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There is a certain thing called 'Fair Use' in Copyright law - plus it can be demonstrated that items have been lost from Second Life inventories, which highlights one of the core reasons that Fair Use exists.

If they fight that, they better bring more than the dirty bath water. They better resurrect Sonny Bono, make Disney their best friend and everything else... which actually goes against what their former adviser, Lawrence Lessig, wrote about.

Something will evolve. But it will be such a grand mess when it hits the fan that the amount of people spattered may make it all very impractical... unless you go the path of the RIAA and start suing children. Can you honestly see Philbo Linden suing children?

"Gimme your prims, kid"

Second Life Consultant