[arg_discuss] "Fake Blogs Now A Criminal Offence"

[Jay Bushman]

This is worrying to me, since the planned Loose-Fish #3 is supposed to  
use sites like Facebook, MySpace and Linked In as the main vehicles  
for the story.  I'm wondering if any or all of these sites have some  
provision in their TOS for creating fictional profiles as long as  
there's something denoting that it's part of the story.

The goal is not to fool anybody, but to tell the story.  I'm guessing  
I'll be sending a lot of email to a lot of confused people at many  
different social networks.


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On Apr 14, 2008, at 9:56 AM, O'Donnell, Dean M wrote:
Actually, there was a similar controversy involving Facebook and  
Jonathan Swift, who they were shocked, shocked to find wasn't actually  
still alive:

http://blog.wired.com/business/2007/11/facebook-boots-.html

Since we've used Facebook profiles a lot in our ARGs, we were  
apparently in violation of their EULA too.  Although when all the  
characters from Babylon 5 invited me to join their group, I suspected  
that perhaps it was a commonly violated part of the agreement.

Oh, and hi everyone!  I'm an academic who uses ARGs to teach  
Interactive Storytelling.  We're on our third year of student produced  
ARGs now, and this year's festivities will be starting soon.

Dean

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If a law like this ever hit the books in America, I imagine the big test
would be when an ARG-related case inevitably hit the courts.

~ Adam Nakama

On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 10:08 AM, Andrea Phillips <andrhia at gmail.com>  
wrote:


> It's certainly worth asking a lawyer. Anyone know a lawyer?

>

> Dan Hon, I am looking at you. @_@

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