Stephan’s Comments

• Aug 20th, 2013 @ 3:16am

  Re: Re: DRM

  on Undownloading: Further Proof Those eBooks You Paid For Really Aren't Yours
  That's exactly why I'd never buy a Kindle but went with a Kobo Glo which has nothing of this DRM bullshit.
• Jun 25th, 2013 @ 2:57pm

  (untitled comment)

  on Donald Trump Thinks The Extradition Process Is Too Slow, Suggests Just Killing Edward Snowden
  Well, people like trump were sooner or later beheaded or poisoned in the good old days. Maybe we should get back to that standard as well, hm?
• Mar 30th, 2013 @ 6:30pm

  (untitled comment)

  on Awesome Stuff: Computers And Gesture Input Devices
  Uhm... "gaming consoles like the Amiga, Atari and Sinclair"?
  
  Wth?
  
  I may sound like a nitpicker but calling these computers gaming consoles is simply wrong. They were a whole lot more than gaming consoles and gaming alone was never their sole purpose, especially when it comes to the Amiga and Atari.
• Mar 6th, 2013 @ 6:29am

  Re:

  on Launch Day Punishment: SimCity's Online-Only DRM Locking Purchasers Out Of Servers, Purchases
  Agreed 100%. That is no punishment for being a launch day buyer, it's a punishment for being stupid. If you know a product is crap and you *still* buy it, don't complain. Give the product back and buy something else. How hard can that be? It's not as if your life depends on playing that game, right?
• Nov 6th, 2012 @ 9:24am

  Sick and tired

  on Another Key Motorola vs. Apple Patent Trial Tossed Out By A Judge Frustrated With Apple's Games
  Am I the only one who is sick and tired of all these time- and money burning lawsuits? And especially of Apples' unbelievable hyprocrisy, when they're not ashamed of suing for basically "meanlingless" design patents but whining when they're supposed to pay for something that is really important (and most probably far more patent-worthy)?
• Jul 23rd, 2012 @ 8:03am

  Re: A new collection society

  on GEMA Hikes Venue Performance Royalties 500%, Threatens Germany's Underground Club Scene
  Yes, they cold do that. But there is one *big* problem. As it is now, there some kind of "guilty until proven innocent" state regarding GEMA. In other words: The GEMA can contact each and everyone who plays music publicly and demands money until it is proven that the artist(s) played at an event are not GEMA-members. In other words: The clubs have to give prove that each and every song they play isn't one for the GEMA has rights to collect money for. If the clubs can't do that, they're screwed.
• Apr 17th, 2012 @ 12:41pm

  What's the point?

  on Twitter's Revolutionary Agreement Lets Original Inventors Stop Patent Trolls
  Sorry, but I pretty much fail to see why Twitters' idea should stop any patent trolls. I mean, there are already enough companies that act like patent trolls with patents they already own. And nothing that Twiter may do in the future will make them stop, as far as I can see. Plus, it seems that a lot of them already made crazy amounts of money, so what would stop them to just go on buying patents from Twitter and just break the conctract (and maybe pay some fine, if that is even legal). Am I missing something?
• Mar 22nd, 2012 @ 7:41am

  (untitled comment)

  on Hobbit Actors Stephen Fry & Ian McKellen Pay License For Hobbit Pub
  "It still amazes me that so many companies don't recognize how badly these kinds of things will backfire."
  
  It still amazes me that so many people think that such behaviour will actually backfire (in a significant way).
  
  It won't. How many cases are there where such behaviour actually made a difference? The truth is: Even though there may be an outrage among some groups, there are still more then enough who will buy the product, see the movie etc. People are fast with condemning companies, but when it comes to their real life behaviour, most of that is usually forgotten.
• Mar 8th, 2012 @ 5:36am

  And that is good how...?

  on KiD CuDi's WZRD Debuts At No. 3 Despite Being Swept Under The Rug By Universal
  I really don't know what is there to celebrate or what makes this even worth being in the news. After all, we already know that all too often the music companies don't care for "art" as such, but for the money.
  
  What is far more worrying though is that behaviour like this doesn't help anything regarding the current or future situation of artists. What I mean is the peoples' behaviour in general: Even if they they know that some music company screws their artist and the fans, the people *still* buy the stuff. Yes, I know, the argument is that it's to support the artist. But the *problem* is that the music companies are *still* making money from this. In doing so, the fans directly support the very industry mechanism they claim to despise.
• Dec 20th, 2011 @ 12:37pm

  Re: Re: What a load of bs

  on New Anti-SOPA Song & Crowdsourced Video From Dan Bull
  lyer -> liar, decepting -> deceiving
  
  (English is my second language only)