I first want to say that this article is more propaganda then anything. Just the same, people can be jerks and act really foolish in SecondLife. I do not know all that much about the other 3-D virtual realities online, but I have never come across one that comes close to what SecondLife has to offer. Misconduct is controlled very easily in SL. The one that runs a world or island can eject or ban trouble makers very easily.
As far as any sexual assault, that cannot be done without first allowing an animation to control the avatar that one has. The only true control a person has over his/her avatar is walking, running, and flying. With the other activities a very good scripted animation controls the avatar. To say that crimes in virtual worlds are difficult to monitor is absolutely not true. Like I said, only in SecondLife can one do so much with his/her avatar. Most 3-D virtual worlds one can only walk and chat. There is no way possible that any crime like in real live can be done in a virtual world as stated in this article.
The only crimes that can be done in SecondLife is copy writing infringements. There are number of acts that can be more of a pain in the butt, but that is about it as far as any misconduct that can be done in a 3-D virtual reality. Most of these acts can be simply handled by muting the individual. One can even teleport away from the location, and be able to return back in a short time. Usually the trouble maker does not stay in the same place for a long period of time.
In SecondLife, one can report problems like this to Linden Labs, and they will act accordingly to the situation. One can also report to the owner(s) of the world they are on about this also, and they can ban the avatar from ever being able to travel back their world. That is why this article is more of a bunch of lies and deceits to simply bad mouth SecondLife and other 3-D virtual realities.
Sad that there are individuals that do something like this. There are some that are still saying the same things about computers in that they are the cause of security issues. Movies and television shows are still showing this propaganda. Identity theft has been going on for thousands of years. Security breaches in business and so forth have happen long before the computer age. There will continue to have these crimes in years to come. Like weeds in a garden, they will always be there.
The best way to deal with any crime online or off line, report the crime to the local authorities as soon as possible. Ignoring it will not make it go away. In the virtual world of SecondLife, one can very easily report issues about other avatars. If one is to sell things in SL, then do all you can to secure your product. The less permissions the owner gives for the buyer after it is bought the better secure the item(s) will be.
In SecondLife controlling things, crimes or otherwise, is very easy. There is no need for monitoring. What is there to monitor? How can one monitor what goes on in SecondLife? If one does not have the permissions to build, then no one can put any monitoring devices in that world. The control over a world is by the owner(s), only! They are paying for the land, and they are the ones that can do what they want to with it.
Come right down to it, this article has not place to argue the difficulties of controlling issues within a virtual world. Not only is this article slanted, but shows the ignorance of the writer. I do wish these writers do their homework before stating things like this. To prove this is a far fetched article, I cannot find any videos to embed in this blog posting of mine. There is simply no crimes that can be done on SecondLife that Linden Labs, the owners of the simulation or world, or anyone else in controlling trouble makers.
The reason that I am writing something on this is to simply defend from these silly and ignorant attack articles on 3-D virtual worlds. Yes, they are weeds in these 3-D virtual worlds, and SecondLife has there share of them. These issues are so small that it is not something that the average individual thinks about.
Blessed Be to Isis and you,
Real Name: Brandon Bowers
Avatar Name in SL: FraterPhoenix Finesmith
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