The fun part is 2 dementia patients having a conversation. Every couple minutes someone comes back with a "Hi, how are you today". Sometimes said activity can go on for hours.
In my defense, my grandmother had dementia, and I had witnessed this first hand.
Okay, I am not claimining that Atari would do the same if they had gotten 9/10 so they might be assholes because of *that* but let's face the facts, shall we?
If there are a lot of large websites whose owners have pirated copies and write about the games on their websites, announcing the whole wide world of gamers "It has leaked and can be pirated already!", Atari is well within their rights to say "You guys just broke the law. And announced it on your websites. Stop it." and actually they are nice not to press legal charges which they well could and have enough evidence.
I am not saying that that is necessarily the real reason or that it helps at all for this case (by now, the damage has happened) but it might help in future cases. Really, I think that this is not only within their rights but a good thing to do. I don't claim I wouldn't pirate at all (though haven't done that in a year or so) but honestly, those who break the law and announce it on their websites should face consequences. If the only consequence is to that "Remove the review and we won't press any charges", Atari is going easy on them.
Otherwise they would be telling everyone "Piracy is so acceptable that you can announce to thousands of people publicly that you do it and tell what exactly you have pirated and it is still okay!".
I think that Atari might also have been pressed by some game reviewing magazines. If they have promised exclusive right to certain magazines to get their copy and early review, all the websites reviewing it isn't exactly good.
So while this *might* not have happened if the ratings were 9/10, I think that this isn't exactly "Censorship" and was the right thing to do.
might want to wait at least 2 years before saying you pirated something. the statute of limitations on copyright infringement is 3 years, and I would assume slashdot keeps reocords of who the ACs are, along with IPs logged in with, etc.
Slashdot Mirror
Slight problem with your argument. The ocean is maybe 10 miles away, and the desert is a bit more inland.
I wonder how many ideas were to release the ACTA text.
Not just their design, but ANY 5 interlocking rings: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_symbols#Intellectual_property
Almost makes you wonder when they're going to sue the state of Washington or the U.S. National Park Service. http://www.nps.gov/olym/index.htm
you might want to read that over again
http://slashdot.org/articles/07/12/05/2350233.shtml
that zelda one was uploaded on June 14, 2009...
you're getting slow in your old age taco!
Some schools even go as far as doing nothing but teaching a curriculum around making video games. https://www.digipen.edu/
It shares a campus with nintendo, so it may be a bit biased there, but their students tend to get nominated for IGF awards each year.
It's the screen radiation, but The Others don't think that way...
At least you aren't in Portland...
The fun part is 2 dementia patients having a conversation. Every couple minutes someone comes back with a "Hi, how are you today". Sometimes said activity can go on for hours.
In my defense, my grandmother had dementia, and I had witnessed this first hand.
you forgot about their meatballs
why yes, yes i would.
http://torrentfreak.com/download-a-free-car-from-bittorrent-090506/
another game release that people need to acquire "illegally" if they purchased it in a box
I think 2 words can sum this one up... Jack Thompson
unless i'm mistaken, there are quite a few people still alive from that little war in vietnam. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Vietnam_War_video_games
*cough* Commander *cough*
to "click it or ticket"
It's a shame Mythos was the perpetual beta and not the retail game.
reload button was broken
had to do it
letting women be 'people' too?
only way it could be worse is if they pull a "warhammer"
Okay, I am not claimining that Atari would do the same if they had gotten 9/10 so they might be assholes because of *that* but let's face the facts, shall we?
If there are a lot of large websites whose owners have pirated copies and write about the games on their websites, announcing the whole wide world of gamers "It has leaked and can be pirated already!", Atari is well within their rights to say "You guys just broke the law. And announced it on your websites. Stop it." and actually they are nice not to press legal charges which they well could and have enough evidence.
I am not saying that that is necessarily the real reason or that it helps at all for this case (by now, the damage has happened) but it might help in future cases. Really, I think that this is not only within their rights but a good thing to do. I don't claim I wouldn't pirate at all (though haven't done that in a year or so) but honestly, those who break the law and announce it on their websites should face consequences. If the only consequence is to that "Remove the review and we won't press any charges", Atari is going easy on them.
Otherwise they would be telling everyone "Piracy is so acceptable that you can announce to thousands of people publicly that you do it and tell what exactly you have pirated and it is still okay!".
I think that Atari might also have been pressed by some game reviewing magazines. If they have promised exclusive right to certain magazines to get their copy and early review, all the websites reviewing it isn't exactly good.
So while this *might* not have happened if the ratings were 9/10, I think that this isn't exactly "Censorship" and was the right thing to do.
might want to wait at least 2 years before saying you pirated something. the statute of limitations on copyright infringement is 3 years, and I would assume slashdot keeps reocords of who the ACs are, along with IPs logged in with, etc.Added: April 12, 2006
to help me retain a portion of my sanity, please don't post videos that people stopped laughing at almost 2 years ago
but Purple Beard wants to get paid too...