bcosta’s Comments

• Dec 4th, 2009 @ 2:28pm

  (untitled comment)

  on Does It Make Sense To Ban Players From Xbox Live Just For Using A Glitch?
  If the game allows the players to "cheat" that way, then everyone else has to deal with it. The correct response is not to kick people off of Xbox Live but to fix the glitch. Complain all you want about cheaters within a game, but if they are not hacking the game but simply taking advantage of what the game allows, the players should not be punished for that. I can understand why it would piss off a lot of people, but learn to deal with it. Have the developers fix the glitch.
• Nov 4th, 2009 @ 10:17am

  (untitled comment)

  on Australian Radio Program On 'Piracy' What 60 Minutes Should Have Done
  "Adrianne Pecotic: I think the important thing about the losses that are being suffered by the film industry through piracy, is that individual investors in individual films rely on that investment in that particular film, for that film maker, or that investor as their entire revenue. If you're looking at the analysis across the board of the whole industry and whether it is going up or whether more people are consuming films or less people are consuming films, you're not asking the question of whether a particular film has had the opportunity to recoup its proper revenue."
  
  That worry seems like one that should have always been present, long before internet "piracy" came about. Investors worrying whether their investments will generate money for them. I don't really see how "piracy" changes this. Also, as stated above, where are these movies that were hurt by "piracy"? I seem to remember that The Dark Knight was the most pirated movie of 2008 and also far and away the most financially successful at the box office.