<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/1962b44d-cbab-4e8a-8d6c-856446b98809/BB8D3C1E-3045-4BA9-9DAB-DF4ED4247B1E/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7061641.stm" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7061641.stm" style="font-size: 11px;">news.bbc.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7061641.stm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/news.bbc.co.uk/img/DF35125D-6425-4392-A1C7-029ABAD117D0" alt="BBC News" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7061641.stm"><DIV class="sh"> Virtual worlds threaten 'values' </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7061641.stm"><FONT size="2"><B>The growing number of toy-themed virtual worlds aimed at young people risks undermining the basic human values we wish to instil in children. </B> </FONT><P> <FONT size="2">So said industry veteran Lord Puttnam opening a London conference devoted to discussing virtual worlds.</FONT></P></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2007/10/29/virtual_worlds_destorying_values_/1" href="http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2007/10/29/virtual_worlds_destorying_values_/1" style="font-size: 11px;">www.bit-tech.net</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2007/10/29/virtual_worlds_destorying_values_/1"><P>Lego Universe is an example of the type of virtual worlds Lord Puttnam is critical of. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2007/10/29/virtual_worlds_destorying_values_/1"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.bit-tech.net/img/4D1D334A-A484-40F7-B81F-5E326F25C0DD" alt="Lego Universe is an example of the type of virtual worlds Lord Puttnam is critical of. " /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2007/10/29/virtual_worlds_destorying_values_/1"><DIV> Lord Puttnam was especially concerned about worlds created and run by toy makers, which are intended to tie in to a product line and encourage kids to buy the toys as well as play the game. <A target="_blank" href="http://www.webkinz.com/">Webkinz</A>, <A target="_blank" href="http://www.ubfunkeys.com/">Funkeys</A>, <A target="_blank" href="http://www.barbiegirls.com/home.html">BarbieGirls</A> and <A target="_blank" href="http://www.tygirlz.com/">TyGirlz</A> were among the examples he pointed to according to <A target="_blank" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7061641.stm">the BBC</A>. </DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/BB8D3C1E-3045-4BA9-9DAB-DF4ED4247B1E/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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