What is truly needed is genetically engineered crops that can grow on the ocean. Pollination could be handled by autonomous insect robots. Who cares if GE crops increase chances of cancer .01%, it will practically solve world hunger.
I think it's pretty obvious it's a terrible deterrent. It's exactly like the lottery. You get something hasle-free and you're entered in a 1-in-10,000,000 chance to get sued for a lot of money.
The problem is availability. Look at Steam and Netflix, do they look like they're in trouble like the old gatekeepers?
Radio frequency amplitudes that carry the voice are the same as 1s and 0s. Both decode and both carry the data in a way human's can't understand it without the machine.
The best solution to "piracy" is to offer the software under as many price options as possible. Including free with advertisements. Even if it's a new $60 retail game, free+advertisements is much more profitable because there will always be people that want to play a game and have to choose between dinner and a game.
It would be nice if there was a law that said you could get instant temp citizenship if you start a business on US soil, and permanent citizenship after a year of running the business.
"The U.S. spends who knows how many prosecutorial and technical resources going after U.S. pornographers. A bunch of them get imprisoned. U.S. consumers keep using the same amount of porn as before."
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I also doubt any of the attackers saw the video.
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The problem is availability. Look at Steam and Netflix, do they look like they're in trouble like the old gatekeepers?
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http://lifehacker.com/5808858/how-long-can-a-hard-drive-hold-data-without-power
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That about sums it up.
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(1)A dude that hasn't kept his promises (self explanatory)
(2)A rich dude (he will want more money)
It's been said before, but Kim Dotcom would be a better choice than either of those two. (and I'm familiar of his past)
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This is just going to instigate the hackers to release more or all of the data >.>
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*googles it*
Yeah, this one looks like a pretty generic hotel lock,
http://www.gokeyless.com/product/1452/2/saflok-mt310-electronic-hotel-lock
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