Step UP for content creators!

"In the wake of the wholesale theft of sims and content over the weekend, like many people we wanted to do something about it – and also about all the other content theft that we have been fighting for so long – in the Content Creators Association and in magazines and on TV shows.

Since then we’ve talked – and have come up with the idea of the Step UP! campaign, a campaign centred on a special day of action that everyone can become involved with, and that can empower and inform people.

We are aiming for a day that draws together action, education and celebration. We want a focus that empowers people – and rather than dictates to people, allows them to express their own creatvity in a variety of ways. It also draws attention to the strength of feeling that there is here on the grid.

2) We need to make people feel empowered by what they do. And, because we are hardly the most time-free people on the grid – we need something that they can largely organise themselves!

So these are our thoughts:

We are nominating a day as Step UP! Day – which will be November 5th – Guy Fawkes Day or Bonfire Night in the UK.

Action:
a) On this day – no-one uploads textures to the grid. This should show the economic power of people acting together, without harming content creators. We want Linden Lab to see the power of the feeling about the problem of content theft – and to discuss urgently strategies for tackling it.

b) As many people as possible wear an orange ribbon as a sign of support for creators. And creators can design these – they can be lapel ribbons, they can be arm bands, they can be tee-shirts … the idea is to make the orange ribbon the theme of the day. And everyone who gets a free orange ribbon gets an information sheet – explaining what content theft is, what they can do about it etc. And they also get an information pack that they can give to their friends (which also contains an orange ribbon for their friends).

Why orange? It’s been used before, but has no overwhelming association (unlike pink or red ribbons). It’s a bright, noticeable colour. It suggests explosions and colour …

And it’s an opportunity for stores and content creators to become involved too.

Celebration:
Education:
The concept originates with a small group – Angie Mornington, Gabrielle Riel, Gwen Carillon and Saffia Widdershins. But more and more people are now becoming involved. And you can too."

Text shortened and edited by me) read it all at http://stepupsl.wordpress.com/2009/09/23/the-start-of-step-up/#comment-38

Kiosk and ribbon ,notecard and more in our shop at

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Fatimas%20Desire/142/185/26

Stulet gods? Vill du ha det? Om du inte gillar det som händer,nu senast vår egen Adrina(stöld av texture) Delta i kampanjen Step up! Kiosk med info finns i min affär.

Den 5 November kommer medlemmarna i denna kampanj att visa sin solidaritet med varandra och ge Linden labs något att tänka på genom att/avstå helt från att ladda upp texturer!

5 NOVEMBER.

Den dagen kommer vi att ha en särskild free outfit i vår shop i orange förstås:)

Ensam kan inget göra men många kan!