Why there's a problem, and why it's YOUR problem too
Adults might inadvertently enter mature areas who don’t intend to be there. They could be offended by what you choose to say, wear or do. If enough of them complain about the mature areas of SL, Linden Labs might start imposing censorship to protect their relationships with large corporate clients.
Imagine the board member of a new corporate resident, trying out Second Life for
the first time, who inadvertently enters an area with adult content….
- As the population in Second Life grows, clear communication becomes an even more important issue.
Minors -- who are not supposed to be on the main grid of SL at all -- that enter mature areas without full understanding. If you engage in commerce in mature areas or, as an individual you are involved in a sexually suggestive conversation or activities with one of those minors you could potentially face real liability. By relying on the SLACR Warning, you have some protection.
" How could I have known they were a minor? Not only did THEY violate the TOS by being in the main grid, they also knowingly went into a part of the grid with
adult content."
Parents who are supposed to be monitoring their children also have ample warning about the area of Second Life their children are about to enter. As the red-lightbulb comes on the screen, so too should a lightbulb appear to them.
- The Terms of Service protect Linden Lab from liability, but do not protect individual residents.
4 comments:
Weak. Lame. Juvenile. Other asjectives which boil down to "why don't you get a real life instead of worrying about someone being offended by my arrangement of pixels?". It'd be funny if only it weren't so SAD! I mean, come on! People like you want to cover the world in Jesus-textured Nerf so no one will be offended, ever.... well guess what? THAT concept offends ME.... but that's not what this about, is it? It's about YOU wanting to enforce your own standards on the community at large. Luckily for me.... you haven't got a shot in..... (oh my) H-E-double-hockey-sticks.
See how retarded that sounds? Grow up.
This seems like a knee jerk reaction to be honest. It didn't take issue with any specific point that was made, nor did it offer any reason why it would "fail". You simply attacked the idea of helping both the minor and shop owners by offering a method for further protection of both. The removal of CC billing is an interest topic in terms of liability and "something" has to be done to help mitigate that liability. It's responsible. It was clearly explained that this is not designed, nor intended, to restrict any activities, but to merely act as blatant reminder, and as a visual indicator for parents and others who may actually be monitoring their kids but not know what they are looking at. For example, a red bulb on the screen would like arouse the interest of any parent that wasn't themselves raised in a refrigerator box.
I understand your concern, but it's misplaced.
With freedom comes responsibility. Like-minded people have the right to form a particular site in SL, but there are many others who would not wish to visit. Like in real life, you can readily identify a library from a strip joint, SL should offer its inhabitants the same intuitive signs. It's common sense, common decency and respect for one another. What is bad about that?
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Sounds like a good idea, except that I don't want to be clicking on bulbs all the time as I pass from one region to another. Maybe warn once for each region per user and store that data?
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