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Old 04-26-2011, 08:17 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Meta7 Closing - Hypergrid Business article
Meta7 to shut down, citing trademark issues

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“Legal proceedings have led us to a point where we now must comply with this court order, or endure heavy fines and possible personal complications for the Meta7 team members,” the company announced.
According to the company, another firm has the trademark rights to the name “Meta7″ and to a logo similar to that used by the grid.
Keeping the grid open would require a “full branding and round of investments of the viewer, in-world content, all related websites, and legal paperwork,” the company said. “It would take an enormous amount of time from a small group of people who are stretched to their limits as it is.”
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Reputable merchants continued to stay away from Meta7 even as they embraced InWorldz and Avination, two commercial grids which prohibit age play. Active user counts continued to drop, and land purchases leveled off.
It didn’t help that Meta7 was also one of the most expensive grids in OpenSim. A full, 15,250-prim region ran $104 a month, with no voice. Most customers rented lower-prim regions — a 750-prim region was just $17 a month.
By comparison, InWorldz and Avination both charge $60 for a region with 30,000 and 15,000 prims, respectively. Some providers even offer full 45,000-prim regions for under $10.
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Old 04-26-2011, 11:32 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Keeping the grid open would require a “full branding and round of investments of the viewer, in-world content, all related websites, and legal paperwork,” the company said. “It would take an enormous amount of time from a small group of people who are stretched to their limits as it is.”
If there was real desire to keep it open, they'd find the time. Sounds like a combination of things (as Hypergrid points out) forced any desire out of them.
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If there was real desire to keep it open, they'd find the time. Sounds like a combination of things (as Hypergrid points out) forced any desire out of them.
yea. Like being cheap to the point you can't pay enough resources to police the grid 24*7 and develop the "content tools" needed to deal with the issues. Or even find anyone willing to allow certain content to cache on their computer at all as part of their job.

This same issue will hit wherever ("cheap open sim grid") the locust swarm goes next.
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There were other issues there, which I am not prepared to go into. Just know it isn't as simple as it has been made to sound, Ann.
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