On 20/08/2010 6:08 PM, Opensource Obscure wrote: > On Fri, 20 Aug 2010 16:44:47 +1000, Tateru Nino<tateru.n...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> Forwarding your questions through the PR channels, Lance. Although, >> from the documentation provided by the Lab so far, the answer to >> question one is 'no'. > > a few email messages ago, Kelly replied to Ann Otoole: > > "No new user can create ann.otoole OR annotoole as a username, > that name is taken by you" > > Isn't this the point of question one?
No, Kelly's answer was about account names. Lance's question was about whether a Display Name could be the same (for varying values of the same) as an Account Name. > > Questions 2-3 are not new. > Not new are stories of users abusing account names by exploiting > similarity between 'l' and "I" - or some other letters. The font > choice is to blame in such a case, and this has been reported to > PJIRA. Nothing new. > > Question 4 seems even naive if I get it right - Legal > protections? Is this that's being asked? > I'm not aware of other online service providers who put > procedures in place to protect their users from fraudulent use. > Can we name some? Thanks. > > If you're looking for legal protection try registering your > avatar name as a trademark, as other SL users did. > > >> On 20/08/2010 4:38 PM, Lance Corrimal wrote: >>> Is it just me or did the lindens stop replying to this topic? > It is just you: > https://lists.secondlife.com/pipermail/opensource-dev/2010-August/002649.html > > (or maybe I'm missing some rule about how fast Lindens must reply) > > Opensource Obscure > > >>> ok, lets try this again. >>> >>> Here are some distict questions, and I would like to see distinct >>> "yes" or "no" answers from linden labs employees, and I would like it >>> a lot if, in case no one of the lindens on the list can answer my >>> questions in such a disticnt manner, the questions be forwarded to >>> someone who can. >>> >>> >>> 1. Will there be procedures in place to prevent someone else to use my >>> true avatar name as their display name? >>> >>> 2. Will there be procedures in place to prevent someone from using a >>> display name that might be different from my true avatar name but for >>> all visual verification looks like it, given how there are unicode >>> characters that have a different code but look like regular >>> characters? >>> >>> 3. Will there be procedures in place to prevent the case where someone >>> uses a copyrighted name of a fictional character (like, for example, >>> "Mickey Mouse" or "Clark Kent") as their display name? >>> >>> 4. If the answer to any of the above is not a clear and loud yes: Will >>> there be procedures in place to protect the original holder of any >>> true avatar name from legal damages after someone used their name as >>> their display name for fraudulent uses? >>> >>> bye, >>> LC >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Policies and (un)subscribe information available here: >>> http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/OpenSource-Dev >>> Please read the policies before posting to keep unmoderated posting >>> privileges >>> -- Tateru Nino http://dwellonit.taterunino.net/ _______________________________________________ Policies and (un)subscribe information available here: http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/OpenSource-Dev Please read the policies before posting to keep unmoderated posting privileges
