I remember reading a story about the Kickstarter campaign from Chris Roberts, creator of Wing Commander and looking to create a new space MMO-type project. The results of his campaign proved there *was* a market, and he was starting to get investment bids from private investors as a result to further fund his game.
They're not giving money away for nothing (unless the project happens to get scrapped for one of a hundred different reasons Hollywood projects are cancelled) -- they get the tickets or the posters or whatever their donation level earned them.
You could say the same thing about people who buy tickets to see the movie when it's released.
Yeah, Hollywood accounting sucks, but this hardly makes anything better or worse.
Exactly. My first thought was, "Change ISPs to whom?" I've been keeping my eyes open since Comcast first implemented their data cap, and the only viable "competition" around here is Century Link DSL.
Funny, the video doesn't mention anything about what might happen after six strikes.
It does say there's a way to challenge alerts, but only after you receive several? Why can't I challenge the first accusation? (Not that I have any faith the challenge will be heard fairly -- who's funding this "independent" review system?)
Actually, thinking about that a bit, if that turned out to be true, we could just sit back while the "anti-piracy" cartel went after them. Probably be far more effective than any military action we've done there. Sure, it probably violates a few clauses of the Geneva Convention....
When I was in college, I played a lot of Doom, and maps of various college campuses were plentiful and a lot of fun to play on. Never did find one for my particular campus, but I thought it'd be fun to make one. Of course, if I tried that today, I would be arrested for being a "terroristic threat": http://www.joystiq.com/2007/05/02/student-arrested-for-making-a-map-of-his-school/
Oddly enough, it's when I hear about people being prosecuted for doing perfectly normal things that I get the urge to be violent in real life.
I tried posting the quote on my own Twitter feed, and I didn't get a single response.
Just like that one sleepover in grade school. Everyone said if I said "Bloody Mary" to my reflection in the bathroom mirror, something cool would happen, but nothing ever did.
Maybe it's because I actually included correct attribution in my tweet. I put " -- some guy desperate for attention ".
Severely limited, sure, and a lot of games sold world-wide were literally banned for sale in China, but there *are* video game consoles that are sold there legally.
If Coulton's song is infringing, how is Glee's song not infringing? Is a cover of an infringing song not also infringing on the original?
If not, then we have a really sweet loophole: get someone to cover a desired song, then release your own cover and just call it a "cover of a cover". It's like money laundering for music. Let's call it "music laundering".
Excuse me while I file a patent on this process....
All of the links to Dr. Amy's posts (on the blog that's supposedly been taken down twice) pull up fine, but the ones going to Gina's give me either a server error, a "not authorized", or a WordPress login screen.
It would be pretty ironic if, because of Gina trying to get Amy's blog offline, the Streisand Effect caused her own blog to get overloaded and shut down.
Now Quicken will be unable to try to coerce me into upgrading to Quicken 2014. A year reprieve from having to click "No Thanks" and "Do not remind me again (today)" before I can pay my bills.
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I do the same thing.
I know, I know, "first world problems"....
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The inverse is also true.
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You could say the same thing about people who buy tickets to see the movie when it's released.
Yeah, Hollywood accounting sucks, but this hardly makes anything better or worse.
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I think I found the problem.
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*fanfare*
...a SarcMark®!
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Re: Time well spent
Q: Who is Alan Cooper?
A: I told you once.
Q: No, you didn't.
A: Yes, I did.
Q: When?
A: Just now!
Q: No you didn't!
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Where's the funny button for articles?
Although they could've highlighted the offending party by making the caption read "Car obscured due to legal claim by Ferrari S.p.A."
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Do I get kicked off after six?
It does say there's a way to challenge alerts, but only after you receive several? Why can't I challenge the first accusation? (Not that I have any faith the challenge will be heard fairly -- who's funding this "independent" review system?)
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It gets worse.
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Oddly enough, it's when I hear about people being prosecuted for doing perfectly normal things that I get the urge to be violent in real life.
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What, nothing?
Just like that one sleepover in grade school. Everyone said if I said "Bloody Mary" to my reflection in the bathroom mirror, something cool would happen, but nothing ever did.
Maybe it's because I actually included correct attribution in my tweet. I put " -- some guy desperate for attention ".
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It's not so much a ban....
http://www.engadget.com/2013/01/30/china-console-ban/
Severely limited, sure, and a lot of games sold world-wide were literally banned for sale in China, but there *are* video game consoles that are sold there legally.
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How is FOX not wrong then?
If not, then we have a really sweet loophole: get someone to cover a desired song, then release your own cover and just call it a "cover of a cover". It's like money laundering for music. Let's call it "music laundering".
Excuse me while I file a patent on this process....
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So, what happened to Gina's blog?
It would be pretty ironic if, because of Gina trying to get Amy's blog offline, the Streisand Effect caused her own blog to get overloaded and shut down.
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No more Quicken nag screens?
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