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Star Wars DVD Changes XBox Dashboard

Posted by Zonk on from the this-was-the-console-you-wanted-all-along dept.

Megaphoneman writes "Apparently the new Star Wars Trilogy DVD set will automatically change your dashboard appearance if played on an XBox...without asking the user first!"

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  1. Oh George.. by Taulin · · Score: 3, Insightful

    George not only wants to change Star Wars with new graphics, but he wants to change everything else too.

  2. changes by laard · · Score: 3, Insightful

    This is kinda like how George changed star wars without asking the fans first

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    1. Re:changes by Romeozulu · · Score: 3, Insightful

      George doesn't have to "ask the fans", it's his freaking movie, not yours, he can do anything he wants with it. If you don't like it, don't buy it.

    2. Re:changes by GeckoX · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Nobody is suggesting it isn't within his rights.
      Everyone knows however that it's fucking ignorant and nobody likes it.

      End result? Pissed off EX fans and lost customers.

      Ever heard this saying?
      You can be right, and you can be dead right.

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    3. Re:changes by andyt · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Everyone knows that if he just stopped making copies of the original available, he wouldn't be promoting the progress of science or useful arts, and he would lose his copyright on it.

      *blink*
      waitasecond here....

      does this mean that, since Lucas has publically stated on many occasions that he will never release the original movies again (only the Special Editions which are demonstrably not the same), then at some point in the (far, far) future, he will lose the copyright on Star Wars and it will enter the public domain?

      *ohpleaseohpleaseohplease*

    4. Re:changes by Karma+Farmer · · Score: 2, Insightful

      No. You see, I was being sarcastic. Copyright and Patent law has reached the stage where it is used to retard the arts and sciences, not promote it as was originally intended.

      I honestly believe that if the owner refuses to distribute a work, they should lose the exclusive rights to that work. You're not going to find too many people who agree with me, though. Certainly not lawmakers or judges, anyhow.