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{{Infobox Person 
| name        = Kevin Alderman
| real_name = 
| other_names = Stroker Serpentine
| occupation  = Virtual Sex Entrepreneur
| profession  = Sex Bed Marketer}}
'''Kevin Alderman''', founder of Eros LLC,  is the creator of the avatar of '''Stroker Serpentine''' in the virtual world of [[Second Life]].<ref name="Wired07">[http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/commentary/sexdrive/2007/03/sex_drive0330 Lynn, Regina: "Stroker Serpentine, Second Life's Porn Mogul, Speaks" Wired, March 3, 2007]</ref>

==History==
Alderman, originally a plumbing contractor, first created a presence in the adult-only [[virtual world]] of Seducity as "Stroker". Motivated by the sale of virtual goods between residents and the ability to retain intellectual property rights, Alderman registered a user account in Second Life in November 2003 and created his avatar.

Strokerz Toyz still operates as an outlet for adult virtual animation devices within [[Second Life]].<ref name="successful">[http://www.wired.com/gaming/virtualworlds/commentary/sexdrive/2006/08/71657 Lynn, Regina: "Second Life Gets Sexier" Wired, August 25, 2006].</ref>

Alderman later listed his Amsterdam simulator in March 2007 on Ebay for a sum of $50,000.<ref name="amsterdam">[http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/ebusiness/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=198700237 Wagner, Mitch: "Second Life Sex Business Sells On eBay For $50,000" InformationWeek, March 27, 2007]</ref>  

In August 2008 Eross LLC received [[USPTO]] [[trademark]] registration number 3,483,253 for "SexGen".

On May 2, 2011, Alderman and his family were featured in the National Geographic Channel series [[Taboo (TV series)|''Taboo'']] episode "Fantasy Lives".<ref>[http://alphavilleherald.com/2011/05/national-geographic-channel-to-feature-sl-on-taboo.html Mistral, Pixeleen (alias): "National Geographic Channel To Feature SL on ‘Taboo’", ''The Alphaville Herald'', 5 Jan 2011]</ref>

==Legal Action==
Near the weekend of July 4, 2007, Alderman's company Eros LLC filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against a Second Life avatar named  Volkov Catteno, temporarily named "[[John Doe]]" in court documents, for copying and reselling his virtual SexGen beds. Through several [[subpoenas]] served to [[Linden Lab]], [[Paypal]], [[AT&T]] and [[Charter Communications]],  Volkov Catteno  was identified as Robert Leatherwood of Azle, Texas.<ref name="catteneo">[http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article2025713.ece Richards, Jonathan: "Second Life sex bed spawns virtual copyright action" TimesOnline, July 4, 2007]</ref>

Later that same year in October 2007, Alderman spearheaded a six-person lawsuit against New York native Thomas Simon (aka Raze Kenzo in Second Life) for unauthorized copying, resale, and distribution of the platintiffs' virtual products. The suit alleged that Simon duplicated and resold various types of content from several different Second Life content creators.<ref name="Kenzo">[http://www.nypost.com/seven/10282007/news/regionalnews/unreality_byte.htm Boniello, KathiAnne: "UNREALITY BYTE$" New York Post, October 28, 2007]</ref>

Eros, LLC and Shannon Grei brought forth a class action suit in US District Court in Northern California against Linden Research, Inc on September 15, 2009 (Case4:09-cv-04269-PJH). Court papers allege the defendants knowingly and profitably turned a blind's eye to copyright and trademark violations within the Second Life service.<ref name="Strokerz Toyz/Eros LLC Takes Linden Lab to Court in Class Action Lawsuit!!!
">[http://foo.secondlifeherald.com/slh/2009/09/strokerz-toyzeros-llc-takes-linden-lab-to-court.html Mistral, Pixeleen: "Strokerz Toyz/Eros LLC Takes Linden Lab to Court in Class Action Lawsuit!!!" Alphaville Herald, September 15, 2009].</ref><ref name="PDF e-filing
">[http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/threatlevel/2009/09/linden.pdf Wired.com: "[PDF&#93; E-f iling , " Wired.com, ].</ref>

On Sept 28, 2011, Stroker released his Sexgen v5.0 bed for free, with full permissions, meaning that anyone can copy it for any use including resale. <ref name="Second Life SexBed Industry Thrown Into Chaos">[http://alphavilleherald.com/2011/09/second-life-sexbed-industry-thrown-into-chaos.html Mistral, Pixeleen: "Second Life SexBed Industry Thrown Into Chaos" Alphaville Herald, September 29, 2011].</ref>

==OhMiBod==
In September 2008 he partnered with developer OhMibod<ref name="OhMiBod">[http://www.reginalynn.com/archives/570 Lynn, Regina "Teledildonics takes a step: OhMiBod and Second Life (corrected)" Regina Lynn's SexRev 2.0, October, 24, 20082007 ]</ref> to create an interface that would allow avatars within the virtual world of Second Life to remotely actuate the OhMiBod device of another Internet partner. The [[teledildonic]] application utilized a heads up display or  HUD  to play customized soundtracks to enhance avatar to avatar cybersex.
The OhMiBod interface has since been abandoned for use in Second Life due to aggressive enforcement <ref name="OhMiBodpatent">[http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080504/0006061024.shtml Masnick, Mike "Who Says Patent Lawsuits Aren't Sexy" Techdirt, May 9, 2008]</ref> of the broad [[teledildonics]] patent.

===Motion Capture===
Alderman expanded his interests in virtual world development by founding StroCap Studios in 2007 as a subsidiary of Eros LLC. By combining the resources of StroCap and Motionwerx, Alderman utilizes innovative gyroscopic inertial systems<ref name="mocap">[http://www.virtualworldsnews.com/2008/05/second-lifes-st.html Feldman, Curt "Second Life's Stroker Serpentine Bringing MoCap to the Real World" , Virtual World News, May 9, 2008]</ref> and [[motion capture]] optical systems to provide platform developers and virtual world entrepreneurs with realistic character animations.

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==Further reading==
'''Articles on Stroker Serpentine'''
* Bland, Archie: [http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/features/cybersex-rules-inside-the-world-of-lsquoteledildonics-1027699.html Cybersex rules: Inside the world of Teledildonics] The Independent, November 23, 2008 <!--Accessed May 6, 2009-->
* Kirby, Carrie: [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/04/27/BUH0172A42.DTL&hw=Kevin+Alderman&sn=001&sc=1000 Avatars, attorneys in new world of virtual law] The San Francisco Chronicle, April 27, 2009. <!--Accessed May 6, 2009-->
* MacMillan, Douglas: [http://images.businessweek.com/ss/07/04/0416_richlist/source/8.htm Second Life Rich List] Businessweek.com, July 7, 2007 <!--Accessed April 26, 2009-->
* Lynn, Regina: [http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/commentary/sexdrive/2007/03/sex_drive0330 Stroker Serpentine, Second Life's Porn Mogul, Speaks] March 30, 2007 <!--Accessed April 26, 2009-->
* Money, Moo: [http://www.massively.com/2008/03/16/cinemassively-stroker-serpentine-interview/ Cinemassively: Stroker Serpentine Interview] Massively.com, March 16, 2008 <!--Accessed April 26, 2009-->
* Fullerton, Ticky:[http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/special_eds/20070319/ Four Corners] and [http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/content/2007/s1876134.htm Four Corners Transcript] Australian Broadcasting Company, March 19, 2007 <!--Accessed April 26, 2009-->
* Starwood, Cider:[http://www.ivillagegno.com/2006/12/meet_stroker_serpentine_on_the.php Meet Stroker] Ivillage Girl's Night Out, December 21, 2006 <!--Accessed April 26, 2009-->
* Ludlow, Peter: [http://www.secondlifeherald.com/slh/2007/04/sin_under_flori.html Sin Under Florida Sun] The Second Life Herald, April 30, 2007 <!--Accessed April 26, 2009-->
* Wagner, Mitch: [http://www.informationweek.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=198700237 SL Sex Sim Sells] Information Week, March 27, 2007 <!--Accessed April 26, 2009-->
* Dotinga, Randy: [http://blog.wired.com/sex/2007/03/second_lifes_am.html Second Life's Amsterdam Snapped Up on Ebay] Wired.com, March 26, 2007 <!--Accessed April 26, 2009-->
* O'Hear, Steve:[http://blogs.zdnet.com/social/?p=125 Amsterdam sold for $50,000] ZDNet.com, March 30, 2007 <!--Accessed April 26, 2009-->
* Nino, Tateru:[http://www.secondlifeinsider.com/2006/12/15/spotlight-amsterdam/ Spotlight - Amsterdam] Second Life Insider, December 15, 2007 <!--Accessed April 26, 2009-->
* Reuters, Eric:[http://secondlife.reuters.com/stories/2007/06/20/amsterdam-sims-re-sold-to-dutch-media-firm/ Second Life Amsterdam Re-Sold to Dutch Media Firm] Reuters Second Life News Center, June 20, 2007 <!--Accessed April 26, 2009-->
* Duranske, Benjamin:[http://virtuallyblind.com/2007/10/27/content-creators-sue-rase-kenzo/ Content Creators Sue Rase Kenzo] Virtually Blind, October 27, 2007 <!--Accessed April 29, 2009-->
* Duanske, Benjamin:[http://virtuallyblind.com/2008/03/14/leatherwood-settlement/ Eros Reaches Settlement with Robert Leatherwood] Virtually Blind, March 14, 2008 <!--Accessed April 29, 2009-->

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