The "cracks" used in pirated games should be distributed openly, for anyone to use, without having to search for torrents. Last time I heard, game mods are not copyright infringement. Then they can just apply the patch on their legititmately bought game as a community-made DRM-removal patch.
Yes, it is sharing. The internet allows us to share in much greater amounts than before, by the thousands. Anyways, Techdirt is obviously biased against the MAFIAA, so why would they not use it?
So those movie days at the public library I went to when I was younger were illegal? And there is apparently a movie night every other week at a park near where I live, they have a giant inflatable screen, and anyone can come and watch, so those must be illegal too. Not to mention the movie night at summer camp...
To approve a drug, a company needs to show two positive studies to the FDA. So what ends up happening is they do tens of studies with most of them showing the drug is useless due to the placebo effect, hoping for two that show the drug actually works, usually by skewing results or a statistical fluke. Then, they try to hide all those other studies...
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WEP?
On the post: No, Having Open WiFi Does Not Make You 'Negligent' And Liable For $10,000
WEP?
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On the post: Ubisoft Removes 'Always On' DRM From New Driver Game; Replaces It With Something Slightly Less Annoying
A better solution than piracy
On the post: Ubisoft Removes 'Always On' DRM From New Driver Game; Replaces It With Something Slightly Less Annoying
Re: "if your product can't outperform the pirated version"!
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Yes, they do show up as that.
On the post: Notch Comes Up With New Plan To Settle Trademark Dispute: Quake 3 Battle
This is amazing!!!
On the post: Dear MPAA: Stomp Your Feet And Repeat It As Many Times As You Want, But Infringement Is Not Theft
Re:
On the post: Restaurant Owner Ordered To Pay BMI $30,450 For 'Illegally Playing' Four Unlicensed Songs
So movie nights are illegal?
On the post: Indian Court Says Service Providers Are Liable For Users' Copyright Infringement
Not to mention...
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Why do ice packs need to be fully frozen?
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On the post: Writer Explains How Copyright Has Prevented Her From Ever Seeing TV Shows She Wrote
or use a proxy
On the post: Blue Cross / Blue Shield Says Study Pointing Out Failures Of Its Doctors... Violates Its Trademark
Kind of like drug company studies...
On the post: Writer Explains How Copyright Has Prevented Her From Ever Seeing TV Shows She Wrote
Pirate it!
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