GetAFirstLife.com Must Un-Cease And Desist
Lawyers involved in 'sense of humour' shock
Blogger Darren Barefoot, the cad behind spoof website, GetAFirstLife.com, has received what he has called a "proceed and permitted" letter from the lawyers of Second Life creators Linden Lab.
For those of you unaware of Second Life, it’s a glorified 3D chatroom with more bandwagon jumpers than the mode of transport responsible for taking Arctic Monkeys from their mum’s house to the bank. For some reason, as it lacks any 'game play' and relies on, shall we say, 'nostalgic' graphics, it is a popular marketing tool.
If you’re a member, then your probably a member of Duran Duran, a French fascist or a marketing ‘dude’.
Back to the story: at the bottom of his one-page website the cheeky fellow invites 'Comments or Cease and Desist Letters' and Linden Labs' lawyers have responded - in what looks like an attempt at 'having a sense of humour'.
Linden ambulance chaser, Ginsu Yoon, states: 'your invitation to submit a cease-and-desist letter is hereby rejected.'
Yoon goes on to add:
Linden Lab also graciously grants Barefoot 'a nonexclusive, nontransferable, nonsublicenseable, revocable, limited license to use the modified eye-in-hand logo' shown on the site.
Second Life representative Alex Yenni has confirmed that the message is genuine.
Media coverage of Second Life has been getting a bit silly over the last few months as everyone and their butterfly-winged avatar tries to jump on the bandwagon. The latest has been the BBC with attempts to create a Second Life for kids.
GetAFirstLife.com encourages visitors to do things such as 'go outside' and 'find out where you actually live.' SPOnG is strongly opposed to the kind of behaviour this message is encouraging in youngsters. We will be contacting Jack Thompson to challenge Barefoot ourselves shortly.
Tell us your opinion of Second Life on the Forum below.
For those of you unaware of Second Life, it’s a glorified 3D chatroom with more bandwagon jumpers than the mode of transport responsible for taking Arctic Monkeys from their mum’s house to the bank. For some reason, as it lacks any 'game play' and relies on, shall we say, 'nostalgic' graphics, it is a popular marketing tool.
If you’re a member, then your probably a member of Duran Duran, a French fascist or a marketing ‘dude’.
Back to the story: at the bottom of his one-page website the cheeky fellow invites 'Comments or Cease and Desist Letters' and Linden Labs' lawyers have responded - in what looks like an attempt at 'having a sense of humour'.
Linden ambulance chaser, Ginsu Yoon, states: 'your invitation to submit a cease-and-desist letter is hereby rejected.'
Yoon goes on to add:
'Moreover, Linden Lab objects to any implication that it would employ lawyers incapable of distinguishing such obvious parody. Indeed, any competent attorney is well aware that the outcome of sending a cease-and-desist letter regarding a parody is only to draw more attention to such parody, and to invite public scorn and ridicule of the humor-impaired legal counsel. Linden Lab is well-known for having strict hiring standards, including a requirement for having a sense of humor, from which our lawyers receive no exception.'
Linden Lab also graciously grants Barefoot 'a nonexclusive, nontransferable, nonsublicenseable, revocable, limited license to use the modified eye-in-hand logo' shown on the site.
Second Life representative Alex Yenni has confirmed that the message is genuine.
Media coverage of Second Life has been getting a bit silly over the last few months as everyone and their butterfly-winged avatar tries to jump on the bandwagon. The latest has been the BBC with attempts to create a Second Life for kids.
GetAFirstLife.com encourages visitors to do things such as 'go outside' and 'find out where you actually live.' SPOnG is strongly opposed to the kind of behaviour this message is encouraging in youngsters. We will be contacting Jack Thompson to challenge Barefoot ourselves shortly.
Tell us your opinion of Second Life on the Forum below.
Comments
rogueleader 26 Jan 2007 22:20
1/7
Second Life is crap, it has no gameplay, ridiculous buffer times and is full of perverts pretending various mammals. It has awful graphics and makes money of people whos real life is bviously soooo dull they must go and be a prostitute in amsterdam...you have to feel sorry for them. yet at the same time mock them and everyone they know.
LUPOS 26 Jan 2007 22:35
2/7
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jwstacey 27 Jan 2007 22:59
3/7
Nice parody. Is he really lazy enough that he didn't bother to change any of the alt tags? Guess he must have a life.
ben 30 Jan 2007 02:36
4/7
rogueleader wrote:
Second Life is crap, it has no gameplay, ridiculous buffer times and is full of perverts pretending various mammals. It has awful graphics and makes money of people whos real life is bviously soooo dull they must go and be a prostitute in amsterdam...you have to feel sorry for them. yet at the same time mock them and everyone they know.
Well you obviously have a good understanding of what secondlife is. Does MSN have Gameplay? Does ICQ have gameplay? Thats right - no it doesn't. Of course you could USE a chat client to create games but that would require user interaction above the basic 'turn on use'. Secondlife doesn't have a narrative or any direct gameplay. Instead SL gives you the tools to create you own should you wish. Of course you are able to simply use the content already created by other users, chat to people, screw, build, make REAL money, make movies, and interact with others.
As for all thoise "perverts pretending various mammals" - well I'm one! well except I'm not a pervert. Also as a user, sim owner, a IGDA SIG coordinator, game designer and oh a furry[technical term ;P ] - Lifes not boring! Second life isn't either of course unless you don't have much of a imagination or any skill. So instead of mocking me and everyone I know - i shall mock JUST you because i have a job most people wish they had. :D
Yours,
Various Mammal,
B Mills. ;P
LUPOS 30 Jan 2007 14:29
5/7
ben mills wrote:
Yours,
Various Mammal,
B Mills. ;P
An admited furry with an icon that I'm relatively sure is tails from the sonic games... some body call UK:R!!
Oh and to be on topic, just cause you have a good job, doesnt mean your not a pervert. Of course for that matter just cause your a pervert, doesnt mean that there is something inhernetly wrong with you (as much as the whole aniaml costume sex thing weirds me out personaly).
I've seen leather gays in assless chaps marching in the streets, you've just as much right to dress up like a bunny and hump apropriatly. And I've just as much right to think your a weirdo, as long as i dont deny you equal employment. Which you don't seem to be having any trouble with.
So to you mr. Furvert, I say, good day. ;)
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SPInGSPOnG 30 Jan 2007 14:54
6/7
ben mills wrote:
Well you obviously have a good understanding of what secondlife is.
That may be the case. But gameplay or not, secondlife is a dismal over-hyped hell hole. If you enjoy it, good luck to you. But if your job/life are so great, why do you want to waste your time in a "virtual environment" that is so shoddy, when the actual environment out here offers more opportunities to do almost anything?
TimSpong 30 Jan 2007 16:15
7/7
ben mills wrote:
Lifes not boring! Second life isn't either of course unless you don't have much of a imagination or any skill. So instead of mocking me and everyone I know - i shall mock JUST you because i have a job most people wish they had. :D
Yours,
Various Mammal,
B Mills. ;P
Yours,
Various Mammal,
B Mills. ;P
OK Ben, time to send us a reasoned defence of SL from the gamers' pov - because from where we're sitting it looks like a Lambda Moo rip-off run by people with god delusions.
Email it to me, and I'll look to run it.
If anybody else can produce a reasoned attack on SL from the gamers' pov then the same goes. Email directly to me.
tim@spong.com