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The point here is not whether virtual sex toys should be protected -- it's an issue of intellectual property rights. Alderman created and marketed the SexGen bed and the defendant in the suit essentialy violated a trademark, as if RC Cola marketed a soft drink and called it Coke. That's the issue in this case.

P2]]>Aug 14th 2007 8:36PMhttp://www.switched.com/2007/08/14/second-life-sexual-genitalia-spawn-lawsuit/http://www.switched.com/2007/08/14/second-life-sexual-genitalia-spawn-lawsuit/We, as in the majority of American society, need to broaden our minds and look past these stereo-types that we have placed on video games and virtual reality sims. Not all books are for children. Not all television, film, or music is for children. And just because it isn't for children doesn't mean that it is pornographic, derogatory, or any other negative that you can think of. Every year movies with mature themes and stories are nominated for various awards with the actors also winning these awards for their portrayal of the character.
Why then, this contradictory mindset with video-games? And I use the term "video-games" in the most loosest sense of the word. These games have grown up to fulfill a wide variety of adult tastes and desires. Instead of trying to ban one, try instead to talk to a wide variety of the gaming community. The people that play and are over there mid-twenties. The people that create the games and wish they didn't have to bow-down to the desires of their corporate financiers so they could make the master-piece game that they want.
Think, next time you criticize a game, or any other form of mass media, for presenting something of an adult nature, think of a movie that you truly love, a book that you cherish, that a child really wouldn't understand but that you do because YOU HAVE THE EXPERIENCE AS AN ADULT TO APPRECIATE ALL THE FACETS WITHIN IT. Sex and violence are part of the our world, part of our experiences. Trying to hide them under the rug only leads to ignorance and depravity. Education is the key. Supervise what your children do, what they play or watch. It is your job as a parent to know what your children are into, and it is your job to be informed if the material is appropriate to their age. The companies that put these products out there are more than happy to provide you with all the information you could want. So stop being ignorant and start educating yourself and your children.
Sorry 'bout the rant. I just can't stand oppression.]]>Aug 16th 2007 2:44PMhttp://www.switched.com/2007/08/14/second-life-sexual-genitalia-spawn-lawsuit/http://www.switched.com/2007/08/14/second-life-sexual-genitalia-spawn-lawsuit/Aug 16th 2007 2:57PMhttp://www.switched.com/2007/08/14/second-life-sexual-genitalia-spawn-lawsuit/http://www.switched.com/2007/08/14/second-life-sexual-genitalia-spawn-lawsuit/
"What are you gonna do? Sue me?" What an idiot.]]>Aug 16th 2007 3:03PMhttp://www.switched.com/2007/08/14/second-life-sexual-genitalia-spawn-lawsuit/http://www.switched.com/2007/08/14/second-life-sexual-genitalia-spawn-lawsuit/Aug 16th 2007 4:05PMhttp://www.switched.com/2007/08/14/second-life-sexual-genitalia-spawn-lawsuit/http://www.switched.com/2007/08/14/second-life-sexual-genitalia-spawn-lawsuit/Aug 16th 2007 4:16PMhttp://www.switched.com/2007/08/14/second-life-sexual-genitalia-spawn-lawsuit/http://www.switched.com/2007/08/14/second-life-sexual-genitalia-spawn-lawsuit/Aug 16th 2007 4:17PMhttp://www.switched.com/2007/08/14/second-life-sexual-genitalia-spawn-lawsuit/http://www.switched.com/2007/08/14/second-life-sexual-genitalia-spawn-lawsuit/Aug 16th 2007 4:46PMhttp://www.switched.com/2007/08/14/second-life-sexual-genitalia-spawn-lawsuit/http://www.switched.com/2007/08/14/second-life-sexual-genitalia-spawn-lawsuit/Aug 16th 2007 4:49PMhttp://www.switched.com/2007/08/14/second-life-sexual-genitalia-spawn-lawsuit/http://www.switched.com/2007/08/14/second-life-sexual-genitalia-spawn-lawsuit/Aug 16th 2007 5:01PMhttp://www.switched.com/2007/08/14/second-life-sexual-genitalia-spawn-lawsuit/http://www.switched.com/2007/08/14/second-life-sexual-genitalia-spawn-lawsuit/
Open your eyes, people, you are p*ssing your freedoms away and not even paying attention....]]>Aug 16th 2007 5:24PMhttp://www.switched.com/2007/08/14/second-life-sexual-genitalia-spawn-lawsuit/http://www.switched.com/2007/08/14/second-life-sexual-genitalia-spawn-lawsuit/Aug 16th 2007 6:53PMhttp://www.switched.com/2007/08/14/second-life-sexual-genitalia-spawn-lawsuit/http://www.switched.com/2007/08/14/second-life-sexual-genitalia-spawn-lawsuit/Aug 16th 2007 6:59PMhttp://www.switched.com/2007/08/14/second-life-sexual-genitalia-spawn-lawsuit/http://www.switched.com/2007/08/14/second-life-sexual-genitalia-spawn-lawsuit/Aug 16th 2007 7:44PMhttp://www.switched.com/2007/08/14/second-life-sexual-genitalia-spawn-lawsuit/http://www.switched.com/2007/08/14/second-life-sexual-genitalia-spawn-lawsuit/love, maureen]]>Aug 16th 2007 8:18PMhttp://www.switched.com/2007/08/14/second-life-sexual-genitalia-spawn-lawsuit/http://www.switched.com/2007/08/14/second-life-sexual-genitalia-spawn-lawsuit/
Mental lives are as toxic in destroying a family, as an ignored incontinent pet in your house. YES this is graphic: but no worse than families BREAKING UP=-WHEN THEY SHOULD NOT. L, M.]]>Aug 16th 2007 8:25PMhttp://www.switched.com/2007/08/14/second-life-sexual-genitalia-spawn-lawsuit/http://www.switched.com/2007/08/14/second-life-sexual-genitalia-spawn-lawsuit/
Perhaps we should leave the news reporting to people who at least do some research?]]>Aug 17th 2007 9:27PMhttp://www.switched.com/2007/08/14/second-life-sexual-genitalia-spawn-lawsuit/http://www.switched.com/2007/08/14/second-life-sexual-genitalia-spawn-lawsuit/Aug 18th 2007 12:10AMhttp://www.switched.com/2007/08/14/second-life-sexual-genitalia-spawn-lawsuit/http://www.switched.com/2007/08/14/second-life-sexual-genitalia-spawn-lawsuit/Aug 18th 2007 10:25PMhttp://www.switched.com/2007/08/14/second-life-sexual-genitalia-spawn-lawsuit/http://www.switched.com/2007/08/14/second-life-sexual-genitalia-spawn-lawsuit/
There are few real rules in SL. Hearts get broken and values get squashed. Take a word from the now wiser: invest your all in RL and ]]>Aug 19th 2007 5:16PM