I would love for this to go to court and have them use this GTA defense. I totally agree. GTA is a danger to kids. We should keep it away from kids.
That being said, keep it the fuck away from kids.
My dad used to work at walmart for his retirement job and he would tell parents he wasn't going to sell them M rated games if they had little kids with them. The management backed him on it too.
Everyone who works in retail has an obligation to let parents know that games have ratings. There is such a thing as games for adults.
That begs the questions of whether downloading music files is either theft or copyright infringement. It seems highly unlikely that downloading something that someone is offering to you for free and devoid of restrictions or licenses, could be theft. This is especially unlikely since creating another digital copy does nothing to the original. It's like lighting your candle from someone else's taper. Your flame does not diminish theirs. I can see how the idea of copyright can work to protect authors and creators of content. That's not how it's being applied here though. It's being used to try to protect revenue streams from a bad business model.
I think until the music industry and the RIAA work out whether music is a product, or a license, we can expect this to continue. If it's a product, I can do what I want with it.
If it's a license, they must follow all proper laws and regulations regarding that type of business.
copyright works just fine for print books because they are in paper form. When they become ebooks, they suffer the same fate as music and movies. Copyright doesn't seem applicable to something you can duplicate at will with no need for raw materials and no discernible effect to the original. We need new laws that protect both the consumers' rights to use their property, and the commercial entities' rights to sell their property. What needs to be clarified is that when a transaction takes place, ownership changes. If not, rental contracts must be issued that protect both parties. I don't like buying a game and being told where, when, and how I can play it.
great job of missing the point. Why are we forced into an endless rental contract with no option to buy the set-top box?
2 reasons, one being that they enjoy the revenue stream. The other is that they simply do not wish to allow their encryption keys into equipment that someone else can own.
Hopefully this will allow the hollywood shitwigs to understand that copyright is not something for them to use at their leisure. It is a seriously flawed set of statutes that hurt everyone. I'm so glad they've finally been bitten by their own beast. Now maybe they will stop pouring so many dollars into making more draconian copyright laws that take rights away.
First, the blackbird series is not a gaming PC. It's a niche market item that rich idiots buy for their kids in boutiques.
Second, the gaming PC is built by the user. There are companies who sell ready made gaming PCs and they are real performance machines, but only rich dudes can afford them.
My PC is a gaming PC. Built for less than $1500. Constantly upgraded. Perpetually kicking ass.
It was inevitable since their support had become useless over the whole IN9-32X Max fiasco. I and hundreds of others had multiple boards fail on me. I was promised by their director of sales a replacement for the $330 motherboard after 4 of them failed on me in less than 5 months. Their then director of sales, Daniel, told me, "I wouldn't recommend [The IN9-32X Max] to anyone." He stopped taking my calls and emails when I came around to collect on his promise.
My drive works in both positions, and I read the warning and I'm not dumb enough to move the console with a disc in the drive. I don't want any scratched discs.
However, the average user is not going to understand why you can't jostle the magic game box.
first, I've been playing PC games for over 2 decades.
Quality has dropped drastically. Technology increased which gave the illusion of high quality. Games today are a horrendous value compared to just ten years ago. Content has dropped from an observed average of 25 hours of gameplay to around 6 hours. Half the budget is blown by publishers on marketing. Publishers have also gotten quite complacent about their position in the industry. When you have more than 3 sequels, it's easy to forget about innovation.
Since games are so short these days, people go through them faster. Thus they go to the retailers what sell used games.
incorrect. It is never false. It can always be true since it is based upon one person's opinion and his experience of never having seen a dirtier place.
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I would love for this to go to court and have them use this GTA defense. I totally agree. GTA is a danger to kids. We should keep it away from kids.
That being said, keep it the fuck away from kids.
My dad used to work at walmart for his retirement job and he would tell parents he wasn't going to sell them M rated games if they had little kids with them. The management backed him on it too.
Everyone who works in retail has an obligation to let parents know that games have ratings. There is such a thing as games for adults.
red chair software.
nuff said.
I was just about to post this.
People are always the weak link in the security chain.
really? people still use the Radeon?
"Now all restaurants are taco bell."
Probably because they don't know anything.
I'm glad they're inactive. who would keep up with all of those crap changes?
Thanks Mr. Fanboy
spam.
That's why email servers are so much more difficult to administer than SMS servers.
even so, the price is not proportionate with that of voice service.
Texting != email
if you understood the technology differences between the two, you'd understand how they're very different.
Email requires much more overhead to send and receive than an SMS text message.
The servers require far more overhead for both bandwidth and hardware. Administration is also far more complex for email than SMS servers.
You'd understand how different they really are.
That begs the questions of whether downloading music files is either theft or copyright infringement. It seems highly unlikely that downloading something that someone is offering to you for free and devoid of restrictions or licenses, could be theft. This is especially unlikely since creating another digital copy does nothing to the original. It's like lighting your candle from someone else's taper. Your flame does not diminish theirs. I can see how the idea of copyright can work to protect authors and creators of content. That's not how it's being applied here though. It's being used to try to protect revenue streams from a bad business model.
I think until the music industry and the RIAA work out whether music is a product, or a license, we can expect this to continue. If it's a product, I can do what I want with it.
If it's a license, they must follow all proper laws and regulations regarding that type of business.
copyright works just fine for print books because they are in paper form. When they become ebooks, they suffer the same fate as music and movies. Copyright doesn't seem applicable to something you can duplicate at will with no need for raw materials and no discernible effect to the original. We need new laws that protect both the consumers' rights to use their property, and the commercial entities' rights to sell their property. What needs to be clarified is that when a transaction takes place, ownership changes. If not, rental contracts must be issued that protect both parties. I don't like buying a game and being told where, when, and how I can play it.
the same goes with music and movies and books.
I hope you're talking about forcing a legal conflict by their actions instead of meaning that they should be allowed to do this.
great job of missing the point. Why are we forced into an endless rental contract with no option to buy the set-top box?
2 reasons, one being that they enjoy the revenue stream. The other is that they simply do not wish to allow their encryption keys into equipment that someone else can own.
you really should have bought an android phone. My G1 shines when using the GPS function on google maps. It's quite useful.
The iphone's "you are somewhere in this giant circle" gps function is just useless.
jesusphone indeed.
Hopefully this will allow the hollywood shitwigs to understand that copyright is not something for them to use at their leisure. It is a seriously flawed set of statutes that hurt everyone. I'm so glad they've finally been bitten by their own beast. Now maybe they will stop pouring so many dollars into making more draconian copyright laws that take rights away.
First, the blackbird series is not a gaming PC. It's a niche market item that rich idiots buy for their kids in boutiques.
Second, the gaming PC is built by the user. There are companies who sell ready made gaming PCs and they are real performance machines, but only rich dudes can afford them.
My PC is a gaming PC. Built for less than $1500. Constantly upgraded. Perpetually kicking ass.
It was inevitable since their support had become useless over the whole IN9-32X Max fiasco. I and hundreds of others had multiple boards fail on me. I was promised by their director of sales a replacement for the $330 motherboard after 4 of them failed on me in less than 5 months. Their then director of sales, Daniel, told me, "I wouldn't recommend [The IN9-32X Max] to anyone." He stopped taking my calls and emails when I came around to collect on his promise.
agreed. Though it makes you wonder exactly when they noticed the public 'distaste' for their campaign of litigous terror.
I honestly believe the RIAA is a loud-mouthed herald who's king and kingdom are dead. He doesn't know this yet, so he keeps up the facade.
My drive works in both positions, and I read the warning and I'm not dumb enough to move the console with a disc in the drive. I don't want any scratched discs.
However, the average user is not going to understand why you can't jostle the magic game box.
agreed. This genre needs more like L4D.
mp3 and avi are by far the most ubiquitous. any other belief makes you a fanboy.
Thanks Steve Jobs!
We are trying to break free from your turtle-necked tyranny!
did you have to buy games 10 years ago?
I think you're probably too young to remember 10 years ago.
your megaman 9 example is useless since it's a throwaway with no content.
platformers are not an acceptable comparison.
I will provide a true comparison.
look at the original medal of honor game vs the latest incarnation. the original had at least 20 hours of gameplay. this latest had 6.
first, I've been playing PC games for over 2 decades.
Quality has dropped drastically. Technology increased which gave the illusion of high quality. Games today are a horrendous value compared to just ten years ago. Content has dropped from an observed average of 25 hours of gameplay to around 6 hours. Half the budget is blown by publishers on marketing. Publishers have also gotten quite complacent about their position in the industry. When you have more than 3 sequels, it's easy to forget about innovation.
Since games are so short these days, people go through them faster. Thus they go to the retailers what sell used games.
A) she has excellent research available on the subject the effectiveness of DRM and ISP filtering
or
B) she is grossly misinformed and spouting off like an idiot
or
C) she knows what she says isn't true, but she's saying it to push the riaa agenda.
incorrect. It is never false. It can always be true since it is based upon one person's opinion and his experience of never having seen a dirtier place.
Therefore, it is always true and not defamatory.