Ageplay sim eyes new grid
By Eric Reuters
SECOND LIFE, March 11 (Reuters) - Wonderland, a Second Life region dedicated to depictions of adult-child sex, is exploring setting up a sim off the Second Life Grid called Litesim.com, according to a report by Massively.com.
Moving off the Second Life Grid would allow Wonderland autonomy from Linden Lab, which has banned ageplay within its borders.
Litesim programmer and majority shareholder Gareth Nelson (Second Life: Gareth Ellison) said the grid will be operational in less than two months.
Massively reported avatar Lalinda Lovell was promoting Litesim. Lovell declined to comment when contacted by Reuters.
Asked whether Litesim had a connection to Wonderland, Nelson teleported his Second Life avatar away, terminating the interview.
The Litesim website disallows child pornography in its terms of service. But a sign found by Massively within Second Life also promises “freedom and privacy guaranteed.”
The Wonderland sim was the center of controversy in November, after a media report explored possible child pornography in Second Life. The fallout caused Linden Lab to reiterate its disavowal of the practice.”Real-life images, avatar portrayals, and other depictions of sexual or lewd acts involving or appearing to involve children or minors are not allowed within Second Life,” said Linden Lab’s Ken Dreifach on the company’s official blog.
Nelson was once associated with OpenSim, but left the project after disagreements with other programmers. He plans to run Litesim on an OpenSim variant of his own making.
