Except they're not millennials. I'm an older Millenial and I'm going to turn 39 this month. The Younger ones are are 27 or so. If anything, the person quoted who is in their teens is Generation Z, a.k.a. a "Zoomer" (which is derived from "[Generation] Z" + "[B]oomer").
Re: It's All Just A Little Bit Of History Repeating
Well, The Great Gatsby is in the Public Domain, and already we have some great works, not to mention the book being available on Project Gutenberg, in audiobook format on librivox, and through many, many print adaptations in my local Barnes & Noble.
While I wouldn't say that any year where new works enter the public domain is a good year (or else that would apply to 2020), it does show that even in the worst of years, sometimes we the public get some major benefits.
I remember the lawsuit over Justin Bieber's "Sorry", but Skrillex did himself prove where he got the original sample. I wonder what happened to the lawsuit. Did they settle?
The same tools used to create animations and games are often the same tools used to create those intros. Besides: To my knowledge, nobody does that shit any more. That was an ’80s/’90s thing, and it was largely limited to the PC scene for obvious reasons.
The demoscene had a brief resurgence in NYC as Synchrony and now it's an annual event. Back in 2016 or so, I used my time there to create "The Washington Post (Is A Shitty Newspaper)", for which I won third place in the music contest and earned a pair of NYC Subway socks!
Ahem. So even though the demoscene is not at its heyday, there are still pockets thereof as well as the chiptune scene that descended from it leading to acts such as Chipzel, Anamanaguchi, and Aivi & Surasshu.
Considering how some Disney games are DRM-free on GOG, it feels weird seeing Disney out of all companies embrace any sort of openness and Nintendo and EA embracing closed systems…
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There's no "almost as if" here.
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I read that in Mike Judge's voice as the Great Cornholio.
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Maybe you could try whacking them with Wikipedia.
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Except they're not millennials. I'm an older Millenial and I'm going to turn 39 this month. The Younger ones are are 27 or so. If anything, the person quoted who is in their teens is Generation Z, a.k.a. a "Zoomer" (which is derived from "[Generation] Z" + "[B]oomer").
Thank you. Class dismissed.
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Well, whaddaya know?
Turns out competition is actually great for consumers! Who would've known? 😜
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Re: It's All Just A Little Bit Of History Repeating
Well, The Great Gatsby is in the Public Domain, and already we have some great works, not to mention the book being available on Project Gutenberg, in audiobook format on librivox, and through many, many print adaptations in my local Barnes & Noble.
While I wouldn't say that any year where new works enter the public domain is a good year (or else that would apply to 2020), it does show that even in the worst of years, sometimes we the public get some major benefits.
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Thanks for showing me those YouTube videos, Bobvious. They were really funny!
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Re: Bieber & Skrillex
I remember the lawsuit over Justin Bieber's "Sorry", but Skrillex did himself prove where he got the original sample. I wonder what happened to the lawsuit. Did they settle?
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The only difference between then and now is that the Demoscene has gone legit. As the great Cory Doctorow has said: "Every Pirate becomes an Admiral."
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Re: The Demoscene
FYI
The demoscene had a brief resurgence in NYC as Synchrony and now it's an annual event. Back in 2016 or so, I used my time there to create "The Washington Post (Is A Shitty Newspaper)", for which I won third place in the music contest and earned a pair of NYC Subway socks!
Ahem. So even though the demoscene is not at its heyday, there are still pockets thereof as well as the chiptune scene that descended from it leading to acts such as Chipzel, Anamanaguchi, and Aivi & Surasshu.
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Depends on whether you're talking about AAA games (excluding Nintendo games, which are usually extremely polished) or independent games.
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I would love to see that enter new copyright law!
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US Law.
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Excellent point! I keep forgetting that Fascism and Communism are really just two forms of Totalitarianism.
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Ironic…
I find it ironic that even Lucasarts released some of their source code after the Disney Transfer but EA is still too stubborn to do that.
Considering how some Disney games are DRM-free on GOG, it feels weird seeing Disney out of all companies embrace any sort of openness and Nintendo and EA embracing closed systems…
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Not as much as Devin Nunes' cow, methinks…
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So this means…
My favorite style of BBQ sauce is not South Carolina, or Texas, or Kansas City, but from [REDACTED], Tennessee.
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Pod People Reference
Evergreen MST3K Reference
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So do I, mon ami Anglais. So do I.
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Laugh all you want, fuzzball. We deserve it after what Trumpy inflicted upon us.
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