"Freedom of speech is the First Amendment to the US Constitution (for those of you who don't live here). It cannot be "outranked" by property and trade secrets rights. No state or federal law can "outrank" the Constitution of the United States. "
An over commercialized, mass-marketed, money-maker for Hollywood whose sole purpose is to tie in new products under the same brand umbrella and sell it to the sheep.....errr...public.
Only problem is that it is aesthetically hideous. Why is it that to make a modern environmentally friendly car you also have to make it look like nothing else on the road and make it incredibly ugly? Oh, and I hope that sucker never gets up to 130 because it looks so wobbly that it'd probably fall right over.
So granted I didn't RTFA.....but lets take a hypothetical situation. Lets say its possible to create a light that doesn't need to be changed EVER. Or more realistically, 100 years. Lets say its dirt cheap to make too. Would such a light be sold? Or would the patents simply be bought by existing lightbulb companies to kill off an invention which could utterly ruin their business model?
I also wonder if any company who invents these lightbulbs will not build in some sort of artificially short lifespan so as to have an increased revenue as people have to continually buy more.
K, just a question here that's probably simple, but IANAIPL (I am not an IP lawyer). On Slashdot, we tend to cite numerous examples of prior art for these ridiculous patents.....so why does nothing ever get done about that? If there's prior art, doesn't that destroy the patent? Is it simply because nobody ever takes these things to court because its cheaper to license? What has to be done to get rid of these stupid patents in cases where there is prior art?
"You should be monitoring what your kid does in their free time. If you're offended by the game, don't buy it for your kid. It's that simple."
Just out of curiosity, what do you consider then to be an appropriate age for a kid to make their own decision about what games they buy? Because not all parents buy games for their kids, many kids buy them for themselves. And you can't always control your kid, particularly in the latter half of their teens.
"girls had dolls to learn how to take care of children, etc"
and how to wash clothes.........do the dishes......cook..........errr....can I even say that stuff? Whoops, nm, forgot where I was. And yes I know there's some geek girls out here but its not like you girls don't laugh at this stuff too.
Or are the PR releases and subsequent disproving of them getting more and more ridiculous? I mean, come on.....this REALLY needs to have a series of cartoons done on Pennyarcade.
Wanna know how they REALLY get people to stay? Read this and see how MMORPGs are like Skinner Boxes. You don't need to do much to hook people....and after that they'll stay on their own. Psychological addiction is so insidious.
This isn't a troll.....but I'm just sayin......ya gotta hand it to the editors to not even check the facts on something as major as this. The story is not ONLY completely wrong, because the free/ad free version is still available, but it also just is a lame attempt to grab eyeballs. I know I immediately checked this out when I read it, because it would have been devastating to my pr0n/anime/borrowed-from -MPAA-movie viewing habit. Seriously, the editors are getting more and more careless here....I hate to say it, but Slashdot is fast approaching the trustworthiness of the NY Times, and thats NOT a compliment.
"What you're talking about won't happen unless some of the media/movie companies start to buy out video game publishers, or video game publishers start to buy out movie studios. They are separate licensing agreements. The game publisher would have to make a deal witht he movie studio (and probably with the people they bought the rights from) to do a joint distribution of game and dvd."
And why couldn't they do this exactly? This kind of stuff happens all the time. They both want to sell their product, and this would be a great deal that should be fairly easy to negotiate in Hollywood terms. Just because products are owned by two seperate companies and have different licensing agreements doesn't mean they can't ever bundle a product together. You would be correct if there were a specific clause in the licensing agreement that forbade them from doing this, but other than that you are completely wrong.
What I think would be an excellent branding idea is to sell the various movies with their game counterparts in a bundle. So when RoTK comes out in theaters, sell it standalone, but when the DVD comes out, offer a package deal at a slightly discounted price. I'm dumbfounded they haven't done this yet, especially in an age where synergistic marketing efforts are the next big thing.
You know, with all these virii running around...and the potential danger of them, I'd really like to see an initiative to educate the typical 'dumb Microsoft user'. I'm not talking full tech jargon, but just an informative message, that is persistent, not annoying. Perhaps someone wants to do something like at the end of Snowcrash, where Hiro changes the virus to display "If this had been a virus, you'd all be dead now." (not exact quote, but I don't have my book with me) Just a virus that would go around and pop up a message on boot or something informing them of the various vulnerabilities on their system, how they most likely got them (warez, AOL, email hoax, etc). Now...I'd never do this...but if someone else wanted to steal this idea, I promise I won't sue for IP infringement. Really. (crosses fingers)
Assuming we can now debunk SCO's claim that these bits of code are theirs, what legal recourse do Linux users and everybody else who SCO was trying to get money out of have against SCO?
"The problem is this: there is no downside for SCO... they can say and do anything without fear - and there's the very remote chance that they might win something. It's like buying lottery tickets."
No, there IS a downside. Its called the SEC. Trust me, once they get involved, you will see one of the most frantic backpeddlings in history. Unless of course Darl and his crew think they can pay some big fines and walk away with several million.
"Colburn and her squad of entertainment lawyers, executives and bankers strapped together financing and cut the legal deals needed to pull off the game based on the film ``The Matrix Reloaded.'' They also secured the video game rights for the ``Terminator 3'' movie."
Great.....as if the Matrix game didn't suck enough, they need to mak a horrible Terminator 3 game. Just what everybody wants. However, I do admit to being a little excited about reading this:
"Gamers are coming into positions of power in Hollywood,'' said Devlin, who worked with CAA's Shapiro to option the rights for a movie based on the ``MechWarrior'' game franchise."
Mechwarrior? Movie? Hollywood quality special effects? HOLY SHITBALLS BATMAN!!! I think every single mech lover in the world has been dying to see mechs done up in a movie that looked extremely realistic. There have been a few mech movies so far...but they didn't look THAT good...except RoboJox or w/e it is. But this one is based on the Battletech universe, which makes me jump for joy.
I wish to god some other billion dollar industry would spring up for Hollywood to capitalize on. Seriously, LEAVE MY DAMN GAMES ALONE! I hate that...whenever something cool comes along and is underground....or at least not as commercialized as everything else in the world....Hollywood always decides to make it the 'next big thing' and they butcher it in the process. I don't want some agent ruining a game by making them take the lifelike gore out just because it would look bad if her client got shot up in the game. Oh well, least they won't touch all the games I play.
Now I just gotta hook this sucker up to my Delorean and I'm good to go......oh.......and the flying bit.........err....and the time travel thingy-majig too.
"It's like building a compiler for a CPU when all you have is a simulation of the CPU. Then you compile the compiler with itself, and finally get native code that lets you compile the compiler using a compiled compiler instead of a similated compiler. Make sense?"
O....yeah....um....perfect sense....hehehe. Sorry, um...that was a bit hard to follow, but its been a long day, can you possibly dumb that down a bit for me? Thanks.
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An over commercialized, mass-marketed, money-maker for Hollywood whose sole purpose is to tie in new products under the same brand umbrella and sell it to the sheep.....errr...public.
I also wonder if any company who invents these lightbulbs will not build in some sort of artificially short lifespan so as to have an increased revenue as people have to continually buy more.
Just out of curiosity, what do you consider then to be an appropriate age for a kid to make their own decision about what games they buy? Because not all parents buy games for their kids, many kids buy them for themselves. And you can't always control your kid, particularly in the latter half of their teens.
and how to wash clothes.........do the dishes......cook..........errr....can I even say that stuff? Whoops, nm, forgot where I was. And yes I know there's some geek girls out here but its not like you girls don't laugh at this stuff too.
And why couldn't they do this exactly? This kind of stuff happens all the time. They both want to sell their product, and this would be a great deal that should be fairly easy to negotiate in Hollywood terms. Just because products are owned by two seperate companies and have different licensing agreements doesn't mean they can't ever bundle a product together. You would be correct if there were a specific clause in the licensing agreement that forbade them from doing this, but other than that you are completely wrong.
No, they would offer the bundle, and then they'd offer the standalones, because not everybody would pay the inflated price for the bundle.
No, there IS a downside. Its called the SEC. Trust me, once they get involved, you will see one of the most frantic backpeddlings in history. Unless of course Darl and his crew think they can pay some big fines and walk away with several million.
Great.....as if the Matrix game didn't suck enough, they need to mak a horrible Terminator 3 game. Just what everybody wants. However, I do admit to being a little excited about reading this:
"Gamers are coming into positions of power in Hollywood,'' said Devlin, who worked with CAA's Shapiro to option the rights for a movie based on the ``MechWarrior'' game franchise."
Mechwarrior? Movie? Hollywood quality special effects? HOLY SHITBALLS BATMAN!!! I think every single mech lover in the world has been dying to see mechs done up in a movie that looked extremely realistic. There have been a few mech movies so far...but they didn't look THAT good...except RoboJox or w/e it is. But this one is based on the Battletech universe, which makes me jump for joy.
O....yeah....um....perfect sense....hehehe. Sorry, um...that was a bit hard to follow, but its been a long day, can you possibly dumb that down a bit for me? Thanks.