Develop a tool to transfer items you created to another alt account
Toothless Draegonne
This is a request to build a tool for users to transfer items to a known alt account, and automatically set all transferred items with the alt's name as creator.
This is something that would benefit anyone who might import or create content, but then sell under a branded account. The account initiating the transfer would need to be any paid level of account as an encouragement to get on the paid ladder, and to make it worth the while to make the tool.
It may also benefit people who wish to give out free and full perm content, without risking a fullperm root prim being abused.
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Vikktor McDunnough
So the major concern here seems to be paying for uploads twice. Why not just upload the items on the Branded alt to start with? Then anything uploaded is done in the Alt's name, and you only paid once. You could even upload on the alt, then send full perm to your main to spend time messing with it, and then send it back full perm to the Alt. It would still retain the alt as the creator.
AlettaMondragon Resident
Sometimes I wonder if some people just sit and think up these nonsensical ideas. Aside of that, simply put, creator = uploader. That is how it should be. The creators I've seen who make their own mesh for example have no problem with their alts' names on some of their objects. Other than that, I can't see what benefit anyone could have from this, why wouldn't you just want to sell the item with the account you uploaded it with?
Toothless Draegonne
AlettaMondragon Resident
"Should" be? You like paying twice? Or should everyone have to go out and get special extra premium pl00s 250 bux/year accounts just to have a branded account they can transfer stuff to?
AlettaMondragon Resident
Toothless Draegonne Huh? You stopped reading at that "should be", didn't you.
Why is it such a big deal if it's a different creator name on your object or texture or whatever?
Linn Darkwatch
If it's something you made, you can already do this. If it's something you bought that's NT, the original and all copies and everything made with it would have to be removed from the original alt's inventory to be fair.
Cooter Coorara
I don't understand the question. I build houses, and I create all of the components for those houses. If I think they're unique enough, I set it as full mod and give it to my alt, who removes the check from the transfer check box and sells it in his store. I don't care whose name is listed as the creator, but if I did, I would just have my alt upload the builds himself. He would be shown as the creator. So can't you do what you want to do now?
Toothless Draegonne
Cooter Coorara
If you want to pay twice to upload something twice, good for you.
For everyone else, though...
Izzatooona Enthusiast
Um.... NO! LOL Can you imagine the mayhem and severe loss this would cause? Now look, if I build something, I already have the right to transfer it to any account I want - alts, friends, customers, etc. So, if that's your point, you don't need LL to change anything. But, if you want to transfer items created by someone else that you own, and have that new owner show up as the creator? That's theft. That's illegal. Please explain further.
squidpaladin Resident
Izzatooona Enthusiast It sounds like they're talking about items the transferring account is the creator of... So like, for example, if I wanted to transfer things to my store bot and have her be the "creator" of my items, everything sent over would have to be something that lists squidpaladin Resident as the creator. When she receives it via this method, it would then become UnsaintedDoll Resident listed as the creator. I own both of these accounts.
That is what it seems is being described here, NOT squidpaladin Resident taking something created by Izzatoooona Enthusiast, sending it to UnsaintedDoll Resident, and then UnsaintedDoll Resident becoming the creator.
Izzatooona Enthusiast
squidpaladin Resident Ya, ok, I can see that. It wasn't clear at all. However, it's very easy - under 30 seconds - to rez a prim on your alt, link it as the root. Hide it. You're done. Your alt is now the creator. These transfer things are exploitable. Doing it yourself manually is not. This is one crazy idea that LL should NOT take seriously.
Toothless Draegonne
Izzatooona Enthusiast Now how do you make a fullperm branded account to sell fullperm stuff under, without turning your non-fullperm account into a source of fancy root prims?
This would solve that problem.
AlettaMondragon Resident
Toothless Draegonne "without turning your non-fullperm account into a source of fancy root prims?" ??????
Sorry, what?
Why don't you inspect some of your mesh clothes, if you wear any. You'll notice even the original mesh creators will have some meshes uploaded by other accounts, usually those are their alts. The only thing that matters is the store where the final product will be sold.
xaka Chayoo
When I saw this I was taken aback. That tool exists. Many years ago a tool such as this existed so the Lindens could collaborate in developing this that has become SL, it was exploited by some (beginning of copy bottling). A major problem arises with some developers stating that you may not share with your alts what you buy full perm, now you would state, but this is for the developer to share his/hers own builds with his/hers own alts , ok, hope there is nothing (sound, texture, poses, gestures, etc) developed by others that you are using in your build, and sharing, so you will have to be an all trades builder or developer (jack of all trades), or, the Lindens will have a nightmare scenario tracking all the permissions and being responsible for any IP violations, I'll stop here, but it gets worse, believe me.
Toothless Draegonne
xaka Chayoo The tool can dig down through the linkset and inventories, and warn or ask for what to do with parts not created by the person initiating the transfer. Copyright issues are a very surmountable problem.