Comments on: How Linden Lab screws their fan community

By: The annoyances of trademark law — mrtopf.de

The annoyances of trademark law — mrtopf.de — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:47:15 +0000

[...] covered the problems Linden Lab is creating by enforcing a more strict Trademark Policy earlier but the topic strikes back from another area: Last week the new DataPortability Project [...]

By: Andreas Mertens

Andreas Mertens — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 13:07:53 +0000

Hi Prokofy Neva,

that's right. We're in the real world.

The bad taste behind all that issues is, that the trademark SL was grown up and became more and more popularity, because the community with their SLxyz-Domains promoted Second Life and Linden Lab, like SLInfo, SLInside, SLInworld, SLTalk and all the others. So the open-community is obviously responsible for the added trademark-value, as well – not only Linden Lab and the PR-Strategy alone. Here is the question, how to handle this issues in a good way.

For my site http://www.SLTalk.de, for instance, i'm strongly interessted in finding a cooperative way, instead of destroying the added value, which was build up over 2 years of hard work.

So, why not finding a constructive way with joint-ventures, cooperations, a partnerprogram etc. to increase added values, instead of destroying it?

I hope, that Linden Lab will find this way, to create a new world, based on the power of new paradigms, such as the thinking behind web 2.0 and a really free, internet based, demogracy. This does not mean, to forget making money !

reagards,

Andy aka Patrick Wunderland

By: Prokofy Neva

Prokofy Neva — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 23:36:41 +0000

No, you're all wrong. Welcome to the real world, which isn't a socialist paradise. Companies get to protect their trademarks.

It's not all a subbotnik, Mr. Tao. Somebody always has to pay.

By: Markensituation zu Second Life unklar | Second Life® Talk

Markensituation zu Second Life unklar | Second Life® Talk — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:12:19 +0000

[...] anderem auch auf die korrekte Nutzung der Brands hingewisen. Mr. Topf nimmt hier in seinem Beitrag “How Linden Lab screws their fan community” von gestern ausführlich Stellung über die Moral von Linden Lab. Zahlreiche internationale [...]

By: Basic Thinking Blog | Linden Lab wird erwachsen?

Basic Thinking Blog | Linden Lab wird erwachsen? — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:12:08 +0000

[...] oder anders gesagt: Es bewegt sich weg von einem offen kommunzierenden Unternehmen, das von einer wachsenden Basis treuer Kunden getragen wurde, hin zu einem klassisch kommunizierenden Unternehmen. So die These von Mr. Topf: How Linden Lab screws their fan community. [...]