A quick Bit Che search shows that right now there are 14,000 seeders and 4,000 leechers for the torrent with the hash ed25fbe9a48b5335de86fbfc61100698e06876c0
Okay, so what does that actually mean?
In that thread I challenged slashdoters to provide instances of backup software. All the people who install bypass chips INSIST that they're mostly used for legal purposes and that just because they can be used illegally, that doesn't mean it's common.
I wouldn't get too excited about that. We don't even read the article, why would anybody take the time to take photos of backups? I know I'd be hard pressed to do it, like I want photographic proof that I'm copying games.
There are MY citations. They may not be indisputable, but they're what I've managed to obtain so far. What do you have to offer for the other side?
Nintendo's Virtual Console is just fine. People are still selling games from the 80's and 90's on eBay. Nobody has been able to actually show a loss, even on games where the pirated version was out before the release version. In fact, we've seen nothing but growth from the video game market.
1) How do you know Nintendo's VC is successful?
Nintendo keeps releasing games, the prices haven't changed, and the 3DS will get a version of it. It's obviously worth Nintendo's while.
2) If it is indeed successful, how does this prove that piracy isn't wide spread and harmful? Can't both states be true?
Are you using the term piracy to mean 'copyright infringement' or 'theft'? If you mean the former, then sure, I think they can be true. I don't think piracy really causes any harm at all, at least not until you you start doing stupid things like preventing your paying customers from being able to use the product. I don't think, though, that the question's all that fair.
You mention seeders and leeches, but neither of those are numbers of people who are downloading the games and playing them. The people I've met that go around doing that really aren't players, they're collectors. They might fiddle a bit, but they're not really getting out of it what the game developers imagined. I haven't the foggiest idea how one would go about finding out what the actual ratio is, but this is where we get back to this point that no losses have actually been measured.
I'm going to mention something so you can understand a bit about where I'm coming from on this: Not long ago I had software for sale on-line. Somewhere in the middle a crack was released for it and people downloaded it. With that knowledge in mind, you could not look at a graph of my sales and even guess when the crack actually came out. I'd also like to mention that the work I do involves copyright and my living depends on people buying content. You may first assume that I am trying to justify some sort of behaviour, but I want you to understand that if people pirated to the point that money wasn't flowing, I'd be back in my home town pumping gas for a living.
A year ago I would have beleived that, but we're not seeing the death of a bunch of ROM sites or a dip in the value of used games. It is easy to believe that emulators are all about 'free games', but darned if anybody could actually prove any effect of it.
I am starting to think that most emulation enthusiasts are people re-living the nostalgia of games they've already paid for.
Plan to put down your smartphone. You did say vacation, right?
Yes, all the more reason to bring a smart phone along. Try thinking about how phone+GPS+Internet would be useful while traveling. I bet you're creative enough to find at least one good reason why it could be worthwhile.
the top 10 sex-related searches include variations on youth (13.5 per cent), breasts (4 per cent), cheating wives (3.4 per cent) and cheerleaders (0.1 per cent) among others. Many are surprised that "cheating wives" is such a popular search...
Is it just me or does this read like somebody succeeded in passing off their browser history as research?
That's not true. i-devices come preloaded with Nike+ support that you can't remove.
Uh, yeah, there's a feature in the OS that'll let the phone talk to the Nike device. That's an option in the control panel, not an 'app'. The bit about the sound recorder is an off-topic rant about an unwanted feature, not an example of shovelware.
BTW, it is true. You're just failing to account for the fact that your rationale is a door that swings both ways.
No, you don't understand, the OS wouldn't be able to run.
iOS was designed with a user experience that's locked down. OSX was designed with a user experience that's totally not locked down. It'd be like trying to make Legos that'd only fit together in pre-approved designs.
I could see Apple making an iOS Macbook, but I can't see Apple taking OSX and making it approved-software-only. It wouldn't work. I don't mean it wouldn't be successful, I mean it wouldn't work.
With iTunes offering the Mac App store and following the same model as used for iDevices it is not hard to imagine that OS X changes enough to where it requires "FOR SECURITY PURPOSES" that you use only iTunes to load software onto your Mac and "JAILBROKEN" Macs will not be eligible.
It's not hard to believe? Try to imagine taking OSX and disabling the ability for any un-signed executables or scripts to run.
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A quick Bit Che search shows that right now there are 14,000 seeders and 4,000 leechers for the torrent with the hash ed25fbe9a48b5335de86fbfc61100698e06876c0
Okay, so what does that actually mean?
In that thread I challenged slashdoters to provide instances of backup software. All the people who install bypass chips INSIST that they're mostly used for legal purposes and that just because they can be used illegally, that doesn't mean it's common.
I wouldn't get too excited about that. We don't even read the article, why would anybody take the time to take photos of backups? I know I'd be hard pressed to do it, like I want photographic proof that I'm copying games.
There are MY citations. They may not be indisputable, but they're what I've managed to obtain so far. What do you have to offer for the other side?
Nintendo's Virtual Console is just fine. People are still selling games from the 80's and 90's on eBay. Nobody has been able to actually show a loss, even on games where the pirated version was out before the release version. In fact, we've seen nothing but growth from the video game market.
1) How do you know Nintendo's VC is successful?
Nintendo keeps releasing games, the prices haven't changed, and the 3DS will get a version of it. It's obviously worth Nintendo's while.
2) If it is indeed successful, how does this prove that piracy isn't wide spread and harmful? Can't both states be true?
Are you using the term piracy to mean 'copyright infringement' or 'theft'? If you mean the former, then sure, I think they can be true. I don't think piracy really causes any harm at all, at least not until you you start doing stupid things like preventing your paying customers from being able to use the product. I don't think, though, that the question's all that fair.
You mention seeders and leeches, but neither of those are numbers of people who are downloading the games and playing them. The people I've met that go around doing that really aren't players, they're collectors. They might fiddle a bit, but they're not really getting out of it what the game developers imagined. I haven't the foggiest idea how one would go about finding out what the actual ratio is, but this is where we get back to this point that no losses have actually been measured.
I'm going to mention something so you can understand a bit about where I'm coming from on this: Not long ago I had software for sale on-line. Somewhere in the middle a crack was released for it and people downloaded it. With that knowledge in mind, you could not look at a graph of my sales and even guess when the crack actually came out. I'd also like to mention that the work I do involves copyright and my living depends on people buying content. You may first assume that I am trying to justify some sort of behaviour, but I want you to understand that if people pirated to the point that money wasn't flowing, I'd be back in my home town pumping gas for a living.
A year ago I would have beleived that, but we're not seeing the death of a bunch of ROM sites or a dip in the value of used games. It is easy to believe that emulators are all about 'free games', but darned if anybody could actually prove any effect of it.
I am starting to think that most emulation enthusiasts are people re-living the nostalgia of games they've already paid for.
Yes, it is. All these people are out there 'stealing roms' yet Nintendo's Virtual Console, for example, is quite successful.
Citation.
Needed.
Emulators are only used to play pirated games
Citation needed.
Don't worry, soon this story will lead to conversations about where iPhone apps come from.
I pre-preordered from Circuit City you insensitive clod!
Plan to put down your smartphone. You did say vacation, right?
Yes, all the more reason to bring a smart phone along. Try thinking about how phone+GPS+Internet would be useful while traveling. I bet you're creative enough to find at least one good reason why it could be worthwhile.
the top 10 sex-related searches include variations on youth (13.5 per cent), breasts (4 per cent), cheating wives (3.4 per cent) and cheerleaders (0.1 per cent) among others. Many are surprised that "cheating wives" is such a popular search...
Is it just me or does this read like somebody succeeded in passing off their browser history as research?
You think they were refunded the difference in inflation?
That's not true. i-devices come preloaded with Nike+ support that you can't remove.
Uh, yeah, there's a feature in the OS that'll let the phone talk to the Nike device. That's an option in the control panel, not an 'app'. The bit about the sound recorder is an off-topic rant about an unwanted feature, not an example of shovelware.
BTW, it is true. You're just failing to account for the fact that your rationale is a door that swings both ways.
Sony does not give a shit about backwards compatibility.
Billions of year ago? How can that be? The earth is only 6000 years old, everyone knows that. DUH!
You do realize that the noisy people that annoy you by being noisy become more noisy when you make noise like this, right?
No, they rear-ended it at a ludicrous speed.
Kilgore? That's plainly a Red Dwarf reference. Smegger.
Yes, but idiots are more likely to find value in worthless things.
Idiots, as you are using the term, are not a judgment of overall intelligence, but rather somebody with a different value system than yours.
A computer is a useful tool; the more expensive the computer, the more use a particular individual will get out of it...
I don't think you realize that you just proved my point with that statement.
Doesn't change the fact that only an idiot would pay so much for a rock.
There are people who would say that about computers you have purchased . We all find value in different things.
So it's OK to have 17 year old characters pummel each other so long as you don't see their underwear?
What's more likely, teen murder or teen suicide?
It's hard to write new software that doesn't violate some US patent considering how broad they often are.
And when you do.. *bam*, innovation.
No, they didn't.
It's a trap!
No, you don't understand, the OS wouldn't be able to run.
iOS was designed with a user experience that's locked down. OSX was designed with a user experience that's totally not locked down. It'd be like trying to make Legos that'd only fit together in pre-approved designs.
I could see Apple making an iOS Macbook, but I can't see Apple taking OSX and making it approved-software-only. It wouldn't work. I don't mean it wouldn't be successful, I mean it wouldn't work.
Blocking unsigned drivers and preventing apps from executing are two very different animals.
Despite not owning any Apple products, I could imagine them pushing a silent update to all devices that simply blocks the site in question.
You can 'imagine' it because you get your Apple headlines from Slashdot.
With iTunes offering the Mac App store and following the same model as used for iDevices it is not hard to imagine that OS X changes enough to where it requires "FOR SECURITY PURPOSES" that you use only iTunes to load software onto your Mac and "JAILBROKEN" Macs will not be eligible.
It's not hard to believe? Try to imagine taking OSX and disabling the ability for any un-signed executables or scripts to run.
It's a better explanation than "some alien species buzzed our planet and got shot down over the USA in the 1940's".