Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Except in LittleBigPlanet, where it’s copyright theft and will be moderated (i.e. deleted), thus sending thousands hours of effort from dedicated fans to the digital scrapyard. It may be necessary, presumably to prevent Sony HQ from being besieged by angry legal threats, but it’s now threatening to seriously damage the phenomenal buzz surrounding LittleBigPlanet. Fortunately, something is being done about it.
Tagged ‘moderation’
Users who have put hours and days of work into creating LittleBigPlanet levels have reacted with fury to their “moderation” (read: deletion) by server administrators. Sony/ Media Molecule are apparently deleting user-created levels for their game not just on the basis of rude pictures or sticking a willy on their main character, but also for copyright infringement.