hegemon13..... GAMECOPYWORLD.... You don't need to pursue torrents, newsgroups, etc. anymore to get game cracks for your games.
As to getting the actual game in question? Don't need torrents either. A lot of people are now putting the things on Hotfile, Rapidshare, etc. with OBFUSCATED FILE NAMES, to keep them from being removed.
Ah, but when you are keeping your PAYING CUSTOMER from using the stuff in question.... THAT'S when DRM starts having the problem of illegality with it.
If they could make a DRM that wouldn't hose my computer, INSIST that I keep the EASILY SCRATCHED DISC in the CD/DVD drive, nor had an 'always connected' internet connection?
THEN I would be fine with DRM! The problem is that those 3 things are being done and are a PAIN IN THE ASSHOLE to people like myself, who wish to PROTECT OUR INVESTMENT by BACKING UP THE GAMES AND DISCS!
Last I heard, it wasn't illegal to protect your investment in something, DMCA or no. in fact, if the DMCA was CHALLENGED on that basis, with DRM being challenged as well..... I would say a judge would BAN DRM as being illegal.
Actually, by the stupid federal laws, yes, not adhering to a site's "Terms of Usage" IS a federal offense.
Shows you how stupid the laws that our country are passing are, doesn't it?
Betcha should have argued that Congress and the federal government had NO RIGHT to make laws like this just because they were worried about 'not getting their fair share in taxes'.
We do NOT just make a business illegal because of that (including the drug trade). Unfortunately, the courts have punked out every single time this has come up in front of them, and the Supreme Court keeps on refusing to hear the cases.
Agreed with the "If you say that you cannot compete with free, you cannot compete period!"
The fact is that people CAN compete with free. How? By realizing that our society is moving towards a system where 'not-free but with benefits or security' is what we are moving towards.
Such as I am more than willing to download the 'real' thing of something if it is priced right, has no DRM or other gotchas, AND is guaranteed to be free of nasty stuff like viruses and malware.
Exactly right. Most of the stuff that is being blamed on the Unions today is NOT to blame on the Unions.
It is more to blame on management and business being too damned greedy (one of the problems with having a capitalistic system, sooner or later it morphs towards predatory capitalism with no government regulation).
Yes, and there are still MANY businesses that without unions would take advantage of their workers.
Why do you think the corporations are pushing for 'loser pays' legal system..... to make sure that people are FRIGHTENED of suing their employer for fear of getting a crackpot jury and losing more money.
I assume that by out of control you mean things like:
1. Mandating unpaid overtime.
2. Having everyone getting the minimum wage who are their real workforce.
3. Not offering health insurance.
4+. Whatever you wish to add.
Yes, in that case, even in MARYLAND a good bit of employers are severely out of control. It is the 'dirty little secret' that everyone knows yet are afraid to acknowledge out of fear of losing their jobs.
Exactly right. The fact is that unions are something that is NECESSARY because businesses are always looking to make 'the big bucks' and they will treat their employees like SLAVE LABOR (some like Wal-Mart already are) if they are allowed to.
No, you don't 'know where you stand' with many of these laws, and a bunch of them are ILLEGAL BY THE CONSTITUTION, yet no one has ever challenged them to get them thrown out because the police PURPOSEFULLY only go after people who don't have money for these 'crimes'.
It's about time that we had a judge that realized that these things are very iffy under the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States.
The fact is that BY THE LETTER OF THE LAW and by things such as stalking laws, cops following someone without a warrant is? Illegal and a CRIME in most places in the United States.
To give the cops 'carte blanche' like this is also to diminish the protections in the Constitution, which NO COURT OR LAWMAKING BODY (except federal Congress by an Amendment to the Constitution) are allowed to do.
No, it isn't a good thing. A HELL OF A LOT of the internet relies on scripting, and it is PART OF THE HTML STANDARDS!
Now, should there be some things that scripts aren't allowed to do? Hell yes, and Mozilla and others are realizing that and BLOCKING those behaviors today.
I haven't even seen any of this nonsense. Some guy was whining about this on Cnet.com, and I went there with Firefox/Minefield, Opera 10.70, Chrome 7 and IE8.... no problems copying and pasting.
I agree. If the cops were automatically made to give up say.... half their paycheck to the person who they accused beyond a shadow of a doubt illegitimately? These things would stop!
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As to getting the actual game in question? Don't need torrents either. A lot of people are now putting the things on Hotfile, Rapidshare, etc. with OBFUSCATED FILE NAMES, to keep them from being removed.
Works quite well from what I have seen.
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If they could make a DRM that wouldn't hose my computer, INSIST that I keep the EASILY SCRATCHED DISC in the CD/DVD drive, nor had an 'always connected' internet connection?
THEN I would be fine with DRM! The problem is that those 3 things are being done and are a PAIN IN THE ASSHOLE to people like myself, who wish to PROTECT OUR INVESTMENT by BACKING UP THE GAMES AND DISCS!
Last I heard, it wasn't illegal to protect your investment in something, DMCA or no. in fact, if the DMCA was CHALLENGED on that basis, with DRM being challenged as well..... I would say a judge would BAN DRM as being illegal.
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Yeah, 100% of Steam's DRM has been cracked!
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Re: This article is the "REAL CRIME".
As in the thing that they tried to go after the mother who drove the girl to suicide for!
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Shows you how stupid the laws that our country are passing are, doesn't it?
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We do NOT just make a business illegal because of that (including the drug trade). Unfortunately, the courts have punked out every single time this has come up in front of them, and the Supreme Court keeps on refusing to hear the cases.
On the post: Saying You Can't Compete With Free Is Saying You Can't Compete Period
The fact is that people CAN compete with free. How? By realizing that our society is moving towards a system where 'not-free but with benefits or security' is what we are moving towards.
Such as I am more than willing to download the 'real' thing of something if it is priced right, has no DRM or other gotchas, AND is guaranteed to be free of nasty stuff like viruses and malware.
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Re: Unions VS Non Union
It is more to blame on management and business being too damned greedy (one of the problems with having a capitalistic system, sooner or later it morphs towards predatory capitalism with no government regulation).
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Re: Re: Professional Slackers, errr....Unions
Why do you think the corporations are pushing for 'loser pays' legal system..... to make sure that people are FRIGHTENED of suing their employer for fear of getting a crackpot jury and losing more money.
On the post: Professional Unions And The Labor Struggles Of The 21st Century
Re: Unions
1. Mandating unpaid overtime.
2. Having everyone getting the minimum wage who are their real workforce.
3. Not offering health insurance.
4+. Whatever you wish to add.
Yes, in that case, even in MARYLAND a good bit of employers are severely out of control. It is the 'dirty little secret' that everyone knows yet are afraid to acknowledge out of fear of losing their jobs.
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You have GOT to be kidding
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Though, to be honest, that is common with the courts considering that there are mainly OLD FOGIES on them today.
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The fact is that BY THE LETTER OF THE LAW and by things such as stalking laws, cops following someone without a warrant is? Illegal and a CRIME in most places in the United States.
To give the cops 'carte blanche' like this is also to diminish the protections in the Constitution, which NO COURT OR LAWMAKING BODY (except federal Congress by an Amendment to the Constitution) are allowed to do.
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Re: Re: Not that much work....
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Now, should there be some things that scripts aren't allowed to do? Hell yes, and Mozilla and others are realizing that and BLOCKING those behaviors today.
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Re: manipulating perception
The fact is that when I hear stuff like this, as do most people, we get ANGRY because it is NOT these companies choice to make.
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