One small piece of Nipplegate was Iridium Linden's response on Burning Man blog. After the attempt of censorship and all the things she said, her comment was:
I'd also like to remind you that pasting chat without consent is a violation of the Community Standards.
Well, let's examine that a bit.
Community Standards of Second Life, paragraph 4: Disclosure:
Remotely monitoring conversations, posting conversation logs, or sharing conversation logs without consent are all prohibited in Second Life and on the Second Life Forums.
Nobody said nothing about posting on other blogs. And this is not the first time we have this situation. It already happened to Honey Wendt, and it finished with Meta Linden's apology.
Only thing that is forbidden by Community standards is posting chatlogs on Second Life's official site and on official forums. But, even that is ridiculous. Public chat is (now, this is a clever one) public! It is something you've said loud on the street. It is not something you have whispered in your friend's ear. So what is the catch here? I guess it is the first word of the quoted paragraph. It says remotely. That means by placing a logging device somewhere on the sim. That means spying. Well ok, that should be a no-no. But, copy/pasting what you have heard on the street… let's use some common sense.
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