Linden Labs Sends "Permit-and-Proceed" Letter

linuxwrangler writes "In sharp contrast to the incidents chronicled at Chilling Effects, Second Life creators Linden Labs have sent the parody site Get a First Life a proceed-and-permit letter. From the letter: 'Linden Lab is well-known for having strict hiring standards, including a requirement for having a sense of humor, from which our lawyers receive no exception. In conclusion, your invitation to submit a cease-and-desist letter is hereby rejected.' The letter also grants permission to use the parody logos."

pun intended

[macadamia_harold]

Second Life creators Linden Labs have sent the parody site Get a First Life a proceed-and-permit letter.

In other words, they're virtually going along with the joke.

Its a great game.

[Frogbert]

I've always said second life is like four times better then half-life.

depressing

[qw0ntum]

How depressing is it that this type of thing would only happen in an online world? I think if someone did this to Disney they would send Mickey to come eat you or something.

Re:Its a great game.

[Pyrex5000]

Or, according to Verizon math, Second Life is four hundred times better than half-life.

Re:Its a great game.

[AbRASiON]

Is that .5 or .05 of a life? and African or European lifes?

Re:Its a great game.

[metlin]

Wait a while, and it'll be eight times as good! ;-)

Re:Dangerous precedent being set

[deft]

something tells me you wouldnt be hired where they require the sense of humor.

Re:Dangerous precedent being set

[toupsie]

something tells me you wouldnt be hired where they require the sense of humor.

I have a better sense of humor than this feeble attempt at attracting attention.

The Obvious Response...

[darkonc]

The Get A First Life people need to find a lawyer to slam Linden Labs for denying him work, and suggesting that he could get an injunction against the 'proceed and permit' letter under `restraint of trade` laws.

Re:depressing

[Anonymous Coward]

I think if someone did this to Disney they would send Mickey to come eat you or something.

Make that the little mermaid. She can eat me any time!

Re:Dangerous precedent being set

[mrchaotica]

Maybe so, but he's got a point. The law doesn't have a sense of humor, so lawyers can't really afford to have on either.

Lighten up people, it's a joke

[melikamp]

What's with all the lawyer bashing and paranoia? These guys are clearly making fun of him. Just because the person is a lawyer, doesn't mean he is out to rip you off. There are plenty of good lawyers around. In fact, most lawyers wouldn't do something unethical just because it pays so handsomely well.

Because most lawyers are dead.

Ah, haha, I just couldn't resist...

Re:Dangerous precedent being set

[Joebert]

I have a better sense of humor than this feeble attempt at attracting attention.

Not according to todays Slashdot moderators you don't.

Around here, a sense of humor seems to be defined as answering the question,

"What do you call 10,000 lawyers at the bottom of the ocean ?"

with "A good start !", not "Evidence !".

Lawyers and Sense of Humor?

[JRHelgeson]

Corporations with a sense of humor, and lawyers with common sense? Wow: Second Life really is a fantasy world.

Anything is better...

[revolu7ion]

...than /. stories about flying genitalia

Re:Dangerous precedent being set

[Thexare Blademoon]

RealGrouchy is commenting on someone being grumpy. Let's think about that for a moment.

Re:depressing

[richie2000]

I think if someone did this to Disney they would send Mickey to come eat you or something.

I can see the cartoon now: Minnie laying on the bed with the speech bubble: "Mickey, come eat me". ;-)

Re:Dangerous precedent being set

[networkBoy]

It's also a cheap jab at companies with less sense of humor.

So, like all of them?

Re:depressing

[Baloo Ursidae]

You must be new, or you would have known The Internet's motto: "Yes, there's porn of that."

Re:IP and Fair Use

[Sique]

This is a clever move by them both from the legal side and the PR it generates.

There is nothing wrong with being clever and funny at the same time (even though the /. [slashdot.org] moderation system seems to think otherwise).

Re:Its a great game.

[Sanguis Mortuum]

African or European lifes? Laden, or unladen?