Fine law enforcement, but it shows you can't assume you can ignore bad laws because you can circumvent them with tor, bitcoin, vpn etc. Sooner or later law enforcement will win the arms race, probably by limiting freedom for all. See what's happening with copyright.
I agree: we have to avoid mob rule. It promotes the division: if you're not with the mob, you're against it. Never convict anybody for indiscriminate serving everybody. No blacklists, no employer calling, no boycots.
Employers should learn to ignore these witch hunts. Don't join other people's fight. It's starts with this stuff and before you know it they call over disgusting eating habbits. Employers should know their employees better than some stupid twitter account.
simple solution: The IOC will claim all the rights, and complaining about it will block you from the olympics. What's left for rhe game company? A free mention on the score board.
I remember an old story about a cable company that carried all broadcasters they didn't have to pay for, while others where picking marketings finest. It was the best, and cheapest around. I get a deja vu: they do know YouTube exist, Don't they?
Earning the money to get your girl through college in 5 minutes of work, is the gamblers delusion. It's used by copyright industry to get a steady flow of reasonable content cheaply.
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new business model....
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but why?
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Sooner or later law enforcement will win the arms race, probably by limiting freedom for all.
See what's happening with copyright.
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Don't ban hate speech...
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Never convict anybody for indiscriminate serving everybody.
No blacklists, no employer calling, no boycots.
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It's the notion that slaves are commodities, not equivalent to normal people. Bergman's comparison is actually pretty accurate.
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employers
Employers should know their employees better than some stupid twitter account.
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What's left for rhe game company? A free mention on the score board.
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move the court to a tax haven...
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YouTube
I get a deja vu: they do know YouTube exist, Don't they?
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It's used by copyright industry to get a steady flow of reasonable content cheaply.
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