Save Our Sims IPO Aims at Legally Challenging Linden Labs

Ancapistan Capital Exchange(ACE) Leading the Charge in Openspace War

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Continuing to lead the charge of Landowners challenging the legality of the Openspace Policy Change, Intlibber Brautigan, who had already pledged half of the Ancapistan Capital Exchange's Currency Exchange(ACE^2) fees (1%) to the Save Our Sim Movement, announced on November 14th that SOS was issuing an IPO, and has formed the Grid Representation Foundation as an Iowa non profit corporation.

"ACE is not charging any fees on this IPO, as this a social good rather than a for profit company. Furthermore, ACE is donating 50% of its 1% currency trading fees to the foundation for its legal action. SOS is encouraging its members to donate to this IPO and to use ACE for their currency trading needs," Intlibber Brautigan stated in the official press release announcing the IPO.

Recent declarations by Linden Lab propose to increase tiers on open space sims by 67-233% by January 1st. In response almost 2000 Second Life Residents, many of which are some of Second Life's biggest Landowners, called for a Lindex Currency Exchange Boycott. Since the initiation of the Lindex Boycott, the ACE Currency Exchange (ACE^2) has seen a massive influx of volume, including a large number of new active accounts registered at ACE.

"Unfortunately there is a clique inside the lab that believes conflict maximizes creativity," Brautigan previously stated, and if he is right Linden Labs may be facing their biggest conflict to date.

Some have tried to contend that while doing away with grandfathering and increasing the tier on Openspaces is only a $50 increase (from $75 to $125), Brautigan recently said on the MBC News, "Trying to poopoo the issue by saying 'it's just $50' is an evasion. BNT may be a large landowner in SL, but in the grand scheme of things, this translates really into that (BNT:ACE) are a mom and pop outfit. If you take the $50 and times that by the 17 openspaces (BNT:ACE) have, that is more money than the mortgage on my real life house. So essentially Linden Labs is costing me my mortgage. So that's nothing minimal in real terms."