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A 17-year-old can join the real army, remember ... If you thought that the Indianapolis ordinance restricting video games with violent content from storefront display was either an anomaly or a strictly Middle-American move, read on. An unnamed correspondent writes: "GameFan reports in an article that yet another city is creating an ordinance that '...would restrict minors from playing arcade games with graphic violence or sexually explicit content.' The ordinance also covers the positioning and clear marking of the 'bad' machines. 'Currently, the bill states that such violent arcade machines must be marked and situated more than 10 feet from non-violent video titles.'"
Yes, at this point, it's just the proposal of a city council member, not a done deal. The city is (gulp!) sunny San Diego. Bother anyone? Perhaps they'll move all the games with punching into buildings like NYC has for Off Track Betting?
A long long time ago, I can still remember ... And for those into games that with a bit less gore ("We didn't have gore when I was small -- we were too poor!"), Kevin writes " Futurelooks has started a new feature called Retrolooks, which looks back at technology of the past and puts it up against the technology of today." Go read 'Atari 2600 VCS VS. Sega Dreamcast: FIGHT!' and try not to weep with nostalgia, at least if you are -- errrrr -- mature enough to have developed nostalgia. Here's a sample:
"Ah Atari, the granddaddy of all gaming platforms, the editio princep, the grail upon which all future gaming developed. In 1976 the Saturday Night Fever crowd was tired of just Staying Alive and craved something new. One Nolan Bushnell gave them that new fix with the invention of the first Atari console. Bushnell created the first unit with $250 and a desire for something new. Within four years the company of one had grown considerably and was worth over $28 million."
Plus, the grail is in the Castle ... [Aaaaggghhhh ....]
AssFace writes: "As previously covered there is/was a contest of which the main goal was to break a cipher that had stood 154 years. At least two people have now solved it (separately) and we are now waiting on word (from the Bokler site) as to what will come next - apparently once one part is broken there is more? - I had created a list a while back on which a group has been discussing the cipher and at least one of the members is one of the people that came up with a solution of sorts and he posted a note regarding it here.
Frustrating for me personally because the code I was writing was just starting to evolve pretty nicely - but it will be fun to see what is next."
Proof positive, though? No word yet on the contest Web site; I think Edgar is cackling merrily in his grave.
If I share some love with you, do I have less left afterward? StoryMan writes "There's an interesting (and long) article at the NYTimes about file sharing, peer-to-peer networks, and the future of digital music.
It merits a read, if only because its participants are both important and interestingly diverse. Participating the round-table were: Hilary "I Speak for Artists, Hear me Roar" Rosen (complete with a very scary picture), Kevin "Chasing Amy" Smith, Esther Dyson, David Boies, a software developer, and your average 17-year old dude."
So long as you label it accurately, OK, fellas? For all their possible nefarious uses, cookies on your hard drive simply don't track you as well as certain companies would prefer. That's why devices like the Cue Cat, which exchange some convenience for information on your buying habits, will only get more common.
For instance, jgilm writes: "A 'new' product/company called Qode (marketese for "code") (www.qode.com) has a device reminicent of the Cue:Cat. Informationweek had a brief on it with items like '... a small wireless device called a Qoder ... scan UPC bar codes ... to search for better deals online.' and 'The scanned data is then downloaded to a personalized Web site.... Companies will then offer special deals on the personalized sites.'
The Qode site, which has a penchant for Flash movies, has info for businesses like '...a new and far more efficient way to deliver promotions. Plus you get a real-time heads up on consumer product interests.'
They claim that they are a 'wall' and 'walls are strong. And silent.' No joke. This is in relation to their privacy policy. Their idea of privacy is that they don't give out personal information to their business partners.
One aspect they don't address is the fact the the company still keeps track of your buying habits. Another is the probable lack of Linux software for the device (though no mention is made anywhere of system requirements)."
OK, so the world will soon be (or is already?) awash in free barcode readers. However, that's not all -- japhar81 writes: "Saw this over at GeekNews: netcity is offering a free smart-card reader. I'm personally planning to use it for an unintended purpose, like a certain other freebie. Off the top of my head, perhaps using my creditcard as the key to my pc ... Hardware hackers go wild:)"
I don't think he was trying to say that Hatch was soley responsible for these things. Certainly there were others backing the as well. He was just pointing out that Hatch has done a lot that goes counter to what he purports to support now.
It's not enough to bash in heads, you've got to bash in minds. - Captain Hammer
How can you say children have a free choice when you have raised them in a way that will only allow them to make a certain chioce?
By that standard, NONE of us have free choice! Where is our choice to never speak with mom and dad spending all of that time encouraging us to say our first word? Our choice to enjoy eating dry decaying leaves and dirt when dad's over there saying 'don't put that in your mouth, it's NASTY'.
In other words, short of leaving their babies in the woods somewhere to make up their own minds about who and what they are and how to behave, every parent somehow molds free choice, and its a GOOD THING!
> If we can't charge people an extra $500/year on car insurance because
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> they're black or jewish, why can we charge people an extra $500/year
> because they're 22?
Uhh, could it be because people under 25 have about $500/year more in accidents than those who don't? Nah, it must be discrimination.
NOte that poeple over 25 still pay the high rates if they've had a license less than four years, as many of the foreign students found out while I was in grad school. And after seeing people who'd grown up without even riding in cars drive, I'm convinced that their rates were *way* too low
At least at Iowa state it was easy to detect them on the road: they were about the only oens in town who bought Japanese cars . . .
I think that statisic is not that "blacks have higher accident rates" but that "blacks are more likely to live in zip codes with higher accident rates". The second implies the first, but is a legal and moral way of allocating risk.
hawk, who indeed did read the portions of the thread that existed before he posted
Umm, duh? The alternative, after all, is that said adults actually become good attentive parents. God (or whatever) forbid!
I don't know... this may be an unpopular opinion, but I think it's natural, especially for males, to be somewhat fascinated by violence.
If you look at any group of little boys, it doesn't matter from what culture, I think you will find that most of them are prone to play at violence, the same as kittens or puppies who wrestle and play-bite each other.
This is probably just the result of "evolution". Fighting is a very important skill for a wild species and humans are hardly domesticated ;) As a matter of fact, civilization only seems to make it worse, institutionalizing violence on a much grander scale and making it more impersonal .
Playing at violence is not a cause for worry IMHO. I'm not saying that kids should watch slasher movies, but as long as video games are relatively abstract I think they are OK for anyone tall enough to play them... perhaps some of them are too bloody and should be toned down a bit, I agree that it should be up to the parent(s) to make sure that their kids don't have access to games they find offensive.
I'll never forget the first time my son picked up a long straight stick, just after learning to walk. Instantly, with no example or encouragement from others, it was a spear to poke kittens with. It was not awkward for him at all, the proper balance and motion came more naturally than walking. (Of course, we pointed out that he might hurt the kittens and that he should poke leaves instead.) I remember thinking about the timescale of human existance and how we were simple hunters and gatherers for 99% of that time, and coming to the conclusion that "Underneath it all we're all just a bunch of spear-chucking barbarians". :)
"Free your mind and your ass will follow"
A feminist tried to fight this trend in her sons, giving them Barbies to play with. She was very dismayed to see them hold them by their legs, point the heads at each other, and make gun noises.
Steven E. Ehrbar
Countries with parliamentary supremacy can legislatively interpret Article 41 to avoid some of the sillier implications of some of the clauses.
In the U.S., we'd have 11-year-olds suing their parents under Article 15 to overturn "no TV" rules, then legislation suing to overturn an act specifically authorizing "not TV" rules.
Steven E. Ehrbar
Perhaps because artists like to spend their time creating art, not marketing it? I mean, yes, it takes months to get a deal and such with a record company, but think about it: WHY do artists today do it? I mean, if it were as simple as you say, record companies wouldn't exist in the first place! Sad as it may be, and as corrupt as the system is, I think it's obvious that, at the very least, artists WANT to let a 3rd party handle the business side of things as much as possible.
That said, I certainly think that the current system where record companies take the vast majority of the profit has room for improvment, and that we should work toward streamlining the process of audiences finding the material they'll like.. BUT, the system that succeeds will be the one that lets artists EASILY promote their music. If artists have to chose between letting record companies make most of the profit andn spending all their time trying in vain to promote their material, a lot of artists would (and do) choose the former.
Although the Netcity form does only have two OS choices (Windows and Mac, of course), it is not a required field; so you can fill it out with no OS choice. It'll be difficult for them to claim you told them you had Windows, and they do put up a screen promising you you'll receive your scanner in 6 to 12 weeks.
I didn't agree to anything regarding it's use, either.
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It isn't all bad news, young people pay less for health and life insurance. I would gladly pay teenage male rates for auto insurance if it included an 18-year old body :-).
The insurance industry indirectly discriminates on the basis of other factors, due to the practice of setting rates on the basis of ZIP code. My insurance rates increased noticably when I moved to my current residence, which is in an area with lower incomes and higher crime rates than my previous residence.
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All the hoopla over banning the violent games just makes them more popular. Look what happened to mortal kombat, it's not even a very good game and they ended up making sequel after sequel.
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When are people going to realize that making laws isn't going to make up for poor parenting? That's what it all boils down to with the whole censorship saga. It's all about personal responsibility.
Well, to be fair, I don't think people would be making the big deal out of video games or drinking if a big, government agency trained you in how to do it and how to take orders regarding it as the Army did regarding machine guns and tactical nuclear missiles. So we're not talking about quite the same thing here.
Logic ... merely enables one to be wrong with authority. -- Doctor Who
One other thing to add to that - last time I checked, Somalia was the one country in the world without a government, after the war.
In other words, the US is effectively isolated on that one. The only other country couldn't sign if it tried.
Greg
(Inside a nuclear plant)
Aaaarrrggh! Run! The canary has mutated!
Bad news, kid. They don't think any more when they get older...
A lot easier, with equivalent functionality:
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
print "Enter hex digits (0 to end): ";
while (<>) {
$_ = pack "H*";
last if (/\0/);
print;
}
Of course, an even shorter version would be:
perl -pe 'print pack "H*"'
but not quite as interactive.
He was the one who put forth from "anonymous" a bill attached to unrelated legislation to extend the term for drug patents. (ala the "as a work for hire" fiasco that took song rights from musicians). It's the least he could do after riding around in Schering-Plough's corporate jet, the ones who have the patent for Claritin that is about to expire. Too bad seniors (AARP) noticed because they have enough of a hard time as it is paying for prescriptions. It sort of makes the republican's plan for a prescription drug benifit ring hollow.
Actually, it was Linda Daschle, wife of Democratic Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle who lobbied on the behalf of the drug companies to pass the bill through.
Also, Sen. Hatch is the only member of government who has had the balls to stand up to Hilary Rosen in Congress and defend the doctrine of fair use. He's an artist himself, so he undertstands both the need to protect content creators as well as the need for people to be able to copy works they own.
As for the link, several Democratic senators were also involved in the copyright extensions. That, and if Disney were to have lost those trademarks, it would have lost the core of their business, costing a hell of a lot of jobs. Personally, the article shows that Democrats also supported the bill. And what the hell relevance does it have to any of this anyway?
The real problem is that tstores and Government will bend to the demands of adults who wrongfully belief that games with a little bit of gore will turn the countries children into gun-toting thugs.
It is after all the adults that vote the Government in, and that keep the stores in business, not the kids who buy and play the games.
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There is a lengthy Q&A session following, but that hardly makes up for it. As usual, the industry cartel is over-represented.
Free Hans!
Oh, I was going to write some witty response about drug dealers and government not supporting legalization of drugs and losing their core business etc but I don't think I can be bothered.
I'll just say It is not he business of government to erode the rights of its citizens to provide a bit of cash for billion-dollar corporations
"Government by the people, for the people" eh?
Rich
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There are some odd things afoot now, in the Villa Straylight.
I would say he circumvented his own access control device! Pickled it to be more accurate!
"History doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme." Mark Twain
Attempting to buy from HP, after a week of runaround from HP pre-sales support, finally resulted in the following responses today:
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HP does not offer HP DAT-III drives on HP PCs.
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Installing NT voids the warranty on the PC.
Presumably installing Linux would also void the warranty.HP also has a web site that brings to mind the old line "you are in a maze of twisty little passages, all different." Until you figure out the difference between a Brio, a Kayak, a Pavillion, and something else I forget, (all of which are x86 PCs) you can't find anything.
HP used to be such a great company, too. It's sad when the good ones die.
After all, cracking his cipher is obviously circumventing Poe's access-control device!
Encryption challenges sponsored by a cryptosystem designer (such as Poe Cipher and the various d.net challenges) imply a license to take part in the challenge.
Of course, IANAL; if you want legal advice, talk to your attorney.<O
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Will I retire or break 10K?
The Atari VCS 2600 console had 128 bytes of RAM and a framebuffer that held only half a scanline. How's that for primitive? It gets worse: there are only five sprites; three are mere rectangles, and the other two are eight-pixel-wide 1-bit bitmaps. Their locations are not specified (x, y) but rather (start drawing them at this CPU cycle).
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Will I retire or break 10K?
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Yeah, there are a lot of errors in the article. One other that I noticed: the Dreamast doesn't crank 200 polygons/sec. More like 20m.
...because if he was, he'd probably be suing Bokler under the DMCA. After all, cracking his cipher is obviously circumventing Poe's access-control device!
Someone named AssFace got a submission accepted? ;)
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I've had enough abrasive sigs. Kittens are cute and fuzzy.
You misunderstand me. What I mean is that if you allow the freedom to choose to be violent, some will choose that, despite any efforts to encourage them otherwise. Of course, you can always warp people (like Clockwork Orange), but that is the wrong course.
The point is that we must not manipulate people to prevent them from being able to choose, and we must recognize that the end result is that some will choose the very thing that we were trying to avert.
I was not using Lord of the Flies as a document of fact, but more like something that reminds us of certain truths. If you don't think that Lord of the Flies is fundamentally true in it's presentation of the natural disposition of man to be cruel (not the only disposition, but part of it), I can accept your opinion. But if you do agree, then you agree with my point about it as far as I intended to use it.
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You are right in part, that in the process of teaching and encouraging, even if done in the most gentle fashion, will remove some courses of thought and action from the realm of possibility. So we always have your Clockwork Orange, no matter how we do it. I would still argue that some Clockwork Oranges (CO for short) are better than others. Maybe what I think is a good CO is only because of the CO that I have experienced. The relativistic point of view is that no CO is better than any other CO. I would disagree with that, and say that we can actually use our faculties to determine the best CO for the situation. Also, while the CO we will obviously influence (or forcing a behavior, as you said, though I think that a good CO does not force it) the outcome, it does not completely determine it. The same CO applied to two very similar situations can have drastically different outcomes.
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Well, I would not agree with 100%. That would suggest that everything that happens was predetermined by the initial state. I choose to believe otherwise, or if you prefer, that belief was chosen for me.
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How can you say children have a free choice when you have raised them in a way that will only allow them to make a certain chioce?
That's the real trick, isn't it? Teaching people to not love violence for it's own sake, but always allowing them the freedom to choose to love it if they wish. Because, the truth about that is, that some will choose to be violent no matter what you do. So the shortcut, the easy way, is to not allow any dissent -- to make it impossible to take the wrong path.
Your comment is well taken. Many would take the notion of raising children "properly" to mean that they don't have the capacity to even think about violence, and that children should be sheltered and coddled so they never are tainted by it. Or so sternly disciplined that they won't do it -- "beat it out of 'em." But even children have it within them to be violent and cruel (Lord of the Flies). But children also can be very kind, generous, and loving. Perhaps parents should spend less time trying to discourage the former and more time encouraging the latter.
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If people want violent games off the market, they should be raising their children in such a way that the kids would *freely choose* not to play them, because the violence would not appeal to them.
I'm utterly appauled at the fact that you claim it should be MY responsbility to raise MY kids. We all know that us parents simply do not have the time to raise our own children. In should be society's responsbility and if society produces violent games, it is society's fault. It is most certainly NOT mine! Or any other parent's for that matter!
Seriously: I fully agree with you, and I wish everyone else could see it that way. But I don't think its going happen... too many people think in the same manner I'm being saracastic.
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But sure as fsck not 128kilobytes. Christ, my Apple //e had 128K, and it was state of the art!
ObMicrso~1Bash:
BTW, is it just me, or is that site the most garbled heap of nested tables and crap HTML I've seen in ages? I mean, even for a M$ FrontPage site, it's pretty fucking sick to see 70-80 kilobytes of HTML - 30K of banner-ad tables and 40K of other shite - for about 3K of actual text.
Multiply it out, that's about 200K of HTML I had to download to read something that could have fit in a single, albeit long, /. comment. What is it with m0r0n webmasters who think that a web site should be like a book - and require the manual clicking of a mouse to "turn a page" every time you read two or three paragraphs?
*sigh* I do NOT miss my teenage days...
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Cackling in his grave... /. troll. Primarily he would post disgusting stories he wrote and links to graphic images for shock value. But then every once in a while he would post an encoded message just because he knew people would try to decode it.
If he were alive today, he would be a
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One cypherpunk going by the handle "mystery_inc" has posted the results and some analysis of the decoding to the PoeCipher mailling list at egroups. You can read his entire message here.
He believes it says:
it was early spring warm and sultry
glowed the afternoon the very breezes
seemed to share the delicious languor of
universal nature as laden the various
and mingled perfumes of the rose and the
jessamine the too dense abatis wildflower
they slowly wafted their fragrant offering
to the open window where sat the lovers
the ardent sun shone full upon her blushing
face and its gentle beauty was more like the
treetop of side wind romance of flirt
inspiration of a dream than the actual
reality of earth tenderly her lover gazed
upon her as her glittering ringlets
were eased by amorous and sportive
zephyrs and when he permitted the rude
intrusion of the sunlight he sprang to
draw the curtain and she gently stayed
him no no dear charles she softly said
much rather would i have a little sun than
no sun at all
Why do kids love violent games? That's the real question that people should be asking. I suspect that violent games contribute very little to "making" someone a dangerous person (whatever that means). I would say that the popularity of violent games with kids is something to ponder. Locking up all the "bad" video games is like wearing Peril-Sensitive Sunglasses(TM). The problem hasn't changed. If people want violent games off the market, they should be raising their children in such a way that the kids would *freely choose* not to play them, because the violence would not appeal to them.
But blaming "the world" for corrupting their children is more popular because it lets people cry that they are powerless, and if one is powerless, they are also free from the nasty burden of taking responsibility for the problem and doing something about it.
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don't know. I have posted this rant to a mail list already, so those that have seen it please close your eyes.
> "The government's view of the law is not monolithic, however. Senator
> Orrin Hatch, Republican of Utah and chairman of the Senate Judiciary
> Committee, recently wrote a letter to the Court of Appeals stating that
> the government's brief does not necessarily express the views of the
> Congress in the matter. "
I live in Utah where Senator Hatch is up for re-election. As someone who once knew Senator Hatch, I'm really sorry to say that he _is not_ your fair use friend.
As head of the Judiciary Committee he was one of the principal authors of the DMCA. Also, he was the one that sponsered the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act (CTEA).
When the MPAA and a few pals roll into town he is only too willing to roll over and support their cause after a few "donations". The conservative "Eagle Forum" explains how Disney has clout with the republican congress.
He was the one who put forth from "anonymous" a bill attached to unrelated legislation to extend the term for drug patents. (ala the "as a work for hire" fiasco that took song rights from musicians). It's the least he could do after riding around in Schering-Plough's corporate jet, the ones who have the patent for Claritin that is about to expire. Too bad seniors (AARP) noticed because they have enough of a hard time as it is paying for prescriptions. It sort of makes the republican's plan for a prescription drug benifit ring hollow.
If he really cared about "fair use", he would have delineated it by now in the DMCA. Or at least given half a thought about the "anti-crcumvention" monster that he created.
My guess is that he wanted to blow some hot air in the sails of the Good Ship Lollipop before she goes down, knowing full well that "fair use" has already been tossed in a lockbox and thrown overboard to the unattainable deep.
Sure he looks good for supporting Napster and "fair use". Just too bad that he really smells.
Take the cheese to sickbay, the doctor should see it as soon as possible - B'Elanna Torres, "Learning Curve"
This comment just pisses me off... People really need to be educated before they speak. Hey Craig Newell If you're reading this: THE ORIGINAL INTENT OF DeCSS WAS TO PLAY DVD's ON LINUX!!! I can't stress this enough. The MPAA doesn't want you to play DVD's on a computer unless they bless it first.
Mr. Smith: The subscription service makes sense. Folks can join, pay a monthly fee, and from said fees, the provider can pay the music companies for use of their material.
If I'm going to join a "subscription service" why the hell would I want to pay the music company? Why should the RIAA profit from the talent of others... all they do with that money is funnel it into people who have no talent anyway.
Ms. Rosen: Esther is right about the future, even if she is completely wrong about what a record company does. New distribution systems provide for new levels of competition, and record companies and all sorts of others who work with artists in the future will have to prove their worth to that artist (and their fans) in the new marketplace. Today, a record company does that by investing in the "creation of the demand" for an artist's music. I don't think that will change. Helping an artist create the demand for their music is a critical factor in their careers. Some artists do it themselves; most don't want to. There is a lot of music out there. But we must all concede that we pay attention to certain music or certain artists because they have become more popular, and we rely on the natural selection processes of the marketplace. That process does not come cheap in the physical world -- or in the online world.
I think I made my point above about financing of non-talent with real talent. If you need help "creating demand" for your music... You're in the wrong business. If you work hard long hours to make your music why would you not work even harder to promote it? And that is what has the RIAA frightened...
Mr. Boies: The Internet is both a threat and an opportunity. It is an opportunity to efficiently promote and build demand. It is a threat because it is a distribution and promotion channel that the record labels, at least for now, do not control. It is the greatest opportunity for the 98 percent of artists that are not distributed by the major record labels. It is the greatest threat to the RIAA and its members.
Mr. Boies: An industry at war with its customers is an industry in trouble. The RIAA and its members are making users mad as hell, and these users will find a way not to take it anymore.
Amen -- to both points
Ms. Rosen: The Internet is clearly viewed by the music community as an opportunity. Mr. Boies's accusations are ridiculous and offensive. No one can control the Internet. There are so many innovative technology partnerships with the music community going on right now that no one with any knowledge even thinks that is the music community's intention. What we can do, however, is assure that certain simple rights are enforced and that companies don't break the law.
No one can control the Internet... Isn't that what you're (the RIAA) trying to do? Insuring that companies don't break the law? You're sure putting up a fine example.
Ms. Rosen: Artists, musicians, songwriters, music publishers and record companies are not asking for additional legislation. In selected areas, we merely seek the existing law to be enforced. To suggest that illegal activity by a single infringer like Napster is representative of all that is going on is simply short-sighted. The Internet is being used every day by all of us in the music community with many different technology partners promoting, introducing, Webcasting and selling new music and favorite artists to their fans. The marketplace is working. The fact that a few companies are not abiding the law does not mean that Congress needs to intervene. It simply means that the existing law should be respected. Most are playing by the rules. A few are not.
The RIAA obviously don't respect existing laws. Have you ever heard of Fair use??
"Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know."
-- Ernest Hemingway
Okay, I've come to accept that, in the U.S., minors under 18 don't have any rights. Granted, actual citizens are prohibited from beating them up, but that doesn't qualify as a right, just a protection.
Now, you might be saying, "The phrase 'minors under 18' is redundant," but that's not true. "Minor" is defined, for some weird reason, based on context. So a 17-year old in an R-rated movie is not a "minor" in that context, and a 20-year-old drinking beer, is. In fact, if two 20-year-olds in Nevada walk into a casino and sit down, they can both be arrested, charged with "contributing to the delinquency of a minor", and tried as adults.
So, the fight against the ban on video games is a lost cause. Minors should fight, instead, for the cause of being recognized as FULL CITIZENS IN EVERY WAY at age 18. That includes fighting wars, drinking beer, running for president, voting, and getting reasonable insurance.
If we can't charge people an extra $500/year on car insurance because they're black or jewish, why can we charge people an extra $500/year because they're 22? Even if there was a strong correlation between accidents and black drivers, it would still be illegal for insurance companies to raise premiums.
Maybe if someone under 65 actually VOTED instead of adopting the "fuck the system and smoke pot" attitude, this could all change.
"Beware he who would deny you access to information, for in his heart he deems himself your master."