Latest Techdirt Comments http://www.techdirt.com/ Easily digestible tech news.... Re: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130613/18243923466/hollywoods-new-talking-point-gatekeepers-are-awesome.shtml#c634 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:51:58 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130613/18243923466/hollywoods-new-talking-point-gatekeepers-are-awesome.shtml#c634 Re: Re: Re: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130619/13581923535/microsoft-capitulates-removes-online-drm-xbox-one.shtml#c799 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:51:47 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130619/13581923535/microsoft-capitulates-removes-online-drm-xbox-one.shtml#c799
So what did they do, they still implement drm and they remove the right to sell or swap or loan downloaded games.Even if it is to friends as they so happily announced initially.

I for one don't like companies that try to manipulate me and have decided i will stick with the 360 until they do something more for the customers, not just allow the downloading of a couple of free games every month which are probably going to be games that have failed in the market...except for the first few that is, they need to attract people to the new system after all, then once they have them i would not be surprised if they did what Sony did and pull the rug out from under them.

Microsoft really honestly needs to get some new people to do their marketing , as the more i hear the less i want to buy their damn product or even hear about it any more.]]> Re: Canceled my preorder http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130619/13581923535/microsoft-capitulates-removes-online-drm-xbox-one.shtml#c790 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:51:36 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130619/13581923535/microsoft-capitulates-removes-online-drm-xbox-one.shtml#c790
Anyone can play the games you buy on that console, YOU can play them anywhere(I do this all the time)]]> Re: Expected Techhive to be one of Mike's piratey pals... http://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20130619/01031623524/more-details-emerge-as-states-attorneys-general-seek-to-hold-back-innovation-internet.shtml#c122 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:50:44 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20130619/01031623524/more-details-emerge-as-states-attorneys-general-seek-to-hold-back-innovation-internet.shtml#c122
Nigel]]> Re: Re: Re: "laws against unpaid internships are kind of silly" http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130613/01121423439/hollywood-studios-keep-saying-its-employees-must-get-paid-now-may-be-forced-to-pay-its-interns.shtml#c1511 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:49:55 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130613/01121423439/hollywood-studios-keep-saying-its-employees-must-get-paid-now-may-be-forced-to-pay-its-interns.shtml#c1511 But they may be in the same office or employer.

I kind of doubt it, not least because out_of_the_blue seems utterly unemployable.

No, I believe that they're the copyright equivalent of Rush Limbaugh "dittoheads." Someone comes up with an idiotic talking point, and they all repeat it.]]> Re: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130613/01121423439/hollywood-studios-keep-saying-its-employees-must-get-paid-now-may-be-forced-to-pay-its-interns.shtml#c1488 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:46:36 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130613/01121423439/hollywood-studios-keep-saying-its-employees-must-get-paid-now-may-be-forced-to-pay-its-interns.shtml#c1488 Your futile attempts to censor one of your detractors by blocking his IP address has already revealed what a hypocritical douchebag you are.

AJ, we all can tell this is you. I'd ask you to stop resorting to sock puppetry, but I know you won't.

It does show how hypocritical you are every time you falsely accuse Mike of using sock puppets. Like every accusation you level against Techdirt, they're all based on your behavior.]]> Re: Re: So... http://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20130619/01031623524/more-details-emerge-as-states-attorneys-general-seek-to-hold-back-innovation-internet.shtml#c106 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:45:57 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20130619/01031623524/more-details-emerge-as-states-attorneys-general-seek-to-hold-back-innovation-internet.shtml#c106
Or we could realize that the people actually committing the crimes are the ones we should go after.]]> Response to: George Bates on Jun 14th, 2013 @ 6:33am http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130613/11165823451/filmmaker-finally-aims-to-get-court-to-admit-that-happy-birthday-is-public-domain.shtml#c867 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:43:46 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130613/11165823451/filmmaker-finally-aims-to-get-court-to-admit-that-happy-birthday-is-public-domain.shtml#c867 Expected Techhive to be one of Mike's piratey pals... http://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20130619/01031623524/more-details-emerge-as-states-attorneys-general-seek-to-hold-back-innovation-internet.shtml#c100 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:43:23 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20130619/01031623524/more-details-emerge-as-states-attorneys-general-seek-to-hold-back-innovation-internet.shtml#c100

Hood
]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110601/01524814501/dailydirt-air-hockey-robots.shtml#c13 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:41:31 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110601/01524814501/dailydirt-air-hockey-robots.shtml#c13 Re: Canceled my preorder http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130619/13581923535/microsoft-capitulates-removes-online-drm-xbox-one.shtml#c772 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:39:01 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130619/13581923535/microsoft-capitulates-removes-online-drm-xbox-one.shtml#c772 Immunity http://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20130619/01031623524/more-details-emerge-as-states-attorneys-general-seek-to-hold-back-innovation-internet.shtml#c78 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:25:31 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20130619/01031623524/more-details-emerge-as-states-attorneys-general-seek-to-hold-back-innovation-internet.shtml#c78 The unintended consequence of Section 230 in that "you've essentially given these guys immunity" when state criminal laws are broken.
The charitable interpretation is that Jackley knows this to be false but favors power over justice. The not-so-charitable interpretation is that Jackley is a clueless buffoon who doesn't understand the law.

Which is it then, Jackley?]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130617/17584023513/new-orleans-cops-set-up-private-company-to-fill-pockets-with-red-light-camera-cash.shtml#c233 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:24:42 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130617/17584023513/new-orleans-cops-set-up-private-company-to-fill-pockets-with-red-light-camera-cash.shtml#c233 Canceled my preorder http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130619/13581923535/microsoft-capitulates-removes-online-drm-xbox-one.shtml#c761 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:24:33 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130619/13581923535/microsoft-capitulates-removes-online-drm-xbox-one.shtml#c761
I refuse to buy games on demand and I very VERY rarely buy the XBLA games. We have two 360s in the house, one for me and one for the boys. If I buy a game on XBLA or GoD I can only ever play it on that one console. If I want to let my kids or nephews play it they will have to either take over my console and TV or I will have to transfer my profile and be actively signed in to that console. This is BAD DRM. On the other hand, the X1's DRM was much less intrusive. You can argue that any DRM is bad but I think the benefits of what they were offering outweighed the negatives.]]> Re: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130612/16480623431/us-chamber-commerce-bollywood-is-so-successful-without-strong-copyrights-that-it-will-fail-unless-india-strengthens-its.shtml#c852 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:21:27 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130612/16480623431/us-chamber-commerce-bollywood-is-so-successful-without-strong-copyrights-that-it-will-fail-unless-india-strengthens-its.shtml#c852 The opportunity is expansion into international markets.

If you read a little further...

"Furthermore, much of the paper seems to suggest that India needs to fix its copyright laws to embrace the international opportunity for its films -- but that (again) makes no sense. India's IP laws don't apply outside of India, so they have no impact on the international opportunities, which are governed by other IP laws. And, again, if the industry is doing great in India (with little enforcement and greater exceptions), doesn't this indicate that India should push for the same elsewhere to better embrace that international opportunity? "]]> Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: @"PaulT", compulsive yapper. http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130613/01121423439/hollywood-studios-keep-saying-its-employees-must-get-paid-now-may-be-forced-to-pay-its-interns.shtml#c1476 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:21:22 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130613/01121423439/hollywood-studios-keep-saying-its-employees-must-get-paid-now-may-be-forced-to-pay-its-interns.shtml#c1476 Re: So... http://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20130619/01031623524/more-details-emerge-as-states-attorneys-general-seek-to-hold-back-innovation-internet.shtml#c63 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:17:17 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20130619/01031623524/more-details-emerge-as-states-attorneys-general-seek-to-hold-back-innovation-internet.shtml#c63
Colt and Ruger and Ford and Toyota do not maintain a constant connection to their products after they are sold. Service providers do. If Colt were required to assist every time a trigger were pulled or Ford needed to participate every time a car ignition were turned, there may indeed be a question of responsibility.

A landlord who has people dealing drugs or committing crimes on his or her property may be liable if they were aware of it and didn't do anything about it, and taking affirmative steps to judiciously avoid knowing about it probably wouldn't be looked kindly-upon in court. There's a duty of care.]]> Of course, seldom http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130619/10213023529/fbi-admits-to-using-drones-to-spy-americans.shtml#c688 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:15:03 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130619/10213023529/fbi-admits-to-using-drones-to-spy-americans.shtml#c688 because "We have very few and have limited use."

I'm sure that if they had a couple hundred thousand, it would have rather been done in a "very, very maximal way, very liberally."]]> Re: Re: Notice the qualifier "disc-based" http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130619/13581923535/microsoft-capitulates-removes-online-drm-xbox-one.shtml#c751 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:10:34 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130619/13581923535/microsoft-capitulates-removes-online-drm-xbox-one.shtml#c751
You go in once to buy a console, you go back repeatedly for games.

Personally, I prefer having a disc. I don't have to worry about the data being erased when support is pulled or someone necessary goes out of business. I also don't buy a console where they can block my access to the game on the disc.]]> Re: Um... http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130619/13581923535/microsoft-capitulates-removes-online-drm-xbox-one.shtml#c734 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:01:54 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130619/13581923535/microsoft-capitulates-removes-online-drm-xbox-one.shtml#c734
The only things that can be offloaded to an off-site processor are things that don't have any immediate time constraints. I've seen AI being offloaded as an example.

This article debunks it, by talking about the limits of current technology: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-in-theory-can-xbox-one-cloud-transform-gaming]]>