A Vancouver blogger has discovered that the popular Second Life virtual world has a sense of humor when it comes to his “Get a First Life” parody website. “To their enormous credit, they sent me what I can only describe as a ‘proceed and permitted’ instead of ‘cease and desist’ letter,” Darren Barefoot explained in an online message. The Vancouver,
A lawyer for the virtual world Second Life has responded to a parody with something that's quite different from the usual corporate cease-and-desist letter. Funny story.
Darren Barefoot's GetAFirstLife.com has gotten a lot of play - deservedly so. It is a delightful satire. Preparing for the inevitable response, Barefoot makes a link available for submiting the cease and desist order. Linden Lab indeed responds in the...
After a blogger launched "First Life," a satirical web site about the PC game "Second Life," it didn't take game developer Linden Labs very long to respond. As the blogger writes, "to their enormous credit, they sent me what I can only describe as a ‘proceed and permitted’ (instead of ‘cease and desist’) letter."
