tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419468357626274672.post9000638114460872629..comments2023-11-03T06:04:08.211-07:00Comments on Second Effects: BuilderBot Is Coming: Should You Be Worried?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419468357626274672.post-41129176825483883282009-07-20T14:34:41.399-07:002009-07-20T14:34:41.399-07:00For what it's worth, I always prefer having to...For what it's worth, I always prefer having tools around even if some bad guy can misuse it. It's not software developer's job to enforce the law. And, if we follow the logic of many that scream about BuilderBot today, no software that can copy a file should exist. Nor Web should exist as well. <br />My 2L$ on the case: http://metaverse.acidzen.org/2009/builderbot-tool-menace<br /><br />BTW, yes, one have to be an admin of the sim to import the OAR file.dandellion Kimbanhttp://metaverse.acidzen.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419468357626274672.post-52968922560997462382009-07-20T09:07:27.039-07:002009-07-20T09:07:27.039-07:00Such a dangerous business plan which I'm told ...Such a dangerous business plan which I'm told by a Rezzable staff member is designed to kill business on the main grid to make third-party grids (like Rezzable's) more appealing because unlike Linden Lab they will defend IP rights when tools such as their own are used illegally.<br /><br />Don't they remember that mass, organized boycott by sellers during the copybot fiasco of 2006? This time there could easily be a mass boycott of Rezzable by consumers and sellers - on whichever grid they think their future lies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419468357626274672.post-37697624414174615242009-07-20T08:12:10.745-07:002009-07-20T08:12:10.745-07:00$100USD for the pro version of the program is not ...$100USD for the pro version of the program is not going to deter any casual theif.. and much like Rezzable's other 'business model' for creating revenue in SL, not going to be profitable at all. How much you wanna bet the program gets cracked and passed around on torrent sites within the week of release?<br /><br />Also, do not underestimate the lengths to which 'casual thieves' will go to make a buck. Last month a bunch of 'casual thieves' copybotted my entire store, rented half sims in not one but two estates, and attempted to pass off my work as well as lots of work from many other creators as their own. And when their stuff was returned by LL, they simply appeared again the next day and rebuilt.<br /><br />As someone who does full sim work myself, yes, it could be useful to replicate my own work in a full sim environment to take elsewhere... however NOT at the expense of adding another completely unfettered tool to thieves.<br /><br />I would really like to see LL impliment some sort of API for registered third party clients and bots only. I recognize there are many that are legitimately useful and not harmful to the SL community.<br /><br />What Rezzable is proposing to release however? I certainly feel has the potential to be harmful. And Rezzable should be prepared to face legal trouble should they knowingly release something that ignores SL terms of service and creator intellectual property rights.<br /><br />And all for $100 a pop? I'm pretty sure Rezzable will find the costs exceed the benefits again... but then when did that ever stop them from trying (and failing) to make ends meet when they were still in SL?Aki Shichirojihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15842192447856202728noreply@blogger.com