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Theft in SL

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This really sounds like a step into the right direction! However, as you know very few sim owners have adopted such a policy on their servers. I think a lot of cpontent creators wish more sim owners would follow your (and Tatiana's and Skye's) example, Madame.

Theft in SL

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Thank you for your kind words my friend. I usually do not publish on this blog anymore, but in view of the recent events, I simply cannot help myself. Because content theft has pushed me to withdraw from Second Life and to move on with other projects in RL.

I myself have grown extremely tired of reiterating the need to raise awareness on this forum and other places in SL. I for one believe that part of the reason why this "copybot business" works so well in this community and other places, is not because customers ignore the fact that the textures or items were stolen, but in many situations customers simply do not care anymore. Some sim owners even seem to accept these practices knowingly. I have adressed this issue with a couple of sim owners on whose lands I had found stolen material in the past. In response to my request, I was banished from these regions. A lot of friends have experienced the same issue. So this not just a legal issue, but also a question of morals. Do we stand up against the people who commit these acts of theft, or do we as content creators and members of this community rather face defeat.

From a legal point of view, I can say that DMCA may have surely facilitated the process of removing suspected material from the grid. Linden Lab as an american enterprise is obliged to respect these laws. Yet, DMCA reports do not keep people from copybotting. Even if a DMCA report may prove successful and even if the relevant material is eventually removed from SL, the said material will still be located on a server on any possible country in the world - each of which (except for member states of the European Union) have adopted their own legislation on intellectual property, forcing content creators to engage a procedure in the country of residence of the copyright infringer (if they can actually locate that person).

So this DOES leave sim owners AND customers with a great deal of responsability in the whole issue. Only if this business is no longer accepted by a larger part of the community and only if this issue is adressed as it should be, will there be any possible change. We all have a share in this! Time for action!

Adieu, ma maison à Versailles

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There were indeed some reforms on their way which went unnoticed by some observers. Back in August a Roleplay Commission was put into place in order to work on a more text based roleplay (a sort of script for court roleplay as you call it). The agenda of that commission was based on a concept I had forwarded to the Council of Versailles in the beginning of May. A team of sub managers was appointed (some of them were part of what you call your "clique") to carry out these reforms - however still after several months there was no progress. Another commission was formed in August ... sadly that Commission was forced to interrupt their work ... oh well you know the story

What shocks me the most is that Versailles was in the end destroyed by people who had once been part of its community. People who had been offered a home and a place to settle down - where they could find friends and some distraction from reality. The work of months and years was wasted by someone who had spent a great deal of time in this place. I've never seen such disrespect towards other people's work. It seems that people in SL believe they can do whatever they want without seeing any consequences - stealing textures, destroying works of art.

This is precisely why I am not going to build in SL again for the benefit of any community or individual person.

I wish you all the best.

Appeal to apt roleplayers and educators: Join the Versailles RP Commission

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Hello dear! I understood that perfectly well, yet I did not want to let your contribution go unnoticed by the public even if you are not able to attend each and every meeting every sensible and thought out inout it more than welcome and productive!

Appeal to apt roleplayers and educators: Join the Versailles RP Commission

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We are happy to welcome the following members in the commission as of today:

LisaMarie McWinnie

Reba Rutabaga

Celestine Cixous

Sidonie Laborde

MariaAntonia Barenhaut

For those who are interested to join the commission as well please contact me. Monday shall be the last day to sign up for those interested! Kind regards MJ

Appeal to apt roleplayers and educators: Join the Versailles RP Commission

Communty News & Events

Dear members,

In view of recent events and developments the Council of Versailles has decided to set in place a RP commission composed of experienced roleplayers and educators in SL to elaborate a reform concept and guidelines for the historical RP community of Versailles in SL

The main aim is to create a more text based roleplay that orientates itself around major historical events and developments while focusing on the educational aspect of historical roleplay that is also a key element of Versailles in SL as a " living museum ".

The commission is going to commence its work on Monday, 29th July 2013 , so submissions to the commission end on that date. The commission shall meet on a regular basis several times per week in the rooms of the Chteau. In order to permit an efficient working flow task groups are going to be formed charged with different missions depending on the agenda fixed by the commission as whole.

If you are interested, please feel free to contact me ( MarieJosette Laville ) for further information on how to take part in the commission.

Terms of Procedure of the Commission

1: Outline of the mandate

A large roleplay reform shall be undertaken whose aim shall be to promote a more text based roleplay that relies entirely on a main standard plot that ought to be written by a group of selected writers (preferably members from the commission) and further developed at the end of every month.

The general outlines of this proposal can be found in the following notecard: Roleplay Reform 2013

Moreover, the following points ought to be considered by the commission:

• New guidelines for newcomers need to be fixed: What are the requirements in order to be admitted officially

• Introduction of a tutor program with the aim to provide orientation for newcomers

• An official event schedule shall only be released with regards to major court events (such as balls and religious service). As far as "other events" such as tea parties or salons are concerned, users should be able to organize and announce such events more autonomously. The ability to send group notices can however be limited to selected number of roleplayers in order to avoid unnecessary spam.

• Roleplayers shall be encouraged to use the group chat in order to introduce or engage in spontaneous roleplay scenarios and court intrigues in order to endorse the creative development of sub plots around the said standard plot.

To be included in the guidelines:

• Newcomers will be required to present a completely and well thought out biography before admission

• All members without any exception will be expected to reserve a section in their profile for their roleplay biography

2: Requirements for admission to the commission

Any member of Versailles in SL feeling apt and able to engage in a general discourse with others roleplayers are welcome to volunteer. Anyone interested is asked to contact the Council member in charge (MarieJosette Laville) for admission.

However, single members of the Commission can be excluded on a majority vote of the commission of they do not present themselves at the scheduled meetings and disrupt the work of the commission.

3: Procedure

During the constitutive session all members will be assigned to different task groups that shall each elect a speaker and be charged with different missions depending on the agenda decided by the commission assembly composed of all members of the commission.

Proposals made by a task group shall be discussed and voted in the commission assembly and hereafter forwarded to the Council.

Proposals made by the commission do not enter into effect before being approved by the Council.

At the end of every session a date for the next meeting is to be set by the members of the commission. The next meeting must take place within 3 days. If the assembly does not arrive at a consensus the date can be fixed by the Council member in charge.

SIGNED
On behalf of the Council of Versailles in SL
MarieJosette Laville

updated by @anne-comtesse-de-noailles: 06 Oct 2016 06:21:44AM

Société des Financiers de Versailles in SL: VSL Patronage Program

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Dear reader and friend of Versailles in SL ,

The fate of cultural projects in Second Life dedicated to promoting the fine arts and history has never been an easy one. The ordinary SL user either does not know such projects exist or he rather spends his time consuming - an activity he will most likely also tend to in his real life.

Nonetheless, thanks to an increasing number of supporters we at Chteau de Versailles are able to make long term investments and fix goals for the future ensuring the survival of our project. At the moment, that is due to a small number of financial contributors who donate large sums to the palace on a monthly basis. Versailles in SL relies on those generous donations and would not be able to survive without them.

However, giving money to the project also comes with advantages. We would thus like to present to you two distinct patronage programs that allow our followers and friends to support us a ccording to their financial possibilities :

• Les amis de Versailles (at a cost of 2,000 L$ per month)

• Patrons of Versailles (at a cost of 5,200 L$ per month)

NEWS :

In addition to that supporters of Versailles shall now gain access to an exclusive PATRONS SUITE in the central part of the palace nearby the royal apartments and chambers allowing them to take a break from the excitements of court life and spend some intimate moments with their friends.

Special offer to new members in July / August: To those deciding to sign up now we are offering an exclusive group gift from the Versailles in SL collection. You may choose an item of your choice specially designed by the creators of Versailles in SL.

If you are interested in becoming a supporter (ami or patron) of Versailles please contact MarieJosette Laville (inworld or on the ning), the manager in charge, in order arrange an info meeting.

Thanks for your support and interest in the project!

updated by @anne-comtesse-de-noailles: 06 Oct 2016 06:21:43AM

Versailles in SL: Roleplay Reform

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30th March 2013, Versailles in SL

The community of Versailles in SL has come a long way in the last 4 years since its foundation back in 2009. It has set a new standard of roleplay and invented its own style of interaction. However, we have always come to a point where reforms and passionating ideas were required. A project that does not evolve will slowly fade away. Following the roleplay reform set into motion in 2012 with a big stress on our educational objective we shall now focus on our roleplay.

Active roleplayers have often lamented a lack of action, activity and spontaneity among the roleplayers of our community. It has taken us a long time to understand how things could be improved: Through education and training. However, even the best roleplay training is worthless without the necessary inspiration and incentive. The key word of this reform shall be INCENTIVE - our shall be to inspire, encourage, motivate roleplayers to participate in the STORY of Versailles by giving them orientation.

1: A text-based roleplay - THE PLOT

(1) Over the last 4 years roleplayers at Versailles have developed a special style of roleplay: Its fast pace and lack of textual complexity have allowed fast interaction required at a court that is based on intrigues as well as witty and animated dialogs rather than long text passages focusing on the individual roleplayer.

(2) The idea is to introduce a BASIC PLOT written and developed by a board of writers that shall be released / updated every month. This plot shall summarize the events that have taken place at court in the last month. At the same time it the board of writers shall continue the story by introducing one or more story lines for the coming month. It is then up to the roleplayers in the community to react to these new story lines that are a logical result of actions having taken place in the past. Depending on what the roleplayers make of it (through interaction, gossip [see below]) the plot shall be adapted in the ensuing month.

Ex.: The announcement of coming events, marriages, promotions, the arrival of bad news from abroad, new courtiers, the revelation of intrigues, change in national politics

(3) The plot and sub-plots shall be written from the perspective from a 3rd person limited narrator (without omniscience) that reflects on the events at court, personal relations between courtiers and important developments in society.

(4) The plot can also refer to fictional characters that do not necessarily need to exist in reality in order to introduce new story lines and enrich / extend the existing storylines.

5) The basic structure could be the following:
Intro (written by the creative board) - plot enacted by the community in reaction to the intro - conclusion (written by the creative board at the end of the month) + intro for month 2 [...]

2: Court gossip - a tool controlled by the court factions

(1) The gossip guide is currently being monitored and managed by the council of Versailles. In order to give court factions and families a way to deceive / influence the public opinion as well as in order to revive this roleplay tool house leaders and core roleplayers should be allowed to send notices to the group.

(2) The gossip should adhere to our guidelines and rules and shall be monitored by the roleplay manager (MarieLouise Harcourt)

(3) Members using the gossip guide in an abusive manner shall be removed by the roleplay manager.

(4) The gossip must refer to actions having taken place in roleplay, there needs to be some sort of evidence or at least some hint that the gossip might indeed correspond to the truth. Anything else would not be constructive

Ex.: There cannot be any gossip about an amorous affair without any indication or form of evidence in roleplay whatsoever.

3 Royal favour: A more realistic approach

(1) The royal favour chart shall be abolished as it has proven to be an unrealistic approach.

(2) In reality whether a courtier was held in esteem by the royals was expressed by other means - such as gifts, offices and titles.

(3) Whether a courtier has won the king's favour could also be reflected in the PLOT. That would also minimize the need of an active king in the roleplay who would instead interact as some kind of "inapproachable" god like player in the plot.

(4) This new system would require the cooperation of the royals. They would have to strictly observe the plot and make their choices based on who they want to "protger" in other words whose career they want to promote. Court factions do play a very important role in this context [see below]

4: Court factions

During the latter part of the reign of Louis XV, the court had divided into two opposing factions, with very different political views.

(1) Parti Devot
This was a group of conservative courtiers, headed by Madame Royale. They believed in the divine right of absolute monarchy and were opposed to the Parliament and ideals of the enlightenment. Their main goal was the preservation of the Catholic Church's important place within French culture and society. They were also against the Franco-Austrian alliance and viewed Austria as the enemy who they fought in the War of Austrian Succession, and who later dragged them into the disastrous Seven Years' War against Great Britain and Prussia.

(2) Choiseullistes
This was the group of more liberal courtiers who were enamoured by the ideals of the enlightenment. They believed in a more constitutional idealistic form of government and were pro-parliamentary. They were also pro-Austrian, a prominent member being the Dauphine Marie Antoinette, who stood as the main supporter of the exiled Duc de Choiseul, who had formed the Austrian alliance instrumental in fabricating her marriage agreement.

(3) Du Barryistes
After the arrival of Madame du Barry at court, a third faction began to grow up around her, supported by the Devot Duc d'Aguillon who hoped she would assist him in acquiring the favour of the King. He formed part of the triumvirate of ministers who formed a government during the last years of Louis XV's reign, along with the Abbe Terray and Chancelier Maupeou. They were very unpopular with the majority of court but held considerable influence with the help of Madame du Barry.

(4) Courtiers sided with various factions depending on their own ambitions and their personal beliefs. Many turned to Du Barry to secure favour from the current king, but found that they alienated themselves from the Dauphine and Madame Royale in doing so, who both had a joint influence on the new King Louis XVI.

(5) After the death of the King, the Parti Devot and the Choiseullistes struggled for political dominance, headed by the King's aunt Madame Royale on one side, and the Queen on the other. Rivalries became bitter, and those who wished to be in the favour of the Queen, would be bitterly resented by Madame Royale, and vice versa. Thus courtiers had to carefully choose based on their own beliefs which faction they wished to belong in.

updated by @anne-comtesse-de-noailles: 23 Oct 2016 12:12:24AM

Versailles Rentals: Offerings for March

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