Content Protection in Open Sim

A lively discussion about Open Sim content issues and copyright protection in a Hypergrid-enabled world. Saffia and Elrik welcome Maria Korolov, Elenia Llewellyn, Mal Burns, Raven Haalan and Pathfinder Lester to the show.

Enter the Virtual Mine with Designing Worlds
Submitted by Saffia Widdershins on 21 May 2012
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Join us today, Monday 21st May at 2pm SLT in our beautiful studio in Garden of Dreams as we visit the Virtual Mine, a fascinating project in Second Life, created by Sand Castles Studios, in association with the Deep Down Mine documentary film.

The town of Maytown - and the polluting power station beyondThe town of Maytown - and the polluting power station beyond

Designing Worlds looks into Making It Real
Submitted by Saffia Widdershins on 15 May 2012
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Today, Tuesday 15th May, we shall be recording a special edition of Designing Worlds at our studio in Garden of Dreams.

The show will be broadcast on May 28th, but you can watch the taping, and participate by putting questions to our guests.

The theme of the show is looking at two Second Life businesses which - in different ways - are planning to transition into the real world.

Designing Worlds discovers Not Everything Is Plain Black & White in Inworldz
Submitted by Saffia Widdershins on 14 May 2012
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Dancing with statues at ‘Not Everything Is Plain Black & White’ in InworldzDancing with statues at ‘Not Everything Is Plain Black & White’ in InworldzJoin us today, Monday 14th May at 2pm SLT in our beautiful studio in Garden of Dreams as we take a trip to another grid - Inworldz - to explore a fascinating art installation by the artist Fuschia Nightfire - who is also well-known in Second Life.

Return to the Fantasy Faire with Designing Worlds!
Submitted by Saffia Widdershins on 7 May 2012
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Nu Orne, created by Elicio Ember, photographed by Wildstar BeaumontNu Orne, created by Elicio Ember, photographed by Wildstar Beaumont
Join us today, Monday 30th April at 2pm SLT in our beautiful studio in Garden of Dreams for a very special extended show, a Designing Worlds pays a visit to the Fantasy Faire!

Designing Worlds is back – with a visit to the Flying Tigers!
Submitted by Saffia Widdershins on 30 April 2012
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Flying Tigers in the air: photograph by Wildstar BeaumontFlying Tigers in the air: photograph by Wildstar BeaumontJoin us today, Monday 30th April at 2pm SLT in our beautiful studio in Garden of Dreams for the first show in our new season - and it promises to be a very exciting one!

Exploring the Titanic in several virtual worlds … on Designing Worlds
Submitted by Saffia Widdershins on 2 April 2012
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The RMS Titanic in Second Life, photograph by Wildstar BeaumontThe RMS Titanic in Second Life, photograph by Wildstar Beaumont

Join us today, Monday 2nd April at 2pm SLT in our beautiful studio in Garden of Dreams when we will be showing a very special show to commemorate the launch and the sinking of the fabulous Titanic. And to do this, we'll be visiting interpretations of that magnificent doomed ship in a variety of virtual worlds.

Designing Worlds pays a visit to New Babbage – what could possibly go wrong?
Submitted by Saffia Widdershins on 26 March 2012
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Designing Worlds poster for the New Babbage Show, supplied by Mrs Breezy Carver FabreDesigning Worlds poster for the New Babbage Show, supplied by Mrs Breezy Carver FabreJoin us today, Monday 26th March at 2pm SLT in our beautiful studio in Garden of Dreams when we will be showing an exciting show to mark our return to New Babbage.

Of course, in the past there have been problems when we visited New Babbage. There was that unpleasant business in the tunnels under the old Asylum. And, of course, there was that murder at the Burlesque - two murders, actually. And we shouldn't forget our encounter with the Dark Mer in the waters off New Babbage. Or what happened when Elrik was mistaken for Sherlock Holmes. And, of course, most recently, how we were fortunately on hand to prevent the attempt to steal the New Babbage Christmas presents ... admittedly it was a little unfortunate that we allowed the urchins to steal them instead ...

But this time we are sure that nothing could possibly go wrong!

Building Virtual Worlds – and sustaining them – on Designing Worlds
Submitted by Saffia Widdershins on 19 March 2012
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Join us today, Monday 19th March at 2pm SLT in our beautiful studio in Garden of Dreams when we will be broadcasting a rather unusual Designing Worlds show.

Inside the Designing Worlds Studio in Garden of Dreams 2Inside the Designing Worlds Studio in Garden of Dreams 2

A feast for the eyes ... Designing Worlds visits Alchemy Immortalis
Submitted by Saffia Widdershins on 12 March 2012
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Alchemy Immortalis: Cottage and Ruins on Inis Caiseal - photograph by Wildstar BeaumontAlchemy Immortalis: Cottage and Ruins on Inis Caiseal - photograph by Wildstar BeaumontJoin us today, Monday 12th March at 2pm SLT in our beautiful studio in Garden of Dreams when we will be broadcasting a stunningly beautiful show, exploring the lovely Alchemy Immortalis region.

Talking about Kitely (and visiting it too) on Designing Worlds
Submitted by Saffia Widdershins on 5 March 2012
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Serenity Island, Kitely - photograph by Wildstar BeaumontSerenity Island, Kitely - photograph by Wildstar BeaumontJoin us today, Monday 5th March at 2pm SLT in our beautiful studio in Garden of Dreams when we will be broadcasting a very exciting show, looking at the virtual world of Kitely - and talking to its CEO, Ilan Tochner, as well as two leading artists (both well known for their work in Second Life) Karima Hoisan and David Denton (who is known as DB Bailey in Second Life).

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OpenSim and Content

Submitted by Irin Karsin on 19 April 2011.

The whole thing comes down to trust, SL content creators, trust that LL will not "take" their creations, even though by the TOS LL owns your content.

Where as on OS grids it is up to you to provide a license for use or not to use your items.

In SL if you quit or go inactive, LL owns your inventory.

While I agree that there needs to be a better security system for OS grids, it is not , the big deal, everyone seems to be making it.

IF you want to spend the money to have a huge commercial grid, they why not pay LL to do it, then you do not have the servers to support and the headaches.

IF you want to run a OS , and the O in OS stands for OPEN , commercial is not in there anywhere, then you have to take the bad with the good, if you take the OPEN out of OpenSim, then you have LL/SL.

Again I want to say I am all for a better security system for content in OS , but not to the point that it turns OS into SL/LL, or that we have money hungry content providers crying they did not make their .02 for a piece of virtual product.

Welcome to the Designing Worlds Forum!
Posted in Designing Worlds forum by Saffia Widdershins on 17 January 2010
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Hello everyone!

Welcome to the new website and the new forums! I hope we can see people in here discussing the shows - the issues - and what they'd like to see on forthcoming shows!

wiznord
Reply from Wiz Nordberg on 17 January 2010.

Saffia!!!! So brave you are, making the first forum post! I hope you like the new setup, and there are still more things coming, but I think we got things to the point where we felt things were "mostly working". Keep an eye out for bugs, and if you find them, our mission will be the squash em!

elrikmer
Reply from Elrik Merlin on 17 January 2010.

Our new season starts this week, and we have an exciting selection of topics lined up. We do hope you'll enjoy them. And don't forget, if you know somewhere that will be of interest to us or our listeners, on any grid, do let us know.

lacombe
Reply from Linus Lacombe on 17 January 2010.

Saffia! I am so glad to see that you have procured this forum! I watched a couple of the videos of DW here on the TreetTV site, and they work marvelously well. I really enjoyed the Christmas show in Rothesey. My doesn't Elrik have a lovely home there!

Aisling
Reply from Aisling Sinclair on 18 January 2010.

Hi everyone! What a great new forum for us to gather and talk about the show. Elrik's right, we do have some really interesting places to take viewers this season, and the first one is...well, that would be telling. But I wonder, might giraffes be involved?

Nimh20
Reply from Nimh20 Vandeverre on 16 November 2010.

My question is if InWorldz is OpenSim than why isn't it on the OpenSim grid list?? http://opensimulator.org/wiki/Grid_List. There are other OpenSim grids that are not on this page besides InWorldz like Openlife.