[MUD-Dev] When Do We Get the "Right" to Privacy?

[Koster]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mud-dev-admin at kanga.nu 
> [mailto:mud-dev-admin at kanga.nu]On Behalf Of
> Nathan F.Yospe
> Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2001 2:42 PM
> To: mud-dev at kanga.nu
> Subject: Re: [MUD-Dev] When Do We Get the "Right" to Privacy?
 
> For us, it's not a question of where else they go, just what they
> do, or witness, on our muds.  So... do we have age restrictions?

>From a commercial aspect, yes, because otherwise the government would
come down on us. :)

> Are we going, as the adult internet industry is, toward requiring
> credit data just for legal reasons (I know, I seriously doubt that's
> the only reason sites of that sort want your credit card number
> too... but I've never tried their services to confirm that
> suspicion) and perhaps restricting features for people who couldn't
> prove their age?

"It would play well in Peoria."

> I don't even know if cybersex is a real concept on a graphical
> mud... how would it...?

Yes, it's extremely common, and I see a lot of Furry terms for it
transplanted over to Asheron's Call in particular. It works exactly
like it does ona text mud--the pictures are irrelevant. Then again, in
the graphical games, the pictures are irrelevant for many aspects
(combat, conversation, etc).

> Dr. Cat?  I know it isn't something you officially acknowledge, but,
> is it an issue?  Would, for example, a parent proving that their 13
> year old daughter had played out some cybersex scenario on Furcadia
> leave you open to legal action?

Open to it, yes. Whether you'd lose the case, I dunno, never been
tested.
 
-Raph
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