Wrong I was. Sad this is. Thanks for the clarification
So, if a console has no protection against third party games, it's okay to produce them, but if Xbox requires an MS key on games to run (never knew that), but since the Xbox is copy protected, it'll be a DMCA issue if another company makes games that can trick the Xbox?
This was settled back in the days of the NES. The courts ruled Tengen could make third-party games for the Nintendo system. So why would RARE bother with grovelling at MS's feet for a certification? It's established enough so that customers won't care.
>> the only thing that can stop the directive is feedback to the politicians from the general public on the same scale as the software patents directive generated.
Kids are going to play whatever video games/inbibe whatever intoxicants/experiment sexually as much as they damn well please, regardless of what the parents think.
At no point in the article's rambling, incoherent response did it come even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone on this site is now dumber for having listened to it. I award it no points, and may God have mercy on its soul.
Just because a game sells good doesn't mean it's a good game. That sports games so overfill the bargain bin of used games stores mean they have an awful replay value.
How many do you see on "top 100 games of all time" compilations
Half of them are sports clones. These are the games you'll see in 2 months in the bargain bin for $10. Why not just release the 4-5 decent games and have a stellar-rated lineup then filling up the shelves with crap?
Several categories of material are generally not eligible for federal copyright protection. These include among others:
Works that have not been fixed in a tangible form of expression (for example, choreographic works that have not been notated or recorded, or improvisational speeches or performances that have not been written or recorded)
I dunno the exact definition of "notated". Could be the script.
But still, the copyright is held by Lucas. They can't copyright their play, even if he gives them liscence to use it for the performance, right? For example, Lucas gave permission for Taco Bell and Burger King to make trinkets for the happy meals. I doubt the fast food chain could sue if you decided to bootleg Obi-wan mugs or Artoo action figures.
You can't "steal" a play. There's no such thing as copyright on a performance. Physical objects, yes. Ideas/concepts, grudgingly yes. They could copyright the script, and maybe get away with "A method of dancing in tune to the music of Star Wars", but not the play.
Said video would be the only example of the content in existence. Therefore, the pirate would technically be able to copyright it first.
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I just tried to get quicktime today, and now it comes with mandatory itunes.
(insert wah-wah-wah-waaaaaah sound)
What is it with companies shooting themselves in the foot this week?
Um, why isn't it just (x^2)^x-1?
skipping quickly from topic to topic
It was really quite hypnotic
//ba-dum-dum, ching!
One small problem:
We know that the company isn't doing this to enhance the gaming experience. They're doing it to make money and trying to pretend otherwise
Who would pay for a game with ads?
Cool, I never knew that :) Always assumed it was just a grammatical goof
Still sounds more awkward than lift and lorry. And I love wanker.
Crap is the noun (and verb) form. Crappy is the adjective.
//ducks
Coolness. I actually learnded something today.
Wrong I was. Sad this is. Thanks for the clarification
So, if a console has no protection against third party games, it's okay to produce them, but if Xbox requires an MS key on games to run (never knew that), but since the Xbox is copy protected, it'll be a DMCA issue if another company makes games that can trick the Xbox?
This was settled back in the days of the NES. The courts ruled Tengen could make third-party games for the Nintendo system. So why would RARE bother with grovelling at MS's feet for a certification? It's established enough so that customers won't care.
We were once willing to go nuclear to avoid secret prisons, torture, and indefinite detention. What happened?
Terrorists won...
Germany outlawing things for the "common good?" Why does this sound eerily familiar?
Maybe they can put yellow stars on offenders. Sorta like a bonus!
Be a girl.
>> the only thing that can stop the directive is feedback to the politicians from the general public on the same scale as the software patents directive generated.
Well, that... and armed rebellion...
Kids are going to play whatever video games/inbibe whatever intoxicants/experiment sexually as much as they damn well please, regardless of what the parents think.
At no point in the article's rambling, incoherent response did it come even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone on this site is now dumber for having listened to it. I award it no points, and may God have mercy on its soul.
my brain...
$10 million in Korean dollars is what -- like seventy-three cents?
Omitting sports games from the lineup is a far cry than more than 50% of the releases being from a single genre
Whoa, call the whaaambulance
Just because a game sells good doesn't mean it's a good game. That sports games so overfill the bargain bin of used games stores mean they have an awful replay value.
How many do you see on "top 100 games of all time" compilations
Is that really true? How do places like Wal-Mart end up with dozens of brand new copies still in inventory months later?
Half of them are sports clones. These are the games you'll see in 2 months in the bargain bin for $10. Why not just release the 4-5 decent games and have a stellar-rated lineup then filling up the shelves with crap?
Proprietary file format? (can't edit out commercials in Virtualdub)
What encoding?
Special player required?
Quality?
Do you have to be an AOL member?
Hmm, correct you are (maybe?)
Several categories of material are generally not eligible for federal copyright protection. These include among others:
Works that have not been fixed in a tangible form of expression (for example, choreographic works that have not been notated or recorded, or improvisational speeches or performances that have not been written or recorded)
I dunno the exact definition of "notated". Could be the script.
But still, the copyright is held by Lucas. They can't copyright their play, even if he gives them liscence to use it for the performance, right? For example, Lucas gave permission for Taco Bell and Burger King to make trinkets for the happy meals. I doubt the fast food chain could sue if you decided to bootleg Obi-wan mugs or Artoo action figures.
You can't "steal" a play. There's no such thing as copyright on a performance. Physical objects, yes. Ideas/concepts, grudgingly yes. They could copyright the script, and maybe get away with "A method of dancing in tune to the music of Star Wars", but not the play. Said video would be the only example of the content in existence. Therefore, the pirate would technically be able to copyright it first.