.003-04:00

Now they have done it! I can't even take a walk in the park anymore without thinking about trademarks and registrations of trademarks. Those poor LindOOPS-trees standing there, without any SIGN of a (TM) on their leafs ... ("in the march of the great State of Maine???" I hear you ... okay okay, I was talking figurative).

I wonder how I add a distinctive word in a telephone or g-talk conversation when I am talking about this company who runs this virtual world thing ... do I have to say "in brackets tee emm" or is it okay just to say the "tee emm" without the brackets?