That is correct. Phillip Linden made the same arguments when he was still CEO/President of the Lab when people like Prokofy cried and demanded LL take action to proactively prevent criminal activity on the grid especially when it involves IP rights. Its a truth that Phillip recognized that authority figures like Linden Lab can only *react to criminal activity as it happens and its impossible to truly prevent it.*
The TPVP is more or less an example of a clear cut distinction between M's and Phillip's management styles. Ron Festa Virtual Worlds Admin Division of Continuing Studies at Rutgers University PGP key: http://bit.ly/b1ZyhY Phone: 732-474-8583 On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 2:06 PM, Erik Anderson < eri...@odysseus.anderson.name> wrote: > I've heard Linden Labs make this exact same argument multiple times in the > past in response to resident reaction over this, so I'm fairly sure that > they are very fully aware of this fact. > > 2010/4/13 Ron Festa <overdr...@dceo.rutgers.edu> > > Whether or not these tools are long term effective is irrelevant. The fact >> these tools exist is simply the point Dale was trying to make. The whole >> TPVP is a "Feel Good" Policy to delude residents into believing Linden Lab >> can prevent the criminal element from having the tools to grief or violate >> IP/CopyRight and keep them out. Despite the fact copybot and proxy hacks >> like God Mode have been around longer then the OS viewer, many residents >> blame the OS viewer for making such acts possible which all of us old timers >> who paid attention and all of us OS developers/contributors know isn't the >> case. As Real Life has proven over and over again, no Law or Policy will >> prevent criminals from obtaining the tools they need to commit crime and >> only hurt legitimate residents in the end. >> >> Ron Festa >> Virtual Worlds Admin >> Division of Continuing Studies at Rutgers University >> PGP key: http://bit.ly/b1ZyhY >> Phone: 732-474-8583 >> >> >
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