Thursday, April 21, 2011
Digging deeper into Second Life
Her name is Gipsi, but she is disabled and her human does not know how to go about showing her the ways of virtual reality.... I am about to give up on Second Life, I think I need a coach to guide me through this virtual world... or maybe a credit card to invest in some Linden cash?? Anyway, I have been snooping around and for some interesting things that go on in this virtual world. From identity theft, gangs, to sexual crimes, SL is starting to look more like New York City to me. Its amazing that people even find a way to corrupt this virtual world, whats wrong with the picture here?! I noticed an article from Bloombergs Businessweek, Businessweek/Darkside of SL, that discussed the issue SL users have with a program called "Copy Bot," users stealing others identities, and mafia taking over public spaces. This article highlights some serious issues in SL. First off we can start with the Copy Bot, this a a program that can copy any possession your avatar has. This goes for objects, characters and even virtual property. According to this article, Libssecondlife, the copy bot was originally supposed to be a useful tool but had been modified by someone outside of SL and can now copy avatars objects without permission. LindenLab has now declared use of the copy bot a violation of their TOS, and will be kicked off the site. The problem here is that copy bots are not always caught. Creating a code to counterfeit in SL is easy and of coarse profitable, just as in reality. Although in both reality and virtual reality, the counterfeit business always finds a way to make money. Now, is it right that the people responsible for creating counterfeit goods gets their SL privileges taken away? I'm sure if they were able to make a substantial enough income, they can just log on from a different IP address.
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