peddle peddle peddle

Interesting few weeks in the ‘ol LL forums.  So various arguments in the SLX forums have reinforced my belief that too many people do not understand that the words “some” “few” “many” have no place in a discussion involving fact and proof.  When someone states that they know that “most” of the free textures in SL are pirated because that person had to ask “many” merchants to remove product then that person is operating on a massive assumption.  Unless said person can show that they visited every single texture seller in SL and spoke to those merchants, preferably with a chat log then I am inclined to call shenanigans on them.  Frankly I see this as a fine example of a minor witch hunt.  I was so glad that someone got some press/blog attention drawn to the fact that TRU artists (and more than a few non TRU artists) often sell things they should not, but it became an excuse for one party to then start flinging accusations of piracy in all directions.  Worse still, the various exchanges in the forums show that the TRU owner is either not in the know regarding copyright law and fair use or worse THINKS they are in the know.  There are a lot of misconceptions and misrepresentations on both sides.  Unfortunately the person who got up in LBF’s grill obviously doesn’t know as much as they think they do either.  It is a business which could use more checks and balances

It looks like LL is peddling, backwards that is.  The SL5B thing is such a freaking train wreck.  Then again it could just be brilliant anti scandal marketing on their part.  By making a stink regarding the mingling of child and adult AV’s and stressing the PG nature of the event they have guaranteed some sort of press/blog coverage.  Any press is good press right?  Well now I wonder if you are going to see more people looking for the “naughty” side of SL simply because LL made such a big stink to cover it up.  Too, why does sex need to have a stigma attached to it.  Yes I know that SL is full of strippers and escorts and cam girls and tons of sex workers.  Yes it is a digital deviant’s wet dream play ground but there are sex positive groups and educational groups that wont be able to participate because they simply cannot be totally PG with their content.  It isn’t a family show and all the work to present a positive face to the media with regards to the company in general is a lot of effort for very little return.  Critics are going to find something negative no matter what.  That is that a critic does no matter how good a face you try to put on the project.  It seems like 90% of the responses to the LL blog posts are negative too.  It makes me wonder why those users don’t spend their time elsewhere since they are so unhappy with what LL does (or does not) do.  Now everyone is freaked out about the “big announcement”.  So where do you go if you are tired of SL but want to find similar community, content creation and frolics without things that everyone is bitching about?