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Second Life Mogul Challenges Press Freedom

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the can't-take-a-joke dept.

An anonymous reader tipped us to a post on ZDNet about some disturbing freedom of the press issues in Second Life. Content mogul Anshe Chung is filing DMCA complaints with organizations that post screenshots of her content, citing an infringement of copyright. From the article: "The issue has surfaced after the avatar Anshe Chung (real name Ailin Graef) was attacked by animated flying penises during a virtual interview with CNET news, conducted in their Second Life bureau last month. A video of the attack surfaced on YouTube, and was then taken town after Anshe Chung Studios filed a DMCA complaint. The Sydney Morning Herald and the blog BoingBoing have also received similar notices."

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  1. Pshaw. by lysdexia · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5387867190 768022577&q=Anshe+Chung

    I'm still here you bastards!

    1. Re:Pshaw. by sethstorm · · Score: 4, Informative

      I'm here too.
      (yes, it's Youtube, but feel free to wget this with a modified user agent to mirror.)

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  2. Re:The Google Video Version, and Something Awful by Petey_Alchemist · · Score: 5, Informative

    Documented it? That is the source of all the images. Steve Hutcheon of the SMH asked me if he could use my graphics to make a composite image. I gave him permission, and all the other news companies just decided to use his.

    I don't really care. It's funny one way or the other.

  3. Heh by Xenographic · · Score: 4, Informative

    If it wasn't for this stupid DMCA notice, I doubt I'd have ever known or cared about this video. Now everyone knows about it and millions of people will make copies of this just out of spite. Hasn't anyone learned this by now?

    This level of 'brillance' is worthy of Paula.

  4. Can't take a joke department? by Petey_Alchemist · · Score: 5, Informative

    If you think THAT'S bad, check out what happened when a Linden Labs employee tried to get me to take down photos of his "mate's" babyfur child porn.

    Or maybe every instance that Prokofy Neva has called me a virtual Leninist griefing scum terrorist or whatever else has been on her litany of overreactions.

  5. Re:Ethically valid by dr.badass · · Score: 5, Informative

    The very idea of a flying penis scares the hell out of me.

    My high-school Latin teacher used every opportunity to remind the class that in ancient Rome, a winged phallus was a symbol of luck and protection.

    Just thought you might want to know, in case you start having nightmares or something.

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