It is not uncommon for copybotters to steal and then attempt to resell the work of others. The harm caused by these viewers is not exactly the same as the usual argument against piracy. If you want a copybot viewer, then you know what it is for. With the reasons people have listed aside, it's still an exploit to get around the permission system within second life and the ToS.įurthermore, these are tools whose purpose is to knowingly and consciously harm others, the knowledge required to use a copybot viewer requires a level of knowledge that can't be explained by user ignorance. The same should go for any tools or technology, hints or tricks that enables circumventing the permissions system, or links to sites, videos or blogs that encourage or glamorize some other violation of the SL terms of service.Ĭertainly not. They're not allowed in SL, and links to get them shouldn't be allowed in r/secondlife either.
If copybot viewers are allowed on other grids, then go post about it in those grids' subreddits. If you want to post about your copybot viewer, go create your own subreddit.
But if you want to post links where people can download copybot viewers that enable content/ip theft? Go away, we don't want you here. If you want to have a discussion ABOUT the state of copyright law as it pertains to SL, that's one thing. None of the above is a good reason to allow such content here. Or call it entrapment: as they dangle the tantalizing cookie of 'you can take anything for free, be unstoppable, be a pirate', hoping to tempt some SL user to try and log in with copybot, and suddenly they get banned. Why post them to the Second Life subreddit? Or call it trolling: because the poster is looking to stir up a flame war 'for the lulz'. But copybot viewers are against the SL terms of service, and reddit isn't supposed to be used for promoting illegal activities.Ĭall it off-topic if you like: posts linking to viewers that can't legally be used on Second Life. If you want to post about a viewer that's allowed on SL (Firestorm, RLV, whatever) then by all means do so. This subreddit is called r/Secondlife and is about Second Life.
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In addition, LibSL had experienced a complete restructuring of command, with several people moving to only programmer status, as well as moving of the source code to a site which allows tigher control of distribution. Also, it has disbanded a member who was seen to be discussing the more nefarious uses of the bot.
In response to the leak of CopyBot, LibSL has now restricted access to its developer code. Others criticized Linden Lab for their support of LibSL. LibSL had received severe criticism from residents for the lack of ethics some of the developers had, as well as lack of control they had over their source code. In reaction to the leak of a potentially devastating tool, several shops closed doors in protest. On November 14, 2006, CopyBot was leaked to the public without LibSL's approval. It did not have the ability to copy the contents of objects, including any scripts that may have been used. Under its more famous features, it had the ability to copy the prims it sees on someone's avatar, or an individual free-standing object. CopyBot is a project by Libsecondlife in an effort to provide a tool for the end user to back up and download/upload one's own creations.