Considering that most WoW players get their patches via torrents from Blizzard, wouldn't that be a pretty big, multi-million-person Class-Action lawsuit? Would Blizzard themselves have some footing to sue from as well (say, compensation for tech support issues caused by Comcast fucking with the internet)?
The quote taken out of context: "These guys earn so much, that even when police catch them and confiscate their PCs, they can pay the fines and buy new material with just a single day's proceedings," Gusakis added.
This particular person, a cafe' owner, was talking about the illegal cafe's that are the REAL target of the police raids; the ones doing the illegal gambling, etc.; as evidencied when the entire discussion is re-read:
"Rather than combatting gambling, the law just seems to open the door to abuse of legitimate internet cafe owners. "Greece is full of phony internet cafes, opened by operators of banned gambling halls," Yiannis Gousakis, another internet cafe owner, told AFP.
"These guys earn so much, that even when police catch them and confiscate their PCs, they can pay the fines and buy new material with just a single day's proceedings," Gusakis added. "
I'm amazed that TWO slashdotters read what they wanted into this in less than 16 replies. Shame, shame, shame...
Maybe we could lend those poor cafe' owners some American lawyers; I'm sure a few successful lawsuits (or one successful and sufficiently giant class-action lawsuit) would get that law changed pretty darned fast.
Excuse me, but being human, I have something called "free will" that I excersize daily. You will never convince me that a video game will make me take potshots at people driving on the interstate simply because I will never choose to do something so stupid and illegal. Consequently, the rest of humanity, however stupid or depraved they may be, DO POSSESS a free will of their each and individual own.
When you (or anyone) try and say that games or movies make the world more violent, you're arguing that humans don't have free will, which is inherently silly.
Instead of trying to convince the world that everything is someone else's fault, you should be trying to convince the world that individuals should take responsibility for their own actions. I'm sure you mean well, but your thinking is irrational and assumptive.
Covers it well enough, I think.
I already responded to the author... I can't wait to see if I get a reponse...
By the way, nice headline. I totally forgot in my response to rag him for that ridiculous comparison between GTA and WackoJacko.
I'd like to point out that Nintendo still hasn't gotten a Grand Theft Auto type of game on their system.
(Notice I said "type" and not "caliber.")
It's seen as a "kiddie system" for a reason, boys.
As long as I'm going to get modded down for trolling (Help, help! I'm being oppressed!), I'd like to ask you all why it is that the same group of people who vehemently and religiously bash Microsoft are some of the first people to rally around Mario's flag?
To be honest, if I could pilot an X-Wing out of the box, I'd buy the game. From what I've seen, MMORPG's are just glorified chatrooms. Galaxies doesn't look any different to me from any other MMORPG. Booooooooriiiiiiiinnnngg.
The KOF series has sucked like a porn star for years. It's like someone saying that the producer of a bag of shit pulled a spoon out of it; it's still a big bag of shit. Blah.
We can't even discuss censorship issues about it, either, since the dang game is being altered by the owning company, rather than the NYC mayor.
I have actually touched one, and using it as a phone DOES make you look like a dork. The game-swapping procedure and the stupid-huge price tag are what will be the ultimate downfall of this hideous pice of garbage, anyways.
And Playing Tomb Raider on that thing is like trying to do neurosurgery with the Jaws of Life. Ugh.
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Considering that most WoW players get their patches via torrents from Blizzard, wouldn't that be a pretty big, multi-million-person Class-Action lawsuit? Would Blizzard themselves have some footing to sue from as well (say, compensation for tech support issues caused by Comcast fucking with the internet)?
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I less-than-three my shitty DSL.
I've seen Homestar. It's horrible. I don't understand how anyone can like that crap.
It's legacy for a reason... let it die... :(
The quote taken out of context:
"These guys earn so much, that even when police catch them and confiscate their PCs, they can pay the fines and buy new material with just a single day's proceedings," Gusakis added.
This particular person, a cafe' owner, was talking about the illegal cafe's that are the REAL target of the police raids; the ones doing the illegal gambling, etc.; as evidencied when the entire discussion is re-read:
"Rather than combatting gambling, the law just seems to open the door to abuse of legitimate internet cafe owners. "Greece is full of phony internet cafes, opened by operators of banned gambling halls," Yiannis Gousakis, another internet cafe owner, told AFP.
"These guys earn so much, that even when police catch them and confiscate their PCs, they can pay the fines and buy new material with just a single day's proceedings," Gusakis added. "
I'm amazed that TWO slashdotters read what they wanted into this in less than 16 replies. Shame, shame, shame...
Maybe we could lend those poor cafe' owners some American lawyers; I'm sure a few successful lawsuits (or one successful and sufficiently giant class-action lawsuit) would get that law changed pretty darned fast.
Excuse me, but being human, I have something called "free will" that I excersize daily. You will never convince me that a video game will make me take potshots at people driving on the interstate simply because I will never choose to do something so stupid and illegal. Consequently, the rest of humanity, however stupid or depraved they may be, DO POSSESS a free will of their each and individual own.
When you (or anyone) try and say that games or movies make the world more violent, you're arguing that humans don't have free will, which is inherently silly.
Instead of trying to convince the world that everything is someone else's fault, you should be trying to convince the world that individuals should take responsibility for their own actions. I'm sure you mean well, but your thinking is irrational and assumptive. Covers it well enough, I think.
I already responded to the author... I can't wait to see if I get a reponse... By the way, nice headline. I totally forgot in my response to rag him for that ridiculous comparison between GTA and WackoJacko.
I'd like to point out that Nintendo still hasn't gotten a Grand Theft Auto type of game on their system.
(Notice I said "type" and not "caliber.")
It's seen as a "kiddie system" for a reason, boys.
As long as I'm going to get modded down for trolling (Help, help! I'm being oppressed!), I'd like to ask you all why it is that the same group of people who vehemently and religiously bash Microsoft are some of the first people to rally around Mario's flag?
Buncha hypocrites.
I'd rather watch porn.
To be honest, if I could pilot an X-Wing out of the box, I'd buy the game. From what I've seen, MMORPG's are just glorified chatrooms. Galaxies doesn't look any different to me from any other MMORPG. Booooooooriiiiiiiinnnngg.
The KOF series has sucked like a porn star for years. It's like someone saying that the producer of a bag of shit pulled a spoon out of it; it's still a big bag of shit. Blah. We can't even discuss censorship issues about it, either, since the dang game is being altered by the owning company, rather than the NYC mayor.
As soon as I saw FFX-2 on that PS2 list, I knew it was going to be stupid.
Then I saw a horrible game on there as well: Manhunt.
Their credibility = nonexistent now.
Manhunt is complete crap; I rented it.
And I mean it is garbage as a game, not because it is violent. The violence was actually pretty dissafuckinpointing.
Prince of Persia should have been near the top of that list.
Seriously, how did that link make it to a slashdot headline? Was someone at Slashdot paid off, or just sleepy. I expect more from this site.
I have actually touched one, and using it as a phone DOES make you look like a dork. The game-swapping procedure and the stupid-huge price tag are what will be the ultimate downfall of this hideous pice of garbage, anyways.
And Playing Tomb Raider on that thing is like trying to do neurosurgery with the Jaws of Life. Ugh.