Second Life MMOG Launches

Posted by simoniker on Monday June 23, 2003 @11:09AM from the already-done-don't-have-first-life-gag dept.

Thanks to an anonymous reader for pointing out a SFGate.com article about the official launch of MMO title Second Life, a "rapidly growing and constantly changing 3D online society, shaped entirely by its residents", which has its public unveiling today. We covered this interesting user-shaped virtual world a few weeks back, and it's now open for business, with a free Windows client download and monthly subscription fees. It's also one of the few MMO titles to have a DMCA complaints page for infringing user-created content, where complainants must fill out a form "identify[ing] in detail the location of the copyrighted work that you believe has been infringed upon. For example 'The copyrighted work I am referring to is located on the map area labeled 'Freelon, 104,30,56'.'"

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Like we need more Realities. by saden1 · 2003-06-23 11:43 · Score: 2, Funny

The real world is a bitch as it is.

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Re:I wonder if one these will succeed by orangesquid · 2003-06-23 12:34 · Score: 3, Funny

As soon as you can have *real* cybersex, these things will skyrocket in popularity.

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Linux Support by xyu · 2003-06-23 13:24 · Score: 2, Funny

I went over to secondlife.com to see if it mentioned anything about linux support and the page goes into a redirection loop. I guess they only viewed their page in IE.