what a good executive should have realized is that this could have been a cash cow (no pun intended) it they had reached an agreement it coult have been the next skullgirls an ton of money for hasbro and after the bad taste of the gameloft game that would have been a great publicity recovery
so far i would see this game and see if it is good but i always wonder what could have been
ok EA the ball is in your court you can get out of the hole you have dig it for yourself you must not only admit your misdeeds you must correct them if you retake your way in the next five years i will buy again from you
ok for my part i think acceptable ads must have the following
clear that they want to sell it something not flashing not swf a page could inform and apeal to whilisting not porn ads according to local times 7 am to 11 pm
because they can come after them and even more they could win fair use is a tothless beast there is no way anybody will risk fair use trial because at best they will pay lawyer fees and at worst it will lose all their hard work
why no simply do what pirates sites do and put the stream with an ad appears for 30 seconds you get your video even more put stationary ads in the pause option and for those who dislike that make a premium that removes ads i simply cannot watch tv because i work all day and is easier to me to stream in small segments at my leisure
You have it backwards when technology allowed people to read and hear not sanctioned news thats when the govervment went to war against technology they simply want to regain the control they used to have Also mexican history is plagued by corruption and i am pretty sure this law will pass and people cant do anything
but in the meanwhile they are dying there was a drying of culture and cannibalizing of resources to try to save a rotten industrie instead so nope we must still fight i am not american but i hope this new attack is repelled again and for those who say that we won against sopa we repelled the first wave the next will be stronger so we must prepare for it
also a small commentary.
the legacy entertainment industry fears the internet and with a good reason not because of piracy thats the window dressing they fear competition
many people create for the pleasure of create and they want to share but here is when it gets murky a fan creates something because he enjoys the original and want to contribute some corporation creates because the original sold well and wants a piece of the pie
so when both products finish the corporated one looks really bad against the fan created and instead of creating something awesome the corporations destroy something awesome to sell their trash
if you dont close the door it will be the home owner fault if they got a thief
if the car owner left the keys on it will be the car owner fault the car was stolen
if the hot girl go to a bad neighborhood in a miniskirt alone then sad as i must say she would be the one at fault
so in that vein if your product is good but you make it harder to get it legally dont be surprised if piracy increases
what maximalists dont understand is that people would buy the product if it is accesible and a reasonable price netflix is a great service for this reason we dont need stronger copyrights we need better understanding of your consumer base
on one hand i can understand nintendo position the cost of mantaining the server no longer is offset by the earnings and most of the old users have upgraded
but on the other hand this is a symptom of something more nefarious the loss of control of your products
this is the start of the end so far we have single player and thats why it must not die but the CEOS in the search of more $$$ are alienating customers so why i should buy a online only game like titanfal at full retail price if i know that in 10 years maximun will be useless and the minimun can be as low as 2 months, i hope the online only craze dies soon
ok in my opinion fair use right now is a bad joke is useless and less than useless
in my opinion an efective fair use algorithm should be like this
is a complete copy ? Y is for educational purposses? Y Fair use N is still selling in stores? Y could be Copyright infringement N the original publisher has disbanded/died or merged with another? Y Fair Use N it has been more than 10 years from original release? Y Fair Use N could be Copy right infringement N improves the original work? Y Fair Use N it is for reviewing or news? Y Fair Use N it is a minor case that the most likely cause is a coincidence Y Fair Use N it is a derivative of a derivative work Y the original is in public domain? Y Fair Use
and for everything else they go to trial/settlemen not that fair i think but better what we have here
first point Copyright is a tool and when that tool doesn't work you discard it or adapt it and right now copyright doesnt work as dont stop infringers and just scares independient creators althought maybe thats the point
i agree with your second point but there is a problem with your solution you cannot create from a vacuum and copyright is expanding and encroaching many things that should be public domain and many creators are scared that will be sued by an accidental infringement
and i totally agree with your 3rd point stealing is easy and easier even more if you have the lawyers to make your oponent lose or lose all its money is easy with hollywood accounting that made it looks like you are being stolen when you are swimming in cash and even easier when you get the goverment to lock the culture so you can rob them blind oh wait you arent talking about the biggest thieves i retract my agreement
actually i dont mean consume the product withouth paying i meant variations of the product for example there is microsoft office i like it has a good text procesor but it is incompatible with my tablet so what can i do well i look for something similar and download offise fr (invented product) that runs exactly the same as microsoft office run in all systems and it is free but oh surprise microsoft dont like it and go to stampt it
in a real example: giana sisters was born because mario bros was a propiety of nintendo and there wasn't option to multiplats in that age so those programmers made a substitute for commodore 64 it was similar but not the same but nintendo didn't like it and it stamped it out
eh i think you are wrong, the fact that the old dinosaurs dont want to die to be replaced is something that is wrong if not we still would be in the dark ages (althought i feel we are heading to another one) when the church controlled all media but eventually it was replaced by the printing houses
a customer has to defend their rights when all industries collude to sell a subpar or even limited product at inflated prices that's why they want to stamp the internet to limit the alternatives it is buy our products as we want or go without it
and artists can sell directly but it is a minefield why because oh surprise copyright you can't create anything really original in this climate without a good lawyer so it is stiffling innovation
well netflix is a tentative step in the right direction but still if i want to see justice league it is torrent or nothing since there is no legal recourse to buy
if i want an old psx game is torrent because there is no recourse to buy because oh surprise copyright issues (i am looking at you blood omen)
if i want to see daria in their original format is torrenting because licensing made a nightmare to get the original songs
now recently in another topic it showed there was a tv show for free in the owner page it was the most torrented tv show
some people like to get something cheap i dont deny this most will sacrifice price for convenience
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so far i would see this game and see if it is good but i always wonder what could have been
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clear that they want to sell it something
not flashing
not swf
a page could inform and apeal to whilisting
not porn ads according to local times 7 am to 11 pm
Re: Fair Use??
Here is an idea
i simply cannot watch tv because i work all day and is easier to me to stream in small segments at my leisure
Re: Re:
Also mexican history is plagued by corruption and i am pretty sure this law will pass and people cant do anything
Re:
also a small commentary.
the legacy entertainment industry fears the internet and with a good reason not because of piracy thats the window dressing they fear competition
many people create for the pleasure of create and they want to share but here is when it gets murky a fan creates something because he enjoys the original and want to contribute some corporation creates because the original sold well and wants a piece of the pie
so when both products finish the corporated one looks really bad against the fan created and instead of creating something awesome the corporations destroy something awesome to sell their trash
Re: In other blame-the-victim news:
if you dont close the door it will be the home owner fault if they got a thief
if the car owner left the keys on it will be the car owner fault the car was stolen
if the hot girl go to a bad neighborhood in a miniskirt alone then sad as i must say she would be the one at fault
so in that vein if your product is good but you make it harder to get it legally dont be surprised if piracy increases
what maximalists dont understand is that people would buy the product if it is accesible and a reasonable price netflix is a great service for this reason we dont need stronger copyrights we need better understanding of your consumer base
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but on the other hand this is a symptom of something more nefarious the loss of control of your products
this is the start of the end so far we have single player and thats why it must not die but the CEOS in the search of more $$$ are alienating customers so why i should buy a online only game like titanfal at full retail price if i know that in 10 years maximun will be useless and the minimun can be as low as 2 months, i hope the online only craze dies soon
Re:
Re: Depends upon what you mean by "fair use"
what we need is a real definition of fair use that cannot be discused and a punishment and a punishment for a false claim
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in my opinion an efective fair use algorithm should be like this
is a complete copy ?
Y is for educational purposses?
Y Fair use
N is still selling in stores?
Y could be Copyright infringement
N the original publisher has disbanded/died or merged with another?
Y Fair Use
N it has been more than 10 years from original release?
Y Fair Use
N could be Copy right infringement
N improves the original work?
Y Fair Use
N it is for reviewing or news?
Y Fair Use
N it is a minor case that the most likely cause is a coincidence
Y Fair Use
N it is a derivative of a derivative work
Y the original is in public domain?
Y Fair Use
and for everything else they go to trial/settlemen not that fair i think but better what we have here
Re: NOTHING NEW HERE except that everyone now has ability to make perfect copies.
i agree with your second point but there is a problem with your solution you cannot create from a vacuum and copyright is expanding and encroaching many things that should be public domain and many creators are scared that will be sued by an accidental infringement
and i totally agree with your 3rd point stealing is easy and easier even more if you have the lawyers to make your oponent lose or lose all its money is easy with hollywood accounting that made it looks like you are being stolen when you are swimming in cash
and even easier when you get the goverment to lock the culture so you can rob them blind oh wait you arent talking about the biggest thieves i retract my agreement
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you know why i say we are losing the war well:
as far i can see there is a lockout on culture than sparks from 1940 to today
the punishments are really disproportionate to the crime
copyright have ofuscated the terminology so much that piracy is thievery, fair use is a defense instead of a right and a product is a service
also copyright has made that customers are now consumers and potential infringers
Re: Re: Pirates aren't necessary to success of these "islands".
in a real example: giana sisters was born because mario bros was a propiety of nintendo and there wasn't option to multiplats in that age so those programmers made a substitute for commodore 64 it was similar but not the same
but nintendo didn't like it and it stamped it out
Re: Pirates aren't necessary to success of these "islands".
the fact that the old dinosaurs dont want to die to be replaced is something that is wrong if not we still would be in the dark ages (althought i feel we are heading to another one) when the church controlled all media but eventually it was replaced by the printing houses
a customer has to defend their rights when all industries collude to sell a subpar or even limited product at inflated prices that's why they want to stamp the internet to limit the alternatives it is buy our products as we want or go without it
and artists can sell directly but it is a minefield why because oh surprise copyright you can't create anything really original in this climate without a good lawyer so it is stiffling innovation
Re: OR, if people had paid for it, would have had much longer run.
and if an executive dont like a show even if it is popular and makes money it wont last
and your point is...?
Re: Re: Re: IsoHunt never had ANY products except stolen!
if i want an old psx game is torrent because there is no recourse to buy because oh surprise copyright issues (i am looking at you blood omen)
if i want to see daria in their original format is torrenting because licensing made a nightmare to get the original songs
now recently in another topic it showed there was a tv show for free in the owner page it was the most torrented tv show
some people like to get something cheap i dont deny this most will sacrifice price for convenience
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