hahah, I'm sorry - so many grammatical errors on his page - all you would have to do is patent 'grammatical errors' and you could sue this clown into oblivion.
I did notice on their site, that they are using both the trademarked names 'windows' and 'macintosh' without any reference to the copyright holders or even noting they are trademarked - is that legal? ;)
"In order to receive Notices electronically, you must have a personal computer with a modem connected to a communications source (telephone, wireless or broadband), and a Windows-based operating system with an Internet browser or a Macintosh-based operating system with an Internet browser. You will need a printer attached to your personal computer to print any Notices. All contracts completed electronically will be deemed for all legal purposes to be in writing and legally enforceable as a signed writing."
But you are 100% right - they say any dispute with them *has* to be settled in 'Marshall, TX' - do they pay a judge there?
"Choice of Law and Location for Resolving Disputes
You agree that the laws of the State of Texas govern this contract and any claim or dispute that you may have against IPNav or its related companies or subsidiaries, without regard to Texas conflict of laws rules. You further agree that any disputes or claims that you may have against us will be resolved by a court located in Marshall, Texas."
And no asshat, I don't agree. It's a public site, so shove it and put it under a login if you want anyone to be forced to agree to your terms.
But the RIAA and MPAA will continue to try and sell sand in the desert. If people don't want to buy it, the government will mandate we buy the sand, even if we live in the desert.
I buy plenty of DVD's and Music - if SOPA passes, I will be too scared to... so indeed - SOPA passes, I'm boycotting - I'll cut cable and quit buying DVD's - I'll just go the the library and 'pirate' content by checking out books and movies and then I'll 'un-pirate' when I return them.
Perhaps, but see pirates TOOK ships, gold, people and all that..
Today's supposed 'pirates' just copy stuff. If in 1600, a 'pirate' just copied the ships, people, and loot - it wouldn't have been an issue except for those that made big $$ off of claims of scarcity and such.. :O
The practically complete absence of rules or sanctions is nevertheless astonishing: civilians or protected objects such as churches or mosques can be attacked with impunity, in scenes portraying interrogations it is possible to torture, degrade or treat the prisoner inhumanely without being sanctioned for it and extrajudicial executions are simulated.
So... should we censor history too? That's where many of these concepts come from - they don't come from games, they come from the history of humans, many games are modeled after that, with fantasy tossed in, of course.
Remember, the public service announcement created by NBC Universal and used by both the city government of NY and the federal government as an "anti-piracy" advertisement states that "there's no such thing as free" content.
Radio.
Broadcast TV.
Libraries.
For consumers - they are free. How are we expected to have decent digital media concepts with this group of idiots trying to run the show?
Problem isn't the digital media - it's the above idiots making moronic comments like the above in italics.
Ray Bradbury can say that his book was about the dangers of new media and how they could make something obsolete like paper made stone writing obsolete, but seriously, what I took from that book and movie the first time I read/saw it, for free no less decades ago was that it was about censorship and I believe many people saw it that way too.
Yes, either way he spins it - or the way most of us understand it to mean - it's about *control* - to the demise of the people and the natural urge for freedom; as evidenced in Montag's 'hiding out' in the end.
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hahah, I'm sorry - so many grammatical errors on his page - all you would have to do is patent 'grammatical errors' and you could sue this clown into oblivion.
Psst* that should be 'governs'.
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"In order to receive Notices electronically, you must have a personal computer with a modem connected to a communications source (telephone, wireless or broadband), and a Windows-based operating system with an Internet browser or a Macintosh-based operating system with an Internet browser. You will need a printer attached to your personal computer to print any Notices. All contracts completed electronically will be deemed for all legal purposes to be in writing and legally enforceable as a signed writing."
http://ipnav.com/terms-conditions
But you are 100% right - they say any dispute with them *has* to be settled in 'Marshall, TX' - do they pay a judge there?
"Choice of Law and Location for Resolving Disputes
You agree that the laws of the State of Texas govern this contract and any claim or dispute that you may have against IPNav or its related companies or subsidiaries, without regard to Texas conflict of laws rules. You further agree that any disputes or claims that you may have against us will be resolved by a court located in Marshall, Texas."
And no asshat, I don't agree. It's a public site, so shove it and put it under a login if you want anyone to be forced to agree to your terms.
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Fight SOPA/PIPA
I buy plenty of DVD's and Music - if SOPA passes, I will be too scared to... so indeed - SOPA passes, I'm boycotting - I'll cut cable and quit buying DVD's - I'll just go the the library and 'pirate' content by checking out books and movies and then I'll 'un-pirate' when I return them.
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Perhaps, but see pirates TOOK ships, gold, people and all that..
Today's supposed 'pirates' just copy stuff. If in 1600, a 'pirate' just copied the ships, people, and loot - it wouldn't have been an issue except for those that made big $$ off of claims of scarcity and such.. :O
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This also means there is no need for that one bill.. what was the name of it again SPOS? (Super Piece of Sh..)
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Then maybe we need reps who aren't being bought and paid for, like puppets.
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Yep, it's being sold a piece at a time to various corporations.
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So... should we censor history too? That's where many of these concepts come from - they don't come from games, they come from the history of humans, many games are modeled after that, with fantasy tossed in, of course.
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Radio.
Broadcast TV.
Libraries.
For consumers - they are free. How are we expected to have decent digital media concepts with this group of idiots trying to run the show?
Problem isn't the digital media - it's the above idiots making moronic comments like the above in italics.
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hmm, interesting - so really, if I upload ... whatever... to torrent, I can say that I never agreed with the Licensing and it's a 'contractual issue'?
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Yes, either way he spins it - or the way most of us understand it to mean - it's about *control* - to the demise of the people and the natural urge for freedom; as evidenced in Montag's 'hiding out' in the end.
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Wouldn't have to copy it - but dang - at the Library it's FREE - how do you compete with that?
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How many people owned one of those? Wonder why Sony didn't keep the rights so tight on BluRay..
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