Please see also the online purchase options of old 8 bit games. All three of the current consoles are working on getting the video game tail as long as the movie tail.
They're the new hollywood. The game industry already dwarfs them for revenue.
Highest US gross for a film was 600 million, Titanic. Highest gross for opening week-end is 151 million, Spider Man 3. GTA IV did what 400-500 in the opening week-end and might break a billion gross?
I'm too lazy to look up WoW numbers. Love it or hate it you can't argue the fact that the thing brings the money in.
Yes but you can only do that at the whim of Steam. At any point they can flip the switch and you loose the ability to do all of the above. A CD with no phone home will never have that happen.
What it boils down to is that with Steam there are multiple points of failure out of my control that will render a product I purchased unable to be used. With a simple install binary/CD/whatever if I have working hardware and a valid binary I'm good. Period.
In case anyone thinks this is purely a theoretical arguemnt look at the old Divx discs. Look at the various Microsoft DRMed music that people are loosing the ability to listen to. It's a broken business model and I refuse to encourage them by giving them money.
I worry about the same thing, but there's a counter-movement right now from many media companies where they're trying to add convenience and features rather than regulate them through DRM. These companies realize that DRM just means they're product is inferior to what pirates can put out with a minimum of effort and are trying to combat that. Ironclad and/or Stardock does exactly this. I purchased Sins of a Solar Empire in the store. Went home installed it and discovered that if I create an account and register my serial number with them I can download the game from their web page at any time.
Copy protection that is an asset for both the buyer and the seller. That's crazy talk!
Steam makes me do this already, just to play Portal, for example. It's nothing new. I refuse to by any steam product for exactly this reason.
If I buy a single player game I want to be able to play it without asking permission first.
Remember Divx. No not that one. The other one. People who payed for life time unlimited viewing now have coasters. Steam can do that to you at any point.
'Fat people not wearing pants' are not a protected group so yes they could. This would be legal as long as it was equally applied to all 'fat people not wearing pants'
At the US federal level skin color is protected a protected group so no they can't exclude based on that.
The quality of stories on/. has been down for the past few years. Things I hate about/.(No particular order) 1. Goddam CSS design 2. dupes 3. slashadvertisement 4. bad summaries 5. lazy editors And yet here you are. With a subscription in fact.
... or about the membership card that tracks everything you buy at CVS. Or about the credit card that tracks you. For example Target tracks, trends, and profiles their customers extensively. All done through the credit card. Who needs socsec numbers when there's a unique, enough, identifier that everyone is happy to hand over.
There is no diminishing returns. The first penny spent is waste. The premise is that copyright infringers are people who are not going to buy your product. So you ignore them. Copy protection is incapable of increasing sales.
It is impossible for copy protection to work since the end user has both the key and the lock.
Copy protection costs money. Spending money on something that doesn't increase sales is the same as burning money. What they're saying is stop burning money on copy protection.
Cable news networks are not in business to inform or educate. Cable news networks are in business to make a profit. They show what will get asses in chairs. Any informing or education is purely ancillary.
Regardless of the reasons, you're safe with Mac or Linux unless a cracker targets you personally (no OS is completely secure). By "target personally" you mean, "decides to scan your ip range looking for vulnerable systems" of course. If you leave a Linux or Mac box naked to the net it will have bad things happen to it. It's simply a matter of time.
Why wouldn't they be? You need to remember that being nice is not part of capitalism. Unless they can return those units for a full refund they will never consider stopping sale of them.
Yes they have a large standing army. They also have to move this large standing army across the ocean. They also have to move this large standing army across the ocean while under fire. Anyone with a land border with China should be worried about their army. Groups with a large military and an ocean buffer do not need to be worried.
Additionally a sizable chunk of China's exports go to the states. Also a sizable chunk of the state's debt is held by China. There would be significant economic penalties for China to mess with the states at this time. Their economies are too tightly bound.
Once China has a market, other than the states, for it's cheap plastic crap then the it may be a threat to the states. Until then any "threat" is "theater".
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
Slashdot is not Congress. This is, as you point out, a private site. You have no first amendment protections here.
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Please see also the online purchase options of old 8 bit games. All three of the current consoles are working on getting the video game tail as long as the movie tail.
They're the new hollywood. The game industry already dwarfs them for revenue.
Highest US gross for a film was 600 million, Titanic. Highest gross for opening week-end is 151 million, Spider Man 3. GTA IV did what 400-500 in the opening week-end and might break a billion gross?
I'm too lazy to look up WoW numbers. Love it or hate it you can't argue the fact that the thing brings the money in.
Completely a social problem. Alter your behavior and you're good.
Oh. I assumed since it asked for the serial it was required. So they're completely ignoring the pirates then.
Yes but you can only do that at the whim of Steam. At any point they can flip the switch and you loose the ability to do all of the above. A CD with no phone home will never have that happen.
What it boils down to is that with Steam there are multiple points of failure out of my control that will render a product I purchased unable to be used. With a simple install binary/CD/whatever if I have working hardware and a valid binary I'm good. Period.
In case anyone thinks this is purely a theoretical arguemnt look at the old Divx discs. Look at the various Microsoft DRMed music that people are loosing the ability to listen to. It's a broken business model and I refuse to encourage them by giving them money.
Copy protection that is an asset for both the buyer and the seller. That's crazy talk!
Gah! That should be buy not by.
If I buy a single player game I want to be able to play it without asking permission first.
Remember Divx. No not that one. The other one. People who payed for life time unlimited viewing now have coasters. Steam can do that to you at any point.
'Fat people not wearing pants' are not a protected group so yes they could. This would be legal as long as it was equally applied to all 'fat people not wearing pants'
At the US federal level skin color is protected a protected group so no they can't exclude based on that.
I'm not sure on age.
He's dead. He has no rights.
I fail to see where the dilemma is. Is he going to get mad at you? Is he going to sue you? Is he going to press charges.
If the estate says yes, which it appears to be doing, then there is no problem.
This whole thing seems foolish.
WinNT in 1977? Really?
You should stop and probably logout. You're only making things worse at this point. Please please start proofing your articles.
... or about the membership card that tracks everything you buy at CVS. Or about the credit card that tracks you. For example Target tracks, trends, and profiles their customers extensively. All done through the credit card. Who needs socsec numbers when there's a unique, enough, identifier that everyone is happy to hand over.You are completely missing the point.
There is no diminishing returns. The first penny spent is waste. The premise is that copyright infringers are people who are not going to buy your product. So you ignore them. Copy protection is incapable of increasing sales.
It is impossible for copy protection to work since the end user has both the key and the lock.
Copy protection costs money. Spending money on something that doesn't increase sales is the same as burning money. What they're saying is stop burning money on copy protection.
Cable news networks are not in business to inform or educate. Cable news networks are in business to make a profit. They show what will get asses in chairs. Any informing or education is purely ancillary.
Over the air HD is better quality then my cable. I bought a $20 antenna and canceled my basic cable.
A couple of things:
I bought my pet. I own my pet.
Why do you hate humans so much to reduce them to the same level as pets? Human children are significantly different than pets.
Not in the following states, with date of primary if it has yet to be held:
Alabama
Arkansas
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho (May 27)
Indiana (May 6)
Minnesota
Mississippi (March 11)
Missouri
Montana (June 3)
New Hampshire - Semi-Open
North Dakota
Ohio - Semi-Open
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas - Semi-Open
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
Wisconsin
So there are 4 states left with Open primaries that republicans can vote up Hillary in.
Not in Wisconsin.
Why wouldn't they be? You need to remember that being nice is not part of capitalism. Unless they can return those units for a full refund they will never consider stopping sale of them.
Your position relies on the fallacy that a copy is a lost sale.
Yes they have a large standing army. They also have to move this large standing army across the ocean. They also have to move this large standing army across the ocean while under fire. Anyone with a land border with China should be worried about their army. Groups with a large military and an ocean buffer do not need to be worried.
Additionally a sizable chunk of China's exports go to the states. Also a sizable chunk of the state's debt is held by China. There would be significant economic penalties for China to mess with the states at this time. Their economies are too tightly bound.
Once China has a market, other than the states, for it's cheap plastic crap then the it may be a threat to the states. Until then any "threat" is "theater".
Wi-Play is selling because it comes with a controller. You know the ones that were as hard to find as the console.
Correct but not for the reason you mention.
That's not what it says.
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
Slashdot is not Congress. This is, as you point out, a private site. You have no first amendment protections here.