It makes logical sense to assume things are going that way, as long as you think about the internet as a single entity that progresses both linearly and predictably. The problem is that the internet is actually *none* of those things, and its hive mind is not logical in the first place.
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I don't know about PS3s - maybe that's a different culture - but I'm absolutely sure that most people with a modded Xbox, back in the day, did so to link up their computers to play their music collection, watch region-free movies, and play oldschool console emulators.
Nobody there cared about stealing actual xbox games. That'd be like, the most boring thing you could've possibly done with a modded xbox.
real Americans don't steal from anyone they will design there own software and use it on there own servers and offer there own Online service and not rip off a service provided by other company.
As an American, I am offended that you would devalue the long-standing entrepreneurial tradition in this country of ripping off other peoples' ideas for profit. It goes as far back as Edison taking credit for the light bulb, up through windshield wipers and Windows 3.1, and all the way to Mark Zuckerburg taking credit for the Winklevoss' Facebook idea. How DARE you say real Americans don't steal! ONLY real Americans steal, damn it! D:
That's pretty much what most "hacking" actually is. I can't tell you how many Support emails I've received from people saying "OMG so-and-so hacked!" when all so-and-so did was fool the person into handing over their password like a damn idiot.
By calling it hacking, people get to pretend it wasn't their own stupid fault for being fooled.
Because it would be stupid for a blog about new economic strategies to waste its time talking about traditional economic strategies. That's called "being off topic"
I dimmly recall a minor fiasco that went down back in the day involving one of those police-run sting sites, and a virus that loaded the home page into the body of millions of emails or something like that.
Yeah, I don't follow. So you're saying that because Activision has revealed that they've been overpaying for music licenses, Mike isn't being honest about EMI going broke? Or is it vice versa?
Some of Rock Band's designers were part of one of the local bands they included in their original and second game. That's sort of like creating their own music
Yeah, it SO much smarter to overextend your property the second it becomes a hit such that all its initial potential is bled dry within three years. :p
It's a retarded tightrope walk of doom. Think about it: the ad firm that created Kevin Butler, in effect created an edgy sort of loose-cannon character who identifies with the same kind of kids who are likely to jailbreak a PSP. The second the persona loses the ability to act like a loose cannon, its credibility is lost and the campaign becomes tired and ineffective. But if the character does anything Sony doesn't like, the whole campaign falls into jeopardy.
Well, the immoral part is actually in the way the business is set up structurally, rather than the act itself. But god forbid we actually go after pimps. *They* aren't defiling anyone :p
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Nobody there cared about stealing actual xbox games. That'd be like, the most boring thing you could've possibly done with a modded xbox.
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As an American, I am offended that you would devalue the long-standing entrepreneurial tradition in this country of ripping off other peoples' ideas for profit. It goes as far back as Edison taking credit for the light bulb, up through windshield wipers and Windows 3.1, and all the way to Mark Zuckerburg taking credit for the Winklevoss' Facebook idea. How DARE you say real Americans don't steal! ONLY real Americans steal, damn it! D:
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By calling it hacking, people get to pretend it wasn't their own stupid fault for being fooled.
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Which law, exactly, removes the right of the consumer to do whatever the fuck they want with something they bought fair and square?
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Which law, exactly, removes the right of the consumer to do whatever the fuck they want with something they bought fair and square?
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Activision was short sighted and greedy.
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