Nu Vibez and Roleplay Guide Magazine - March 2014 | Page 35
A Picture’s Worth A Thousand Words - p3
photography are we not? You were
recently contacted by Linden Labs about
a photograph of yours. Besides the
obvious excitement over the reason why
for the contact, we felt it poignant, in the
heat of the TOS nightmare, to share what
they had to say to you or rather, ask you.
Won't you, in your words, tell us what
happened, what they asked and what has
transpired since?
WREN: It was a very simple Flickr e-mail
that arrived from an SL account last
month. Basically, they asked if I would be
willing to give them permission to use
one of my photographs for the SL login
page. They also requested an e-mail
where they could send the permission
form that I was to fill out and return to the
LL Legal Department.
FILIPA: I must say, to spite all the
nega ve press surrounding the new SL
TOS, it brings great hope to my heart that
t h e y o b v i o u s l y r e c o g n i ze d y o u r
ownership of your art. How did they
exactly word their request?
WREN: Yes, I absolutely agree!! The
Permission Agreement stated: "Linden
Lab requests your permission to use the
images and/or designs created or
prepared by you ... in connec on with the
d eve l o p m e nt , re p ro d u c o n , a n d
distribu on of the AV Material and all
later edi ons of it, for Marke ng
Purposes in English and all foreign
language transla ons, by Linden Lab or
its successors or licensees throughout
the world in all media now known or
herea er devised." My permission is a
world-wide, non-exclusive, royalty-free
The Photo Licensed by Linden Labs
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