A question for you

While exploring copyright issues in Second Life, I ran into this story:

The video hosting site Vimeo banned certain videos, those which are not under the “creative expression” category, from the site. All these videos will be removed from the site on September 1st.

The characteristics used to determine which videos will be taken down is whether the video contains “game walk-throughs, game strategy videos, depictions of player vs player battles, raids, fraps, or any other video gaming videos that simply depict individuals playing a video game.” Most videos captured from video games sessions fit this description, but what about Second Life videos? How is a video you have taped while in Second Life different from a video game?

I posted myself a video from Second Life that I hadn’t recorded but was posted on YouTube and, at that moment, I wondered what the limits of creativity are when recording, for example in a concert, the art that others are making by creatively moving their avatars? Is this the same as broadcasting a live concert on TV?

Please let me know what you think -both here and our discussion board!

~ by onewayoranother on July 25, 2008.