If EA gave me the option of having the game for free and in return I give them data they sell to their "partners". But if I pay for the game, I don't want them taking info from my PC and selling it.
Of course, I haven't purchased an EA game since the Securom fiasco blocking my DVD burner from working. And I don't buy UBISoft stuff anymore either.
I think more and more people are going to go the way of the early comment makers here and have specially isolated environments to run their games in on their PC. I'm certainly looking into it.
It seems to me that the filmmaker did research the regulations since the police officer would have certainly asked him for a permit to give away drinks if there was a requirement to do so. His actions were prepared and his point was made properly, without yelling, without blowing anything up, without disturbing the peace. It was completely a perfect example of how to educate people and stand up for your rights.
He should seek someone in authority and ask their permission for 1st Amendment expression? It looks to me as if he researched his right specific to his location, since he pulled out copy of relevant law when challenged. Knowing your rights I agree with fully. Asking someone if you can exercise them, I don't.
So if a police officer tells you to stop doing something which you know for a fact is well within your legal rights, you will always comply and give up every freedom they wish to deny you with a meek "Yes Sir"?
There was no disturbed peace (except for the Farmer's Market president's physical attacks and unfounded verbal threats). There was absolutely nothing for the police to do in that situation, as reflected by the lack of action taken beyond the veiled threats of arrest. When the filmmaker displayed his knowledge of his rights, the officer knew he wasn't going to be able to bully him with the false wiretapping claims, he knew he couldn't take the camera from him out in public, plain view of bystanders observing him. His only option was to be nice and back away.
I do hope if you find yourself in a situation where you are doing what you know is allowed, that you remember this lesson and have the backbone to stand up for yourself.
If he was anti-FRN I believe he would have asked for some other form of currency from the government employees. Your conclusion isn't a stretch of logic, it's an Olympian leap. :)
He was setting up a parody lemonade stand in the time honored "Lemonade 25 cents" genre. I didn't see him making any statements about the validity of any currency.
If developers of video games should get a piece of every resale, then so should clothing makers, book writers, car manufacturers, furniture manufacturers, home builders, etc. etc ad nauseum.
It's flawed logic that a resale is a lost sale. If I am not going to pay $60 for a game, I am not going to pay it, period. Whether or not it's available used.
Once you buy something, it's yours. If game makers want to control the revenue, then stop selling games and start leasing them.
Of course, if they wanna see losses, that's the way to do it. Instead they are complaining about their "slow growth" of only adding several billion dollars in sales over the previous year.
Best Buy lets you trade in used games for resale.
Goodwill accepts donated video games and resells them.
Consignment shops all over the place resell used video games.
Gamestop is just one of literally thousands of business' that resell video games.
Despite this massive resale market, the video game industry was an $18 billion annual monster in 2008
He wasn't selling anything (at first he has a 25 cents to gov.employees but that was part of the protest, he had not collected any money, nor was he actually expecting money and he decided that he would strike that from his sign just so the purposefully obtuse could be clear).
He was giving away prepackaged lemonade from packaged cups on a public street. If it was private property (like inside a store) the owners could tell him to leave. The Market vendors had paid to sell their products out there. The man was not selling and didn't need a license to give away anything.
It's a huge stretch to bring up health code violations. He is not preparing any food. He is poring a drink from an already approved container into already approved containers while in public. If he was spiking anything, it would be apparent right away.
Since he is not a member of the Farmer's Market and he is giving away his own lemonade on the public street, how exactly does that cause liability at all to the Farmer's Market?
"What if" does not begin a valid reason for anything. "What if" is used to create actionable situations when no actionable situations exist.
The man is taking a stand against authority restricting liberties, which is a foundation of the U.S. government. It may seem small and trivial to you, but these types of actions get attention and make people aware and may inspire them to defend their own rights in an unplanned situation.
As for his attitude, what I saw was someone refusing to submit to aggression and false threats from authority. Personally, I do identify with this and I wish more would take a stand for their liberties when they are challenged.
"Generally, the essential elements of assault consist of an act intended to cause an apprehension of harmful or offensive contact that causes apprehension of such contact in the victim."
Yes assault could be argued here.
Two types of battery, physically harmful and not.
"The second type of contact that may constitute battery causes no actual physical harm but is, instead, offensive or insulting to the victim. Examples include spitting in someone's face or offensively touching someone against his or her will."
Yes, battery could be argued here. You will notice the filmmaker was shaking when the camera was turned back on and his assailant even mocked him for it.
Yes actually, I do believe everyone who stands up for their rights is equal. Over reaching? Are you saying the civil liberties of one group is more important than the civil liberties of another group?
Yes he expected a confrontation. When people wish to trample on your civil liberties and you make a planned effort to stand up for them, that's going to happen.
Giving away lemonade on a public street is not a crime and thus not "instigation". Exercising your rights is not an attempt to cause trouble. Knowing that others will oppose you doesn't make you wrong. If anyone was instigating, it was the farmer's market guy who claimed he owned the public street and assaulted the filmmaker.
Many times in U.S. history people have had to stand up against authority to protect their civil rights. This person, whether you accept it or not, is helping educate people so they too may defend their liberties.
"Hey we are gonna skip over making this movie based on your writing because half the people who see it will not pay and we won't be able to double our profits so we choose no profits at all!"
What an insane fantasy. First, piracy does not account for half of the profits so even with no piracy their profits would not "double".
And nobody turns away profit because of potential piracy.
Seriously, correcting a spelling mistake made by someone in a blog post comment is one thing (pointless IMO but hey), but to follow up that correction with an even more pointless series of insults reveals your motive quite clearly.
How do you know it's got an extra apostrophe and not missing a "the" as in "It's the seventh". But really, it's pretty entertaining to see your only way to be critical is to focus on some simple grammar errors. :) Says a lot.
Artists that are unsigned are not being hurt by piracy since their films aren't being pirated much at all in comparison. Big companies are not passing on making a movie by any artist because they feel it will be pirated too much and not make any money. They pass on films because their research groups say not enough people want to see it, not the other way around.
Just because you don't care for all of Lucasfilm movies doesn't mean they aren't good. The new Red Tails movie coming out soon looks awesome. :)
Great artists will be great artists despite infringement. George Lucas isn't hurting and unable to create anymore because his movies have been pirated millions of times. I am willing to bet that those people who get pirated the most are also some of the most successfully compensated artists alive.
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Of course, I haven't purchased an EA game since the Securom fiasco blocking my DVD burner from working. And I don't buy UBISoft stuff anymore either.
I think more and more people are going to go the way of the early comment makers here and have specially isolated environments to run their games in on their PC. I'm certainly looking into it.
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There was no disturbed peace (except for the Farmer's Market president's physical attacks and unfounded verbal threats). There was absolutely nothing for the police to do in that situation, as reflected by the lack of action taken beyond the veiled threats of arrest. When the filmmaker displayed his knowledge of his rights, the officer knew he wasn't going to be able to bully him with the false wiretapping claims, he knew he couldn't take the camera from him out in public, plain view of bystanders observing him. His only option was to be nice and back away.
I do hope if you find yourself in a situation where you are doing what you know is allowed, that you remember this lesson and have the backbone to stand up for yourself.
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He was setting up a parody lemonade stand in the time honored "Lemonade 25 cents" genre. I didn't see him making any statements about the validity of any currency.
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It's flawed logic that a resale is a lost sale. If I am not going to pay $60 for a game, I am not going to pay it, period. Whether or not it's available used.
Once you buy something, it's yours. If game makers want to control the revenue, then stop selling games and start leasing them.
Of course, if they wanna see losses, that's the way to do it. Instead they are complaining about their "slow growth" of only adding several billion dollars in sales over the previous year.
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Goodwill accepts donated video games and resells them.
Consignment shops all over the place resell used video games.
Gamestop is just one of literally thousands of business' that resell video games.
Despite this massive resale market, the video game industry was an $18 billion annual monster in 2008
http://seekingalpha.com/article/89124-the-video-game-industry-an-18-billion-entertainment-ju ggernaut
It's expected to reach $70 billion by 2015.
http://venturebeat.com/2010/05/25/video-game-industry-to-hit-70-billion-by-2015-but-growth- will-slow/
Apparently the resale market is not having a negative impact.
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He was giving away prepackaged lemonade from packaged cups on a public street. If it was private property (like inside a store) the owners could tell him to leave. The Market vendors had paid to sell their products out there. The man was not selling and didn't need a license to give away anything.
It's a huge stretch to bring up health code violations. He is not preparing any food. He is poring a drink from an already approved container into already approved containers while in public. If he was spiking anything, it would be apparent right away.
Since he is not a member of the Farmer's Market and he is giving away his own lemonade on the public street, how exactly does that cause liability at all to the Farmer's Market?
"What if" does not begin a valid reason for anything. "What if" is used to create actionable situations when no actionable situations exist.
The man is taking a stand against authority restricting liberties, which is a foundation of the U.S. government. It may seem small and trivial to you, but these types of actions get attention and make people aware and may inspire them to defend their own rights in an unplanned situation.
As for his attitude, what I saw was someone refusing to submit to aggression and false threats from authority. Personally, I do identify with this and I wish more would take a stand for their liberties when they are challenged.
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Yes assault could be argued here.
Two types of battery, physically harmful and not.
"The second type of contact that may constitute battery causes no actual physical harm but is, instead, offensive or insulting to the victim. Examples include spitting in someone's face or offensively touching someone against his or her will."
Yes, battery could be argued here. You will notice the filmmaker was shaking when the camera was turned back on and his assailant even mocked him for it.
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Giving away lemonade on a public street is not a crime and thus not "instigation". Exercising your rights is not an attempt to cause trouble. Knowing that others will oppose you doesn't make you wrong. If anyone was instigating, it was the farmer's market guy who claimed he owned the public street and assaulted the filmmaker.
Many times in U.S. history people have had to stand up against authority to protect their civil rights. This person, whether you accept it or not, is helping educate people so they too may defend their liberties.
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What an insane fantasy. First, piracy does not account for half of the profits so even with no piracy their profits would not "double".
And nobody turns away profit because of potential piracy.
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Just because you don't care for all of Lucasfilm movies doesn't mean they aren't good. The new Red Tails movie coming out soon looks awesome. :)
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