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Originally Posted by Aziphirael
Be interesting, in general though the EULA gives enough wiggle room for MA to either take/not take action. Judging by comments made on another forum, MA does not see what Anshe is doing as violating the terms of the EULA. |
Considering the topic that popped up just a few days ago on RCE-universe:
Court Rules Against Linden Lab Terms of Service
"The court decision essentially holds LL to a higher standard than any virtual world company has been held before, as far as I know. In part, the decision grows out of the fact that real money is at play in Second Life, and out of LL’s and Rosedale’s relentless promotion of SL as a place where money can be earned. (I’m not speculating on this; it’s made explicit in the filing.) Essentially, what the court is saying is, “If you’re going to bill your world as an earning opportunity, you have to toe a more rigorous line in governing it” ...... To me, this looks like an important decision that could start to bring governance of virtual worlds up to the standard it needs to be — something more akin to the standards by which we govern the real world. At the very least, it’s nice to see a court take these issues seriously."
Im not so sure the EULA gives any wiggle-room at all, should someone wish to challenge it.
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Originally Posted by Aziphirael
At the end of the day we can argued all we want about the semantics of a statement but the reality is that the EULA gives MA enough power to selectively enforce whatever they choose. |
Calling it semantics however, is dismissing it to the point of naivity imo. You know as well as anyone that
MA just killed any business CBE or anyone else might have been able to build up with that announcement. Even should someone wish to challenge
MA's statement, and go ahead and advertize their loaning-business, they would have to do it fully aware of the
stated intent from
MA to ban anyone doing so.
I doubt anyone would be willing to risk the several 100.000 peds it would take to run a pawnshop/bank, and even more doubt that they would be getting any customers, who also know that they, or their items might disappear at the whims of
MA trying to protect the licence-holders interest.