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Katt Linden is doing one of the worst jobs at communications I have ever seen.

Rather than provide a streamlined, accurate and timely communications stream she does more to obfuscate it than any Linden ever before her.

Some communications manager eh?

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In Mis Katt's defense I will say she's only been on the job for a brief time, and before her, linden communications were a dogs breakfast. They've a long way to go, but give her some time in the role before passing judgement. They're contending with a new ceo, terible grid burps, in place uncontrolled leaks, and a history of borkage. Putting in place a working communications strategy takes time, as you need to change the company internally. Internal comms at LL require a large shakeup before we see the results filtering out to the public.

When I informed Katt Linden about the early decisions being made about the SL5B fiasco, she hadn't been informed though internal channels herself before they hit the grid. Clearly linden communications is still running partly in the maveric decentralized style we've grown used to, and Mis Katt has a lot of work to do before the right communications actually go through their communications manager. When talking to me she mention working to get systems in place to ensure things like this don't happen.

So don't blame Mis Katt - messing up is a group effort at LL. Caring and sharing :P

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I don't see that Katt Linden is failing at her job; she's doing her job, but it's not a job you like, that coddles the sense of entitlement to which the Fringe has long flogged us all.

Katt has in fact portrayed this issue brilliantly -- it's about PG, not banning a type of avatar. It's the Fringe trying to bang on Linden Lab and undo the PG that is the problem, not LL maintaining PG. There is nothing wrong with having PG in a public event meant to cover many different kinds of people in SL.

Many groups, especially merchants and creators, have banged on the Lab to "do something" about copyright theft. Now they are. They deserve thunderous applause for their too-little rather lame efforts just to keep them motivated and on track. If the scythe swiped too wide and proper content was removed, well, lobby to put it back; it's not a reason to attempt takedowns or removals.

However, the issue here is about G-team operations, not DMCA takedowns, and that's what the complaints should be focused on. Is there a policy now that all banned persons have their creations removed from the world? Then...why is Gene Replacement's megaprim still gracing builds like the IBM headquarters inSL?! Let's be consistent here. But let's also ask -- is that the right thing to do with permabans? I'm not certain it is, it needs a debate, but that's a different debate as to whether stolen material should be taken back or illegally-created items removed. If in the course of doing this, legal material is taken, it should be easy to make the case and get it reversed.

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*not a reason to NOT attempt takedowns

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Privacy seems to be quite the watchword, especially where online matters are concerned. We have a generation here that assumes that their "public" activities online carry the right of complete anonymity - the moral equivalent of a city whose entire population wear masks and are not obliged to identify themselves when confronted.

For an environment like SL to survive and grow and have any sembalance of order, there need to be routes for addressing legal conflicts. Unfortunately, Linden Labs originally intended for us, the residents, to evolve a system - but the only way for any such system to work is to have access to the people behind the avatars, and unfortunately for LL, that's them. The way any social system works is accountability. Which means an accessible public section of one's life. You'd sure as hell want someone to target directlt if the next can of Coke you open had glass shards in it. No one's talking about broadcasting your ACTUAL private information, but an agreed upon official body through which valid claims can be processed. You don't want that? Don't take action in public sectors, and SL, like the internet, IS a public sector - it is a place where your words and actions can impact other people. You want to say or do something you hold to be important and someone doesn't like it? It's the measure of your dedication to that ideal and the consequences of it that give it any validity. An opinion that isn't backed by your skin isn't worth the aether it occupies.

Re: the removal of items. I'm all for it - just sorry it falls on LL's shoulders. I know that if anything I've been selling contains a stolen script, I'll work on fixing it with a new script and replace the item for free to any of my customers - if nothing else, it would put me back on a customer's radar.

As for the Gene Replacement megaprims - they stopped being illegal ages ago - I consulted two Lindens before using them in a build once upon a time. The only thing they suggested was that since they are an artifact of an exploit from ages ago, and not officially supported, they may well stop working at some point, so be forewarned. So I was. If I wake up and the next client build breaks them, then I'll rebuild without them. Easy Peasy.

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