The 5th of November – The Truth
Posted on 01 November 2009 – Reposted from http://aldersonandcharron.com/?p=280
There’s been a lot of controversy about the Artist’s Voice group’s 5th of November boycott.  And it’s understandable.  Strong statements spark strong reactions. Unfortunately, many of the reactions being voiced are based on misunderstandings, personal vendettas, and are emotional instead of well-thought out.  Let us look at the facts, and let us start at the beginning:
Some weeks ago, the Step Up group in Second Life began encouraging residents to not upload anything to the virtual world …

LISTEN IN!
On Rezzed.TV this week:
” Asked and Answered – All You Wanted To Know about 3rd Party Viewers and Content Theft”
When:  – Friday 30th October 3pm SLT
Where: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Corona%20Cay/42/135/22
Stream: Live stream here  http://www.livestream.com/metaworld2 (thank you Malburns Writer)
Questions on Notice: go here http://rezzed.tv/question-submission-page/
What: This Panel has been convened so that you the user have the opportunity to learn and educate yourself to make an informed decision on whether 3rd party viewers are right for you. The panel will field audience questions as well as Questions on Notice.
We are fortunate to have …

On the 5th of November, the Artist’s Voice will be encouraging its members and the community to STOP. Stop buying L$, stop selling L$, stop uploading, stop creating, stop shopping, stop selling, stop blogging! Just STOP!
The effect of the content creation community in Second Life is huge. If we all banded together for 48 hours and just STOPPED – we could really send a message to Linden Lab that we will NO LONGER tolerate content theft, and show them – and ourselves – how much of an effect we have …

Welcome to the new Artist’s Voice website! Here you will find all current information about the Second Life group Artist’s Voice.  Artist’s Voice is about EDUCATION and PREVENTION of content theft and copyright infringement. We are NOT a witch-hunt group!
Please take a moment and look over the poll on the sidebar and participate!
Here are our council members:
Tenshi Vielle
Arabella Steadham
Kat Alderson
Ayumi Shinn
Darkley Aeon
Rebel Hope
Tracy Rubble
Teagan Blackthorne
Arwyn Quandry (who will be working with the Teen Grid, not the Main Grid)
Future projects for the website:
A forum for Artist’s Voice users.
More additions to the …