TL;DR - she's writing a book and wants us all to know, and Wired is cooperating. It's a fluff piece. Apparently we should buy it when it comes out.
As the sibling posts also say, you wrote a really bad summary. I think you just wanted to be cynical, or troll.
Aside from the fact that she'll apparently release the book copyleft, there's also the fact that it's a scholarly work - a good way to lose money.
A better summary would be something like "Anthropologist studies nerds, finds that they have an interesting culture and a clear interest in civil liberties issues."
But of course that isn't relevant to Slashdot. There are no nerds here, and no one cares about civil liberties here, right? We just discuss computer parts endlessly, right? I hope some smarter moderators show up soon.
I just want to thank you for your post, sadly have no mod points to give
I am not from USA, but from ex USSR. It's not that we have radioactive waste everywhere lying around,
but there could possibly be some "over the level bolt" lost somewhere in some abandoned base.
So if that bolt happens to end in your car, I would be happy if police stopped me, and checked
why my car was radioactive.
More to the point - if somebody transports nuke, they better get stopped.
I didn't know S.T.A.L.K.E.R. was based on real life. The more you know.-*
The best way to get these guys is to cut off their revenue stream. Stop buying [1] their crap.
[1] By "buying" I also mean downloading, for by doing so you are endorsing it, giving it further mindshare.
But the drop in revenue will only be attributed to more pirating.
Yeah. Kindly fuck off with your "stop buying/downloading" and actually get off your ass and give a shit like the rest of us.
I've contacted the EFF about issues like this, what have YOU done, mister "sit around and do jack shit"?
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Microsoft ripped me off with Mechwarrior 4 and its "I don't like your CDROM drives" DRM. Since the package was open, I was SOL at CompUSA. I stopped buying new PC games then, and have been playing only console or old PC games. And CompUSA went out of business; good riddance.
If it makes you feel any better, Mechwarrior 4 Mercenaries was re-released for free!
In the article, you can see they used the Apple logo in their GUI as well, and had "iPad TV" written next to the apple logo on the USB drives.
There was also a "Made in Taiwan" text next to that.
Technically, even if these USB drives/keys weren't counterfeit, they still committed trademark infringement.
This site doesn't appear to be any more legal than the other ones you expressed concern about. Look on their license page.. They don't have the legal standing to offer you these games for non-commercial use, they're just operating under a legal theory that pirating abandoned games for non-commercial use is legal (or at least it's not going to get you or they into trouble). Very similar to the underdogs website theory (http://www.hotud.org/).
Not quite sure what this comment is about. Factor 5 made Katakis, and have the rights to the Amiga versions of R-Type and BC Kid.
It's kind of too late to debate as to whether or not they can offer these games for download.
Factor 5s first game as a free download for everybody who loved the Amiga or just plain historical interest – also known in other parts of Europe as Denaris. 50 frames per second of high-adrenaline shooting action very reminiscent of R-Type.
Note: This only works 100% with the UAE emulator .
Katakis, R-Type and BC KID are not provided for the public domain. You are entitled to download and use these games only for non-commercial purposes. All copyrights are retained by their owners. Any distribution of this data through any medium unless specifically permitted by the copyright owners is not allowed.
That's the thing with anonymity, isn't it? Anyone can be anonymous on the internet. Isn't one of the main ideals behind anonymous that it cannot be false-flagged? Notice how the media and even/. is trying their hardest to portray anonymous as a single, organized group.
I was gifted Borderlands a while back and still got access to the DNF demo. I didn't pay a cent to get it.
All the people who got their keys from people who bought Borderlands and gave away their demo keys probably paid nothing as well.
I search torrents all the time to see if what systems some obscure game was released on if I can't find much info about it
among other things that don't result with me downloading anything
Only after you observe the game's ending will you discover the game's plot:
You either attempted to save the Princess from the evil clutches of King Kupa,
or it's another case of Mario going mad and destroying an innocent kingdom for no good reason.
It's not as bad as people make it out to be, watch the video before making a judgement:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppDWD3VwxVg
Video Bill Gates/mosquitoes @ TED (unedited point segment) ~ 2-4-09
It may be obvious, but your point will make more sense if you refer to what the obvious is. Just asserting that someone or something has "such an obvious agenda" means nothing when it is not actually obvious to everyone.
This might be an "it's right under your nose" situation, so please point out what is in question for those of us who can't seem to see it. Don't let us stay ignorant.
Slashdot Mirror
TL;DR - she's writing a book and wants us all to know, and Wired is cooperating. It's a fluff piece. Apparently we should buy it when it comes out.
As the sibling posts also say, you wrote a really bad summary. I think you just wanted to be cynical, or troll.
Aside from the fact that she'll apparently release the book copyleft, there's also the fact that it's a scholarly work - a good way to lose money.
A better summary would be something like "Anthropologist studies nerds, finds that they have an interesting culture and a clear interest in civil liberties issues."
But of course that isn't relevant to Slashdot. There are no nerds here, and no one cares about civil liberties here, right? We just discuss computer parts endlessly, right? I hope some smarter moderators show up soon.
I just want to thank you for your post, sadly have no mod points to give
People can share IP addresses, but only twins share DNA?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimera_(genetics)#Human_chimeras
I am not from USA, but from ex USSR. It's not that we have radioactive waste everywhere lying around, but there could possibly be some "over the level bolt" lost somewhere in some abandoned base. So if that bolt happens to end in your car, I would be happy if police stopped me, and checked why my car was radioactive.
More to the point - if somebody transports nuke, they better get stopped.
I didn't know S.T.A.L.K.E.R. was based on real life. The more you know .-*
Wasn't really about the MPAA, but nice strawman anyways
Sorry for cursing, I'm just really peeved about stuff like this.
I'm an indie musician
The best way to get these guys is to cut off their revenue stream. Stop buying [1] their crap.
[1] By "buying" I also mean downloading, for by doing so you are endorsing it, giving it further mindshare.
But the drop in revenue will only be attributed to more pirating.
Yeah. Kindly fuck off with your "stop buying/downloading" and actually get off your ass and give a shit like the rest of us.
I've contacted the EFF about issues like this, what have YOU done, mister "sit around and do jack shit"?
For the BFG-9000 you gotta fork over $90
knowing that somebody RIPPED YOU OFF
Microsoft ripped me off with Mechwarrior 4 and its "I don't like your CDROM drives" DRM. Since the package was open, I was SOL at CompUSA. I stopped buying new PC games then, and have been playing only console or old PC games. And CompUSA went out of business; good riddance.
If it makes you feel any better, Mechwarrior 4 Mercenaries was re-released for free!
I'm in Canada though, as far as I know actual lawsuits over this stuff are exceedingly rare here.
Ah yes, the "Canadian" excuse!
In the article, you can see they used the Apple logo in their GUI as well, and had "iPad TV" written next to the apple logo on the USB drives.
There was also a "Made in Taiwan" text next to that.
Technically, even if these USB drives/keys weren't counterfeit, they still committed trademark infringement.
Sean Connery: I do believe that would be your mother, Trebek! Mwehehehe
This site doesn't appear to be any more legal than the other ones you expressed concern about. Look on their license page.. They don't have the legal standing to offer you these games for non-commercial use, they're just operating under a legal theory that pirating abandoned games for non-commercial use is legal (or at least it's not going to get you or they into trouble). Very similar to the underdogs website theory (http://www.hotud.org/).
Not quite sure what this comment is about. Factor 5 made Katakis, and have the rights to the Amiga versions of R-Type and BC Kid. It's kind of too late to debate as to whether or not they can offer these games for download.
http://www.factor5.de/downloads.shtml
Factor 5s first game as a free download for everybody who loved the Amiga or just plain historical interest – also known in other parts of Europe as Denaris. 50 frames per second of high-adrenaline shooting action very reminiscent of R-Type.
Note: This only works 100% with the UAE emulator .
Katakis, R-Type and BC KID are not provided for the public domain. You are entitled to download and use these games only for non-commercial purposes. All copyrights are retained by their owners. Any distribution of this data through any medium unless specifically permitted by the copyright owners is not allowed.
That's the thing with anonymity, isn't it? Anyone can be anonymous on the internet. Isn't one of the main ideals behind anonymous that it cannot be false-flagged? Notice how the media and even /. is trying their hardest to portray anonymous as a single, organized group.
Gee golly I sure wish I had mod points
I was gifted Borderlands a while back and still got access to the DNF demo. I didn't pay a cent to get it.
All the people who got their keys from people who bought Borderlands and gave away their demo keys probably paid nothing as well.
Electronic Freedom Foundation
That, or Elicit Frozen Fishsticks
Opportunist got what I meant
"torrent search engine traffic = piracy"
thought crimes???
I search torrents all the time to see if what systems some obscure game was released on if I can't find much info about it
among other things that don't result with me downloading anything
Only after you observe the game's ending will you discover the game's plot:
You either attempted to save the Princess from the evil clutches of King Kupa,
or it's another case of Mario going mad and destroying an innocent kingdom for no good reason.
So basically, the plot to Braid?
Why has something like Quadrapassel (tetris on Gnome/Ubuntu?) survived?
non commercial, opensource too probably
It's not as bad as people make it out to be, watch the video before making a judgement: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppDWD3VwxVg Video Bill Gates/mosquitoes @ TED (unedited point segment) ~ 2-4-09
WikiLeaks got the information from anonymous sources, they didn't obtain the confidential documents themselves, but I understand what you mean.
It may be obvious, but your point will make more sense if you refer to what the obvious is. Just asserting that someone or something has "such an obvious agenda" means nothing when it is not actually obvious to everyone. This might be an "it's right under your nose" situation, so please point out what is in question for those of us who can't seem to see it. Don't let us stay ignorant.