Also, some of this is down to them looking at a reflection of themselves and coming to the wrong conclusion. These people seem petrified of the concept that the straight, white, middle-aged Christian male is a minority population going forward. They're scared because they know how they treat minorities and don't want it happening to them.
The idea that you don't have to treat minorities in this fashion and that the push for actual equality is to stop such abuse seems to escape them. I say this as a straight, roughly middle-aged white male who was raised Christian (though I've been atheist for most of my adult life) - I've never felt the need to abuse people different from myself, so the concept of being a minority does not scare me. In fact, some of the best places I've ever lived are among communities different from myself.
"the idea of "starting with nothing" and "scavenging for items""
"a play area with a shrinking "safe zone""
"previous shooter games did not include the use of a frying pan.""
Again, just a reminder to everyone that players being dropped into a constantly shrinking play area where they have to scavenge for weapons other than the item they start with, which in some cases is only a frying pan, is the central idea of the manga/novel/movie Battle Royale, from which all these ideas are taken.
If people are going to say that anyone using these ideas from PUBG should be prosecuted, they are saying that PUBG needs to be taken to the cleaners first.
Unfortunately, hallucinations are not submissible in court, they have to deal with the words that were actually written.
Stating that your pathetic failure of software tries and fails to do things similar to Blender does not mean that people are saying it's anywhere near as good. As evidenced by the millions of users you keep whining about them having.
While somewhat true, it's worth noting that one of the biggest abusers of such things relating to movie titles is Voltage Pictures, hardly one of the big boys in general terms, while as noted above IMDB (owned by Amazon) is a target.
The rules have been written with a handful of major corporations in mind, but abuse of them is an equal opportunity industry.
"While I understand that this is a way to combat piracy"
But, of course, as already mentioned it's really not. People wanting to pirate will still do so, and when they do they will still have a better product than the one bought legally. I fact, as often seen, the presence of this DRM is actually a driver for "piracy", since some people who recognise this fact will download a cracked copy after they buy the legit version, safe in the knowledge that they're not "stealing" since they paid for a copy, they just want access to the version that doesn't try to stop them playing the game they bought.
"Or better yet, wasn’t there a better way of implementing it without restricting players who bought it legitimately?"
No, there isn't. DRM is software whose entire purpose is to try the stop people from running the software it's attached to. Like all software, it may have bugs or design issues that make it work imperfectly. It can never operate as well as it not being present in the first place for legal owners of the software it's infected.
"Fine by me, its working I see less of the crap that was all over my FB."
WHAT is working? You don't appear to be doing anything that would change what you see on Facebook, unless you missed a few major things out.
I suspect you've been reporting the ads or telling FB to ignore them at the same as what you've been posting here... in which case that's what's made a difference and none of the extra work you've laid out for yourself.
"How about sites with no physical locations suggested?
There are tons of those, and many states dont like that At ALL"
Half of the examples you have given have physical locations in UK and Venezuela, so it's probably irrelevant what the US thinks about the majority of things you've been complaining about, unless you're trying to say that people exporting to the US shouldn't be advertising there.
Any specifics would be down to advertising laws where you're located (or where your VPN endpoint is located if you use one), and that makes a huge difference as to whether there is any problem at all. But, as I've pointed out, you've complained about at least one ad where the address used is clearly in line with the rules surrounding them, unless you have evidence that someone is claiming to be at the address without having an actual contract with the location - in which case you've already done way more investigation than most people do before accepting an advertiser.
"This goes along with Lotteries. Every state is abit different and the rules are different. And unless you are registered AS a lottery, you CANT get the OK' to be one."
OK, but you've not given any reason to think that anyone is claiming to be one that isn't allowed to. You've not linked to an FB ad, you've not supplied any details as to where they say they're located or your reasons for thinking they're a lottery. The lottery commission of the relevant state would be happy to hear from you if you think something's fraudulent, I bet, but you've not provided any information here that would allow anyone else to say whether you're correct one way or the other.
"Who would even use encryption that they know the government has the keys to?"
If I'm not mistaken, most of these kinds of ideas are backed with making non-approved encryption illegal. So, you wouldn't have a choice, assuming you want to operate legally of course.
I invite anyone who thinks that the British public are "nosy" to spend some time in a small residential estate in Spain or Italy. If you forget anything about your recent movements, there will be some little old lady somewhere who will be able to tell you every step.
It's a slightly weird conversation as in it only seems to be an issue one way or the other among the hispanic populations of the US. I may have missed some conversations, but it's not something that ever comes up here in Spain, at least among my local friends, including those in the trans community. It's possible that it's something they won't discuss with a guiri such as myself, but I don't really see it this side of the pond.
Yes, but Capone was actually committing the crime of tax evasion.
That's my point - Shrkeli and Holmes didn't simply defraud the general public with potentially fatal consequences. They committed to cardinal sin of stealing from rich people. Bezos is committing a lot of similar crimes, but nothing is going to be done unless he's similarly stealing from his fellow billionaires. If he's not, then he'll not face any consequences.
"How many links you want, they have cleaned up allot."
One relating to what you were originally complaining about would be nice.
So, let's see, so far you've provided zero links to a Facebook ad, which is what you were originally complaining about. One where you've had a response stating that nobody can do anything about it. One with several physical locations presented but no real complaint other than you find the specs of one of their goods suspicious. One where it's a totally legitimate address whose property owner explicitly supplies the service you're complaining about.
This doesn't really prove anything other than ECA has way too much time on his hands and has a real problem communicating his actual ideas.
But, this is all they have - free speech, net neutrality, section 230, the right to refuse admission to private property, etc... The only arguments they have depend on a complete and total misunderstanding and misrepresentation of the issues.
" And dirty tricks like deplatforming should be punished severely"
So, how do you think a private business should be punished for making the business decision not to renew a contract with one of its suppliers? How far do you demand the government step in top control private business interests? How many of Marx's other ideas do you want to implement?
Is the same punishment applicable to the right-wing morons who are cancelling products because they're too "woke", or is this only for you whiny bitches to defend yourselves?
Re: Re: Do you really think the Right in the USA is bothered?
"Yes, but will it have the same reach OAN did?"
Bingo. The major problems with something like OANN or Newsmax are not that they exist, it's that they are presented to the mainstream alongside actual news sources and used to pull in people who would not otherwise encounter such nonsense. Remove that reach and that fake veneer, and you push some of the more dangerous rhetoric back to where people are less likely to encounter it, or be less likely to believe it once the illusion of respectability has been removed.
Realistically, the "because" is irrelevant. This is a simple case of a private company deciding not to renew a business contract with another private company. Happens all the time without comment. In fact, this same cult will gloat if it happens to channels they consider to be opposed to their political beliefs, don't expect them to see the hypocrisy, though.
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Re: 'Why else would we desire it so badly?'
Also, some of this is down to them looking at a reflection of themselves and coming to the wrong conclusion. These people seem petrified of the concept that the straight, white, middle-aged Christian male is a minority population going forward. They're scared because they know how they treat minorities and don't want it happening to them.
The idea that you don't have to treat minorities in this fashion and that the push for actual equality is to stop such abuse seems to escape them. I say this as a straight, roughly middle-aged white male who was raised Christian (though I've been atheist for most of my adult life) - I've never felt the need to abuse people different from myself, so the concept of being a minority does not scare me. In fact, some of the best places I've ever lived are among communities different from myself.
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Re: Re: Re: First they came for the insurrectionists...
They're always in favour of property rights for themselves. They get itchy when they are asked to extend the same rights to others, though...
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Re: Re: Stunning
"They're too scared to post my comments anymore"
Did you... not notice the people mocking you for being an idiot when they read your comments? We can all see you
On the post: PUBG Corp. At It Again: Sues Garena, Apple, And Google For Copyright Infringement Over 'Free Fire' App
Re: Re:
"the idea of "starting with nothing" and "scavenging for items""
"a play area with a shrinking "safe zone""
"previous shooter games did not include the use of a frying pan.""
Again, just a reminder to everyone that players being dropped into a constantly shrinking play area where they have to scavenge for weapons other than the item they start with, which in some cases is only a frying pan, is the central idea of the manga/novel/movie Battle Royale, from which all these ideas are taken.
If people are going to say that anyone using these ideas from PUBG should be prosecuted, they are saying that PUBG needs to be taken to the cleaners first.
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Re:
"It should be a clear-cut infringement case."
Infringement of what? The ideas they ripped off from a manga?
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Re: Re:
"now you're claiming meshpage is equally good"
Unfortunately, hallucinations are not submissible in court, they have to deal with the words that were actually written.
Stating that your pathetic failure of software tries and fails to do things similar to Blender does not mean that people are saying it's anywhere near as good. As evidenced by the millions of users you keep whining about them having.
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Re: Re: Re: PUBG will win...
Don't flatter yourself. People who log in have been doing that for years as well.
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Re: Unusuale Trash and Spam
"Frankly the best part of the site is that it gives you an option for deleting your account"
There is something hilarious about you correctly noting all the other problems with the service, then trusting them to honour this part of the deal.
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Re:
While somewhat true, it's worth noting that one of the biggest abusers of such things relating to movie titles is Voltage Pictures, hardly one of the big boys in general terms, while as noted above IMDB (owned by Amazon) is a target.
The rules have been written with a handful of major corporations in mind, but abuse of them is an equal opportunity industry.
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"While I understand that this is a way to combat piracy"
But, of course, as already mentioned it's really not. People wanting to pirate will still do so, and when they do they will still have a better product than the one bought legally. I fact, as often seen, the presence of this DRM is actually a driver for "piracy", since some people who recognise this fact will download a cracked copy after they buy the legit version, safe in the knowledge that they're not "stealing" since they paid for a copy, they just want access to the version that doesn't try to stop them playing the game they bought.
"Or better yet, wasn’t there a better way of implementing it without restricting players who bought it legitimately?"
No, there isn't. DRM is software whose entire purpose is to try the stop people from running the software it's attached to. Like all software, it may have bugs or design issues that make it work imperfectly. It can never operate as well as it not being present in the first place for legal owners of the software it's infected.
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Doing others job
"Fine by me, its working I see less of the crap that was all over my FB."
WHAT is working? You don't appear to be doing anything that would change what you see on Facebook, unless you missed a few major things out.
I suspect you've been reporting the ads or telling FB to ignore them at the same as what you've been posting here... in which case that's what's made a difference and none of the extra work you've laid out for yourself.
"How about sites with no physical locations suggested?
There are tons of those, and many states dont like that At ALL"
Half of the examples you have given have physical locations in UK and Venezuela, so it's probably irrelevant what the US thinks about the majority of things you've been complaining about, unless you're trying to say that people exporting to the US shouldn't be advertising there.
Any specifics would be down to advertising laws where you're located (or where your VPN endpoint is located if you use one), and that makes a huge difference as to whether there is any problem at all. But, as I've pointed out, you've complained about at least one ad where the address used is clearly in line with the rules surrounding them, unless you have evidence that someone is claiming to be at the address without having an actual contract with the location - in which case you've already done way more investigation than most people do before accepting an advertiser.
"This goes along with Lotteries. Every state is abit different and the rules are different. And unless you are registered AS a lottery, you CANT get the OK' to be one."
OK, but you've not given any reason to think that anyone is claiming to be one that isn't allowed to. You've not linked to an FB ad, you've not supplied any details as to where they say they're located or your reasons for thinking they're a lottery. The lottery commission of the relevant state would be happy to hear from you if you think something's fraudulent, I bet, but you've not provided any information here that would allow anyone else to say whether you're correct one way or the other.
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Re: Problems
"Who would even use encryption that they know the government has the keys to?"
If I'm not mistaken, most of these kinds of ideas are backed with making non-approved encryption illegal. So, you wouldn't have a choice, assuming you want to operate legally of course.
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Re: Re: Nationalistic slurs
I invite anyone who thinks that the British public are "nosy" to spend some time in a small residential estate in Spain or Italy. If you forget anything about your recent movements, there will be some little old lady somewhere who will be able to tell you every step.
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: I said this before…
It's a slightly weird conversation as in it only seems to be an issue one way or the other among the hispanic populations of the US. I may have missed some conversations, but it's not something that ever comes up here in Spain, at least among my local friends, including those in the trans community. It's possible that it's something they won't discuss with a guiri such as myself, but I don't really see it this side of the pond.
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Re: Re: Re: Re:
Yes, but Capone was actually committing the crime of tax evasion.
That's my point - Shrkeli and Holmes didn't simply defraud the general public with potentially fatal consequences. They committed to cardinal sin of stealing from rich people. Bezos is committing a lot of similar crimes, but nothing is going to be done unless he's similarly stealing from his fellow billionaires. If he's not, then he'll not face any consequences.
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Doing others job
"How many links you want, they have cleaned up allot."
One relating to what you were originally complaining about would be nice.
So, let's see, so far you've provided zero links to a Facebook ad, which is what you were originally complaining about. One where you've had a response stating that nobody can do anything about it. One with several physical locations presented but no real complaint other than you find the specs of one of their goods suspicious. One where it's a totally legitimate address whose property owner explicitly supplies the service you're complaining about.
This doesn't really prove anything other than ECA has way too much time on his hands and has a real problem communicating his actual ideas.
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Re: Re: Re: Stunning
But, this is all they have - free speech, net neutrality, section 230, the right to refuse admission to private property, etc... The only arguments they have depend on a complete and total misunderstanding and misrepresentation of the issues.
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Re: Stunning
" And dirty tricks like deplatforming should be punished severely"
So, how do you think a private business should be punished for making the business decision not to renew a contract with one of its suppliers? How far do you demand the government step in top control private business interests? How many of Marx's other ideas do you want to implement?
Is the same punishment applicable to the right-wing morons who are cancelling products because they're too "woke", or is this only for you whiny bitches to defend yourselves?
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Re: Re: Do you really think the Right in the USA is bothered?
"Yes, but will it have the same reach OAN did?"
Bingo. The major problems with something like OANN or Newsmax are not that they exist, it's that they are presented to the mainstream alongside actual news sources and used to pull in people who would not otherwise encounter such nonsense. Remove that reach and that fake veneer, and you push some of the more dangerous rhetoric back to where people are less likely to encounter it, or be less likely to believe it once the illusion of respectability has been removed.
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Re: First they came for the insurrectionists...
Realistically, the "because" is irrelevant. This is a simple case of a private company deciding not to renew a business contract with another private company. Happens all the time without comment. In fact, this same cult will gloat if it happens to channels they consider to be opposed to their political beliefs, don't expect them to see the hypocrisy, though.
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