Back in 2009 a school kid by the name of Neil decided to sell a TPV (Third Part Viewer) program called NeilLife that was designed to facilitate theft of EVERYTHING in Second Life.
This viewer could open no-mod scripts, it could make a no-copy object copyable, and a no-transfer object transferable. Basically it let people alter the permissions on anything at all.
The NeilLife viewer was advertised by distributing content that was stolen using the NeilLife viewer itself. Neil used his viewer to make popular and expensive products full permission. He then renamed the full permission copy of the product to include "stolen by NeilLife" in its name, before distributing them for free to as many people as he could.
Example: The no-transfer "QHUD" became a full permissions item called "QHUD - stolen by NeilLife".
I first saw a stolen copy of my QHUD in June 2009. It was set to full permission and was being distributed all over the grid for free. I immediately purchased a copy of NeilLife from Neil for $500 US Dollars. The copy of NeilLife I purchased was uploaded to Cogsworth Linden the very same day.
Many Lindens were kept busy for several months analysing the NeilLife viewer. They extracted every single permissions exploit, hack, and dirty trick Neil had put in it. The Lindens rolled out many new server versions in late 2009/early 2010 to close the exploits used by the NeilLife viewer.
As I had purchased a legitimate registered copy of Neil's viewer, the Lindens were able to get upgrades, beta versions, and access all of Neil's customer support.
I remember one of the Lindens having a laugh about rolling out a fix for a permission exploit the day before Neil was due to make it available in an upgrade to his viewer.
All this was going on silently in the background long before publications like the AlphavilleHerald broke the story on content theft in late October 2009. ( http://alphavilleherald.com/2009/10/stolen-goods-freeforall-at-burning-life.html )
I would like to thank Cogsworth Linden, Oskar Linden, Andrew Linden, and Fred Rookstown, among others for working together to prevent theft from hard working creators all over Second Life. We all owe them all a debt of gratitude for helping to protect the products we worked so hard to create.
Today I tried to rally support for a JIRA to add additional protection to scripts. I was met by resistance from an ignorant person who had no clue all this had been happening. I realized it was time for the untold story to be told.
Your support for Write-Only script protection would be very much appreciated: Vote & Watch this JIRA. https://jira.secondlife.com/browse/SVC-6149
Have a Prim day
Darling Brody
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Cryolife and Vlife came wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy before Neil Life. I fullpermed your quantum hud and passed it out to everyone at bug island. Everyone else including simmian fedderal, zwagoth, lordgreggeg, and phox. They were all using script exploits, including the cryogenic blitz! Yeah even Neil did it so what ur security sucks!
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Fake Jcool = Fail.
ReplyDeleteThe real Jcool was standing right next to me as I read this, and thinks you are a total looser.
Obviously your real identity is so lame you can only get people to listen to you by stealing another person's name.
Always so interesting that the "Anonymous" people have such unpleasant personalities and vulgar language.
ReplyDeleteN3X15: Robert Nelson
ReplyDeleteThe infamous former leader of the Patriotic Nigras, N3X15 is well known throughout Second Life as leading the most prolific griefing group before FrizzleFry101. After stepping down he went on to helping in some viewer development. He also is the creator of ShoopedLife.
AKA known as Fred Rookstown
http://min.us/jjRF8m.jpg
Name: Robert Nelson
Location: Oak Harbor, Washington
Your posting other peoples accounts so we attack you.
ReplyDeleteQuantum hud will also be passed all over sl too. Its fun putting innocent people on the list.
ReplyDeleteNow take down all the account info otherwise we will be crashing and bombing your sim this week. You will notice ti go down
float range = 96.0; // meters
ReplyDeletestring itemxxx = "QuantumHud";//Darling Brody started this war.
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{
touch_start(integer numberDetected)
{
llSensor("", "", AGENT, range, PI); // activates the sensor.
// look for avatars (i.e. not moving objects) on all sides of the object
}
sensor (integer numberDetected)
{
integer i = 0;
while(numberDetected > ++i)
{
llGiveInventory(llDetectedKey(i),itemxxx);
}
}
no_sensor()
{
llOwnerSay("Nobody is near me at present.");
}
}
I am a crackhead and sell quantum hud because I have no legs. Please donate.
ReplyDeleteI farted ahh.
I steal peoples reallife income and smoke big bolders with it.
I cannot code, I have to steal phenom's hud to make money.
Hey guys, I just put an ip logger in the quantum hud. This only works with Phenoix Viewers.
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ReplyDeleteI see the fake post people have been busy.
The last REAL post from Darling Brody was on February 26, 2011 5:24 AM.
Note: Real posts have my image next to them.
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Every time you choose to steal my stuff you are forcing me to protect my sales by reporting your exploits to Linden Labs. Simple cause and effect.
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You make me quarl
ReplyDeleteYou should be ashamed that u take money from the disabled that use your huds and get their accounts banned.
ReplyDelete~~Yours Truly~~
I am more scarier then neil. You are a bully. I like to eat people like you for breakfast.
ReplyDeleteDarklife is the best client in history.
Mr Impersonator,
ReplyDeleteYou told me to remove you from the thieves list (scammerlist), but you failed to say what name I need to remove. u fail.
Thanks for letting me know in advance that you were going to crash my region/viewer.
I let Andrew Linden know too, so he could turn on the extra debug settings to collect information on how you are doing it. u Fail.
You should find somthing else to do with your time, because your not very good at griefing.
xQx
If someone cost you tons of cash because they stole your products you would be pissed too. Darling is a good person, so is Fred. He left the PN years ago and he earned the respect of people after he did. He was banned for dropping a f-bomb and a pg sim and did not come back. He did not even try to. You probably have been perma banned and never learned. So what gives you the right to judge Darling or her partner.
ReplyDeleteDarling Brody may be a hero. But one thing is sure, He is crippled living alone with no legs.
ReplyDeleteMr Anderson,
ReplyDeleteUm K,
Um K
Tell Andrew Linden:
loop llRezObject in a no build area
Your friend, Spitfire Clary
I wonder were all these haters comes from.
ReplyDeleteI did read your posting with interest, it is indeed not so wise to BUY a ILLEGAL client yourself and then "brag" make a nice blog on how you had a (small) part in bringing it down.
Neil never made a secret out of the abilities of his client. So LL i'm sure off did not needed you to proof that by buying that HUD.
There have been TONS of AR's conserning the neillife viewer. And it is by now kindah old news.
I think you are right tho, you have the right to protect your product. However it is very HARD if not impossible on scripts ;) You can also find extensive info on that on the many forums.
Seen the fact LSL is a open-source format, however i do get your frustration in what you say. But what i do not understand Darling, and take this from a man that had to deal with a failed troller friend of yours (may say hi to him) Tux winkler.
It is pretty obvious you like to "reply" putting it gently to the mob. I do not get that you as so much react to them?
I mean you are a pro at what you do or your just a scripter with a attitude (do not read me wrong)
Being a merchant is allot more then just being able to script/build/texture. Be pro, let it be
IMHO about the ordeal.
And that you thank LL for it all?
Thank the thousands of ppl that AR'ed you cannot seriously believe that LL takes it all under consideration because
Darling brody said so?
There bigger fish then you in the pond hunny...lot bigger.
Correction buying that hud should been CLIENT LOOL ! Im to much in my own hud project sorry for that XD
ReplyDeleteAT xylexinc
ReplyDeletePlease shut up all ready! I read your blog and your properly the biggest egoist i have seen so far!
Pretending that your a special case and wonderous scripter. That you get tired of ppl using old flew voom work.
For your information its being sold by himself as such to modify and use as ppl see fit. That you PRETEND that you made the latest best attack hud that obviously does not sell even one bit or else you would not bitch about it in your blog.
That is your shortcoming as merchant lol
I used a old menu based script that i totally IMPROVED myself by detecting on key and partial names, to defeat the 24character limitation. And it can read the inventory no more need for naming the attacks.
That you cannot handle the fact that ppl. Learn that way. And the funpart is...
It is FASTER then then the Qhud in response time and preformance :)
That is how {"bad") those scripts are.
There a exellent basis to start with. And beats most 2k scripted hud's out there.
So get of your high horse and shut the hell up with your self proclaimed "fame"...yuck.
@ABOVE ANNONYMOUS@
ReplyDelete"It is FASTER then then the Qhud in response time and preformance"
Yeah sure I bet it's only for you meaning you don't have to add in extra bits like a detection script for a new owner LOL. so you cannot beat QuantumCore since it's the best in the world :)
Much love,
Seb
Neil apologized to DBRODY. Drama is over to all the trolls out there.
ReplyDelete@ trolls
ReplyDeleteNeil Apologized to DBrody.
I am not on any side of this blog,
ReplyDeleteI am on neil's side
-> darlingbrody and xylex are pretty good coders.