Trigger Word .... Action
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1. music1 = plays music clip once
2. loop1 = plays a continuous audio clip
This version again updates the music that plays in the room, and the triggers. The room now uses OGG format sound clips. Also, the music in the room is temporarily back to Version 1.0 content. Why? Because IMVU disagrees with my interpretation of the Fair Use doctrine in copyright.
The original version 1.0 had an MP3 format music loop from my own compositions and it was pointed out that a Beatles theme would be consistent with the decoration of the space. In Version 2.0, I took it one further and added some music journalism notes for you regarding 2 historic sound recordings. The room had a Beatles and a Dylan sample that were included under the Fair Use exemption of copyright law. The Beatles and Dylan sound clips were here for journalistic and educational purposes, and thus included in the Fair Use doctrine. Since IMVU disputes this (and locked my products with no warning), I had to revise my product and upload it again to unlock it.
Version 2.1 used the original Version 1 clips but in the open OGG audio format. I expected to update the sound clips one more time, and release a Version 2.x in the near future. This is now the Version 2.5 product, using .OGG audio format with backward compatibility for the trigger words.
This cafe has a background music loop that you can play while you chat. Type the trigger word for 2 different ways to play the music. Also, look outside the window... yes it is Los Angeles California out there!
Trigger Word .... Action
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1. music1 = plays music clip once
2. loop1 = plays a continuous audio clip
About the Beatles:
The Beatles need little or no explanation, as the influence that the Fab Four generated has been felt for generations of music lovers. The four members, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr, all went on to have solo careers of varying degrees of success. The song 'Something' illustrates the musical abilities of George Harrison as the lead guitar player of the group, in his composition 'Something'. You will surely agree that the song is romantic and very musical. 'Something' appeared on the 1969 Abbey Road album.
About Bob Dylan:
Bob Dylan pushed the limits of American songwriting in his deliberate and poetic method of lyric writing. Beginning with the 1965 landmark Highway 61 Revisited album, followed by his Blonde on Blonde album in 1966, Dylan's style influenced many, including Tom Petty, who has openly admitted how he idolized Dylan's style and vocalization. Dylan has remained relevant through the decades, touring and recording in 2006 with great success. Consider his 1975 Blood On The Tracks album, and the sensually poetic 'Tangled Up In Blue'.
To IMVU Helper and IMVU, Inc. Date June 1 2007 Subject: Use of Copyrighted Material Under Fair Use Doctrine HELLO IMVU INC. I am responding to your messages stating that my sound products do not meet the copyright Fair Use doctrine. You have locked my products in question with no advance notice, which causes me great inconvenience. While in dispute I have resubmitted the products with unrestricted sound copyright (my own), and unlocked these products right away. Contact me privately about our disagreement over Fair Use. You know my email address. Thank you. TommyMuse..
To my IMVU Friends: I apologize for any inconvenience this dispute has caused you.
-Tommy
Rats! IMVU broke my product AGAIN. Version 2.1a is a reload and is a temporary file that will be replaced as soon as possible, but at least the place looks normal again.
Dang! June 12, 2006. OK, after numerous edits I still can't undo the damage that IMVU did to the file. They tell me to derive a new product (which will cost me credits which are paid to IMVU). Good luck folks, I'm done editing this one. Version 2.49 and final unless IMVU helps me clean up their mess.
Version 2.5... success... using the older Previewer 1.9 software.