Filed under: Culture, News items, Second Life, Virtual worlds
Linden Lab's governance team has started removing vendors for Second Life skins (that is, avatar textures) that are intended to portray teens and juveniles. It is not exactly clear why the action is suddenly being taken, as Linden Lab themselves approved the skins which have underwear 'baked in' to avoid any licentiousness. All in all, the affected skins are less lewd than a K-Mart kidswear catalog. However, since the vendors depicted the skins 'as is' (that is not completely clothed, so that you would be unable to see what you were trying to purchase), Linden Lab has unexpectedly reneged on...Continue reading Linden Lab doubles-back on approved skins
Linden Lab doubles-back on approved skins originally appeared on Massively on Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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