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Linden Labs Sends "Permit-and-Proceed" Letter

Posted by kdawson on from the as-you-were dept.

linuxwrangler writes "In sharp contrast to the incidents chronicled at Chilling Effects, Second Life creators Linden Labs have sent the parody site Get a First Life a proceed-and-permit letter. From the letter: '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. In conclusion, your invitation to submit a cease-and-desist letter is hereby rejected.' The letter also grants permission to use the parody logos."

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  1. pun intended by macadamia_harold · · Score: 5, Funny

    Second Life creators Linden Labs have sent the parody site Get a First Life a proceed-and-permit letter.

    In other words, they're virtually going along with the joke.

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  2. Its a great game. by Frogbert · · Score: 5, Funny

    I've always said second life is like four times better then half-life.

    1. Re:Its a great game. by Pyrex5000 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Or, according to Verizon math, Second Life is four hundred times better than half-life.

    2. Re:Its a great game. by AbRASiON · · Score: 2, Funny

      Is that .5 or .05 of a life? and African or European lifes?

    3. Re:Its a great game. by metlin · · Score: 4, Funny

      Wait a while, and it'll be eight times as good! ;-)

    4. Re:Its a great game. by Sanguis+Mortuum · · Score: 2, Funny

      African or European lifes? Laden, or unladen?

  3. depressing by qw0ntum · · Score: 5, Funny

    How depressing is it that this type of thing would only happen in an online world? I think if someone did this to Disney they would send Mickey to come eat you or something.

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    1. Re:depressing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      I think if someone did this to Disney they would send Mickey to come eat you or something.
      Make that the little mermaid. She can eat me any time!
    2. Re:depressing by richie2000 · · Score: 5, Funny

      I think if someone did this to Disney they would send Mickey to come eat you or something. I can see the cartoon now: Minnie laying on the bed with the speech bubble: "Mickey, come eat me". ;-)
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    3. Re:depressing by Baloo+Ursidae · · Score: 4, Funny

      You must be new, or you would have known The Internet's motto: "Yes, there's porn of that."

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  4. Re:Dangerous precedent being set by deft · · Score: 5, Funny

    something tells me you wouldnt be hired where they require the sense of humor.

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  5. Re:Dangerous precedent being set by toupsie · · Score: 1, Funny
    something tells me you wouldnt be hired where they require the sense of humor.

    I have a better sense of humor than this feeble attempt at attracting attention.

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  6. The Obvious Response... by darkonc · · Score: 4, Funny

    The Get A First Life people need to find a lawyer to slam Linden Labs for denying him work, and suggesting that he could get an injunction against the 'proceed and permit' letter under `restraint of trade` laws.

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  7. Re:Dangerous precedent being set by mrchaotica · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe so, but he's got a point. The law doesn't have a sense of humor, so lawyers can't really afford to have on either.

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  8. Lighten up people, it's a joke by melikamp · · Score: 5, Funny

    What's with all the lawyer bashing and paranoia? These guys are clearly making fun of him. Just because the person is a lawyer, doesn't mean he is out to rip you off. There are plenty of good lawyers around. In fact, most lawyers wouldn't do something unethical just because it pays so handsomely well.

    Because most lawyers are dead.

    Ah, haha, I just couldn't resist...

  9. Re:Dangerous precedent being set by Joebert · · Score: 5, Funny

    I have a better sense of humor than this feeble attempt at attracting attention.

    Not according to todays Slashdot moderators you don't.

    Around here, a sense of humor seems to be defined as answering the question,

    "What do you call 10,000 lawyers at the bottom of the ocean ?"

    with "A good start !", not "Evidence !".
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  10. Lawyers and Sense of Humor? by JRHelgeson · · Score: 5, Funny

    Corporations with a sense of humor, and lawyers with common sense? Wow: Second Life really is a fantasy world.

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  11. Anything is better... by revolu7ion · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...than /. stories about flying genitalia

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  12. Re:Dangerous precedent being set by Thexare+Blademoon · · Score: 3, Funny

    RealGrouchy is commenting on someone being grumpy. Let's think about that for a moment.

  13. Re:Dangerous precedent being set by networkBoy · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's also a cheap jab at companies with less sense of humor.
    So, like all of them?
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  14. Re:IP and Fair Use by Sique · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is a clever move by them both from the legal side and the PR it generates. There is nothing wrong with being clever and funny at the same time (even though the /. moderation system seems to think otherwise).

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