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What happens to the title of your Experience if your account expires? Is it saved for you or is open for someone to claim?

Super Suz

August 16, 2017 19:29

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Pardon my misuse of Sansar jargon that I am learning as I go.  

If I open up an area or experience and give it a title that is important to claim and keep, what happens to the title if my account expired?  For example, I called my experience (totally fake)  Snapple's Snappy Space.  I have an account, I develop my Snapple area and make it all nice.  Something happens and I stop working for Snapple, the account I own with my password expires/  not been paying the monthly fee to have the area in Sansar.  In my example, the account goes past due so that it is suspended.  What happens to the area?  What happens to the Snapple Snappy Space title?  Can someone then open up an area with the same name or are past titles preserved somehow?    

Thanks, Suz

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  Gindipple August 16, 2017 19:34

  Well here's the thing, if you make an experience named Snapple's Snappy Space, I can go make an experience and name it the same thing right now.

  Now you can of course have trademarked it and come after me with a DMCA claim and all that jazz. But there's nothing outside of that right now that prevents it.

   

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  Super Suz August 16, 2017 19:37

  Thanks for the reply, Grindipple.   Did not know folks can do that.  Good to know.   

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  Richardus Raymaker August 16, 2017 19:53

  Here are lot's of your  questions.
  As long you stay in 3 experiences i do not see much trouble.
  Just read the FAQ below.

  https://help.sansar.com/hc/en-us/articles/115003789086-Subscriptions-FAQ

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  Agustine August 16, 2017 21:26

  The first person who lists an experience and its still active retains all rights to that title while active and whoever tries to copy, mimic your work such as a parody or harrassment or just copying can't just cant...the rules and ethics of internet law applies... as soon as you the original artists posts on internet digital works its already copyrighted dated.. the evidence stays intact with it...unless your a BIG corp..regardless whether you close the experience the title or company name is trademarked...no one can use.

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  Chris Jackson August 17, 2017 07:42

  Here's and interesting read...

  https://ucomm.wsu.edu/what-copyright-protects/#Artists

  "...Copyrights apply to art, music, plays, movies, literature, and scholarly works. They are automatic and require no registration or other formality. They prevent others from copying the work. Copyrights last for the artist’s or author’s life plus 70 years. For more information about patents and trademarks, visit www.uspto.gov."

  "...Until 1978, you were required to register your work with the Library of Congress and to provide a copyright notice before your work was protected. After 1978 and presently, formalities are no longer required. Your copyright springs into existence the instant the work becomes fixed to a tangible medium."

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  Chris Jackson August 17, 2017 07:46

  All that said, I'd say it is recommended that one registers their work if that work is really important, just in case. Makes for a stronger claim.

  Otherwise it does seem like as Agustine says, once published online, its yours and effectively copyrighted. That's why I post stuff on my website and Facebook page, to "record" the work as mine, to leave a paper trail of the work.

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  November August 19, 2017 14:32

  You all think it´s certain to assume the 3 free experiences will stay free? As it is, I can´t get payment to work, and if that stays this way (for longer or at all), I would not be able to pay if it was needed to keep them. It would not be nice to work on an experience and then lose it some day, even if you wanted to pay just could not, for apparent technical reasons.

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  Richardus Raymaker August 19, 2017 14:42

  Pretty sure the stay free, the logic behind that is.
  If people have free land, the can then create there own experience by buying things from the store.

  Wordpress as compare have free pages to.