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From the Second Life Community Standards, Section 4:

Disclosure
Residents are entitled to a reasonable level of privacy with regard to their Second Lives. Sharing personal information about a fellow Resident --including gender, religion, age, marital status, race, sexual preference, and real-world location beyond what is provided by the Resident in the First Life page of their Resident profile is a violation of that Resident's privacy. Remotely monitoring conversations, posting conversation logs, or sharing conversation logs without consent are all prohibited in Second Life and on the Second Life Forums.

A reasonable level of privacy. That is a good spirit for people to follow, isn't it? People who I respect who write/blog about SecondLife always get permission before quoting. Yet there are some that don't. I won't point a finger at anything or anyone specific - but if you follow SecondLife weblogs at all, you probably know at least one person who doesn't ask permission.

I haven't been following Honey Wendt, so I don't know her style and cannot comment on whether I agree with her ethics on quoting or not - but since Wrestling Hulka pointed at this entry where Meta Linden retracts a statement about Terms of Service violations when posting conversations on third party sites, I have to reference her. Maybe she gets permission, maybe not, I don't know.

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