This is actually not a new trick. Guy I know once had his website serving up an evil redirect at random like half a year ago -- something like every 1 in 5-6 requests, and then still only with a Google referrer. Even asked me to capture the header with the redirect because his hosting company wouldn't believe him(they eventually fixed it).
To the consumer, there is no difference. What the NFL loses is the value of the rights they sell to networks/advertisers, which bring in huge sums of cash. If their non-tangibles can be used in some way to generate income for free, that is going to affect the leverage(and therefore payout) at the negotiating table.
Despite the silliness they are infamous for pulling, a nation full of end consumers still talk about them and faithfully watch their show, so as long as the law is backing them they have little to gain by risking their licensing income.
While I'm inclined to agree the episodic format should be in the More Details, you do get this exact message when you try to buy it:
Wii Points are required to access portions of the additional content or services associated with this game.
The above should be an adequate warning for the potential buyer to go do some homework before committing to the purchase -- the add-on details are described in the manual, with a diagram. And the Shopping Guide tells you that the manual is freely available to read, also with a diagram.
Slashdot Mirror
Agreed. I find their solution to be very marrow-minded.
A New Clear Fashion Reaction?
Then they came for the ISP's, but I did not speak up because
She's not less perfect than Lore!
It will include a single-window mode
M. Bison: YYYES!!! YYYYES!!
This is actually not a new trick. Guy I know once had his website serving up an evil redirect at random like half a year ago -- something like every 1 in 5-6 requests, and then still only with a Google referrer. Even asked me to capture the header with the redirect because his hosting company wouldn't believe him(they eventually fixed it).
To the consumer, there is no difference. What the NFL loses is the value of the rights they sell to networks/advertisers, which bring in huge sums of cash. If their non-tangibles can be used in some way to generate income for free, that is going to affect the leverage(and therefore payout) at the negotiating table.
Despite the silliness they are infamous for pulling, a nation full of end consumers still talk about them and faithfully watch their show, so as long as the law is backing them they have little to gain by risking their licensing income.
"Ahhhhh, Bach!"
Windows exists above the cloud!
2010 will be the year of Solaris on the Desktop!
Troll:
Would you grant them for some dough?
Would you grant them for some blow?
Would you grant them for B-Ho?
Will you grant them, yes or no?
Locke:
Yes, we will grant green tech to trolls!
They'll make us look good for the polls!
Hmm... Can you put a corporation on the sex offender registry?
M-M-M-Multi-Slashdot!
Supposedly "The Shack" got angry. I imagine the legal threats surfaced between the disk & CD-ROM releases(they were far apart).
I think they should change their name to "Hz So Good."
United Nation$.
So long as they remain plural, you're good to go!
Or floss! (Never thought I'd see that one -- bad driver, but going above and beyond on the hygiene!)
While I'm inclined to agree the episodic format should be in the More Details, you do get this exact message when you try to buy it:
Wii Points are required to access portions of the additional content or services associated with this game.
The above should be an adequate warning for the potential buyer to go do some homework before committing to the purchase -- the add-on details are described in the manual, with a diagram. And the Shopping Guide tells you that the manual is freely available to read, also with a diagram.
In either case, it helps if you blow!
Obligatory xkcd
Acronym Production Lead?
Must be some fowl moderating.
I think he deserves Interesting.
But I still don't like the foam moustache it leaves.
Especially once you've decoupled your Heisenberg accelerators.