http://www.techdirt.com/ Easily digestible tech news.... http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/02021423169/defense-digital-freedom-its-time-to-get-beyond-cyber-hyperbole.shtml#c486 Sat, 25 May 2013 21:17:28 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/02021423169/defense-digital-freedom-its-time-to-get-beyond-cyber-hyperbole.shtml#c486 It may be illegal, but it sure as hell isn't wrong.

wrong or right, it's illegal, that's all that matters.
No one cares if you agree with laws or not, lots of criminals clearly do not agree with laws, but that does not mean they are not bound by those laws.

Also because you have some stupid definition of Intellectual Property does not mean it is any less real or valid to the person who owns it.

The general population and the law recognises IP, and recognises it's validity and reality.

"you disgust me"..

you amuse me !!!]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/02021423169/defense-digital-freedom-its-time-to-get-beyond-cyber-hyperbole.shtml#c484 Sat, 25 May 2013 21:04:54 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/02021423169/defense-digital-freedom-its-time-to-get-beyond-cyber-hyperbole.shtml#c484
Developments in technology that simply would not have been done, if those development were not protected by IP laws.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/17494123208/awesome-stuff-dealers-choice.shtml#c110 Sat, 25 May 2013 20:54:33 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/17494123208/awesome-stuff-dealers-choice.shtml#c110
copyright is a dream. If you wanna get paid for the good thoughts, you should have to pay back for the bad thoughts..

thinking the government can run this system.. priceless]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/17494123208/awesome-stuff-dealers-choice.shtml#c92 Sat, 25 May 2013 20:53:33 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/17494123208/awesome-stuff-dealers-choice.shtml#c92
Classic.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/15080223207/gmacguffins-favorite-techdirt-posts-week.shtml#c93 Sat, 25 May 2013 20:44:55 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/15080223207/gmacguffins-favorite-techdirt-posts-week.shtml#c93
So then who are you?]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/15080223207/gmacguffins-favorite-techdirt-posts-week.shtml#c83 Sat, 25 May 2013 20:39:09 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/15080223207/gmacguffins-favorite-techdirt-posts-week.shtml#c83
Do you sell yourself in 6 minutes chunks as favoured by most "lawyers", and charge your clients for checking your typing ?

No lawyer licks to litigate, because they lose control, it's much better if you can "talk" to the other parties lawyer, (take your time) and make a "deal" with them, to maximise your income. (and not actually have to do any work).

Go to Court, and you have to actually do real work, make a case, and actually compete with other lawyers in front of a Judge.

No lawyer wants to do that, they would rather "settle and get some quick money".

And why are you not game to give us your real name.

I notice you are happy to attack other people who at least have the balls to put a name to their work..

But being a good (or not) lawyer, why not have the conviction of your words, to make these criticisms under your own name?

If you don't have the balls to use your own name, then go off and attack other people by name, what does that say about you ?

I guess you don't want your integrity or honesty questioned or even looked at.

This mean nothing you say has ANY weight, and shows you are just some coward with no guts or conviction.

That's sad, but not unexpected considering your line of 'work'.

your happy to question other peoples work, attack their reputations, accuse them of trying to do things for their clients that you yourself should also be doing..

But at the same time too much of a coward, or too embarrassed by your own work to put your name to it!!

I guess that makes you just another scumbag lawyer, who only thinks about himself (and how much you can make) and willing to trash other lawyers who are after all doing their job and representing the interests of their clients.

Attacking other lawyers who at least have the balls to put a name to their work.

Why did you not spend this time trying to educate some of the TD crowd about legal issues in relation with technology?

But no that would be too hard, easier just to pick on individuals by name, and have a bit of fun at their expense.

I can see why you would not like to get into Court that much, and have a nasty Judge 'review' your workmanship.

But in doing so you have managed to maintain the expected 'standard' of TD writings.

Most people don't like lawyers at the best of times, but a lawyer who anonymously attacks other people BY NAME, is probably a good reason why most people don't like lawyers.

Or, that you just don't want anyone actually looking at your performance, and integrity, and honesty.

I forgot your a lawyer, you don't have to be honest !!]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/00412423167/fair-use-me-not-thee.shtml#c373 Sat, 25 May 2013 20:38:25 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/00412423167/fair-use-me-not-thee.shtml#c373 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/02021423169/defense-digital-freedom-its-time-to-get-beyond-cyber-hyperbole.shtml#c476 Sat, 25 May 2013 20:29:40 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/02021423169/defense-digital-freedom-its-time-to-get-beyond-cyber-hyperbole.shtml#c476 Sorry, her involvement with wikileaks is pretty deep, she is their main EU political apologist, and has even been mentioned here on Techdirt as a founder (in comments).

Sorry, but that's simply incorrect. You still seem to be confusing her with Birgitta. She has nothing to do with Wikileaks.

Sorry!

You should be. Because you're wrong.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/06445123204/xbox-one-release-tons-questions-very-few-answers.shtml#c4034 Sat, 25 May 2013 20:16:40 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/06445123204/xbox-one-release-tons-questions-very-few-answers.shtml#c4034
For any product to be universally accepted it must be... universally available? (lets not forget universally appreciated) Yeah. Ideally it should be available at the local 7/11 convenience store or truck stop. Its sweet that MS shareholders want a larger cut of the pie but have they considered the size of the marketshare pie itself? (Is it growing or shrinking? What corporate wanking decides whether to squeeze cash out of a small captive market or profits from a larger open market??)

If EA/Microsoft/Maxis/etc were selling bubble gum or candy bars at the local convenience store who would care if a 50 cent or dollar item was disposable or not redeemable (with quality exceptions of course)? MS games cost about 30-60 a pop! They are NOT selling Life Savers or chocolate but ultra premium products that few could consider disposable. What can the average family afford? Zip.

MS seems to dance around the topic of 'always online'. Even if this is not totally true, exactly what data does MS record and is there the capability to refuse/shutoff automatic updates and yet retain full functionality? Do the updates include changes to the End User Licensing Agreements (EULA) or Terms Of Service (TOS)? This only sounds trivial but it's major contractual stupidity for any user. (Want to rant about such open ended nightmares of legal responsibility heaped on the average consumer.) -restrains self heroically-

Ok. The real beef in this imaginary triple decker with special sauce 2140 calorie burger... Privacy. Of which John Kass of the Chicago Tribune wrote a much more scary article about where it might be convincingly the only case where nuclear drone strikes might do some good.

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2013-05-24/news/ct-met-kass-0524-20130524_1_drone-attacks-xbox-one-jeff-henshaw

To bring the 'always online' threat to full boil... The Xbox One has both a]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/06445123204/xbox-one-release-tons-questions-very-few-answers.shtml#c4015 Sat, 25 May 2013 20:10:54 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/06445123204/xbox-one-release-tons-questions-very-few-answers.shtml#c4015
Same here. The portion of my brain responsible for paranoia is ringing alarm bells like crazy over this "feature". Inevitable tinfoil hat related questions pop to mind, like how deeply is the US government involved in this move by Microsoft? A high resolution camera and microphone in your home is no doubt a wet dream for the likes of the DoD/CIA/HLS/etc. Foreign governments should be very concerned about this development if they care at all about their citizens. I live in Canada and can only hope my government has the good sense to outlaw such a requirement. Doubtful given the Conservatives track record unfortunately.

I read this post on Gamespot today and thought it was worth adding to the conversation:

"I am guessing that this console is for

People who do not have a smart phone with internet capabilities.

People who do not have a Media Streaming device like: Roku, Apple TV, Tivo,

People who do not have a Smart TV

People who do not have a cable/Satalite DVR

People who do not have a Xbox 360/PS3/Wii

But those people who have none of these, would they be the ones to but a Xbox One????"

A good question. I also liked the post by an Anonymous Coward here on Techdrt:

"Here's all you need to know

-It will spy on you
-You won't be able to make it stop
-You won't be able to play used games
-You won't be able to lend games out
-You won't be able to disconnect it from the internet for too long
-You won't be able to swap internal hard drives
-You won't be able to play 360 games

But ignore all that, Look at the monkey! Look at the silly monkey!"

It's looking as if I will be going back to PC gaming after all, as more information about these next gen consoles comes to light. There are quite a few PC games I want to play which are not available on any console so I'm ok with that. I actually just built a new machine and was amazed by two things; how powerful it is and how cheap it's become to build such a beast. It will last me five years minimum and does everything the XB1 can do, except I'm the one in complete control.

Here is more food for thought. GameStop shares are taking a big hit thanks to recent news regarding used games. I wonder if they'll respond by boycotting all things Microsoft, choosing to sell only competitors products? Used games is big business with a heck of a lot of dollars involved, and not just for GameStop. Would game developers then respond by making their games only available on the XB1, in effect punishing the other console makers for not being as locked down and controlling as the XB1? From a business perspective, the video gaming market is about to be hit by an earthquake of epic proportions and it will be very interesting to see how things pan out for all the players involved once the dust settles.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/06445123204/xbox-one-release-tons-questions-very-few-answers.shtml#c3965 Sat, 25 May 2013 19:35:52 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/06445123204/xbox-one-release-tons-questions-very-few-answers.shtml#c3965 "Xbox has done me very well over the years. I have had my Xbox fixed by the company twice"

This is acceptable to you? In my 30+ years of gaming I've NEVER had to have a console "fixed", but then I never bought an Xbox either. This was mostly unheard of until the Xbox came along. With the Xbox it seems to be a normal thing.

My 35 year old Atari 2600 still works as good today as the day I got it, though I did have to replace the joysticks a while back.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/01462423203/ex-prenda-lawyer-brett-gibbs-pleads-poverty-to-judge-wright.shtml#c769 Sat, 25 May 2013 19:27:49 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/01462423203/ex-prenda-lawyer-brett-gibbs-pleads-poverty-to-judge-wright.shtml#c769 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/15080223207/gmacguffins-favorite-techdirt-posts-week.shtml#c64 Sat, 25 May 2013 19:19:09 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/15080223207/gmacguffins-favorite-techdirt-posts-week.shtml#c64 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/15080223207/gmacguffins-favorite-techdirt-posts-week.shtml#c54 Sat, 25 May 2013 19:06:44 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/15080223207/gmacguffins-favorite-techdirt-posts-week.shtml#c54
I should sell a book entitled how to become a shill.

A: Make things up

B: When you don't know how to respond to something or you don't know the answer make something up. It doesn't have to be true or make any sense. and bonus points for poorly punctuated and incoherent sentences with poor spelling and run on sentences that no one could understand, you might fool someone into thinking there is a valid point in there somewhere.

C: Throw a bunch of false, unsubstantiated, and absurd accusations at your opponents. The more outrageous the better

D: Never say anything substantial, useful, or logical

E: Never substantiate anything you say with facts or evidence

F: Never make sense. If your argument is strong enough it doesn't need to be logically consistent or make sense. It should stand on its own merit and be a self evident truth. QED

G: Don't worry about the veracity of anything you say

H: Don't hesitate to lie. We're shills, we're not about truth we're about propaganda and our own agenda

I: Never fact check. Never do any research. It's too time consuming and your time is better spent making more haste comments without even spending the time to think before you post. Quantity before quality

J: Fear monger. Remember, spreading FUD is more effective than using good logic. Appeal to people's emotions and not their intellect, it works better.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/02021423169/defense-digital-freedom-its-time-to-get-beyond-cyber-hyperbole.shtml#c458 Sat, 25 May 2013 19:02:23 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/02021423169/defense-digital-freedom-its-time-to-get-beyond-cyber-hyperbole.shtml#c458
Sorry!]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/17494123208/awesome-stuff-dealers-choice.shtml#c91 Sat, 25 May 2013 18:57:27 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/17494123208/awesome-stuff-dealers-choice.shtml#c91
See how creative they are? I wonder if longer copyright terms might give them more incentive to be original?]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/15080223207/gmacguffins-favorite-techdirt-posts-week.shtml#c48 Sat, 25 May 2013 18:43:31 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/15080223207/gmacguffins-favorite-techdirt-posts-week.shtml#c48 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/06445123204/xbox-one-release-tons-questions-very-few-answers.shtml#c3515 Sat, 25 May 2013 18:26:45 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/06445123204/xbox-one-release-tons-questions-very-few-answers.shtml#c3515 WHY this should be reported on Techdirt wasn't mentioned. I, sent them a URL & questioned if Microsoft trying to cutoff or control Used Games, or even control where you can play it, might violate the First Sale Doctrine.

I think this was the URL: http://kotaku.com/you-will-be-able-to-trade-xbox-one-games-online-micros-509140825

I was never going to get a Xbox branded system, Xbox One just proves my choice right.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/15080223207/gmacguffins-favorite-techdirt-posts-week.shtml#c25 Sat, 25 May 2013 18:24:13 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/15080223207/gmacguffins-favorite-techdirt-posts-week.shtml#c25
Good news for you. Amazon will now let you sell your fan fiction for $$. Why waste your literaty talents here when you could be the next Barbara Cartland?]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/06445123204/xbox-one-release-tons-questions-very-few-answers.shtml#c3474 Sat, 25 May 2013 18:03:07 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/06445123204/xbox-one-release-tons-questions-very-few-answers.shtml#c3474 The XBox One is a very very bad thing because of the 8GB of GDDR3 RAM...which is much slower and far less efficient than the WiiU's use of esRAM...XBox One only reserves 3GB for gaming...that's including software and graphics in that 3GB space...given the average game will likely use 2GB of RAM just to run the software from the hard disk, that's 1GB for graphics. This means that not only is it running off of Graphics RAM technology from roughly 4 or 5 years ago, it's also means that in order to keep the efficiency and smooth gameplay, they have to keep the games natively at 720p .. The left over 5 GB of GDDR3 RAM is strictly for you to run the OS.That, to me, sounds like Microsoft handing Nintendo a massive gift. With all the restrictions, the used game mess, & the uncertainty*, once Nintendo starts giving the Wii U proper game support (or the next Zelda launches), it might actually be a proper Console War after all.

*We also need to keep in mind Micro$ucks patent for what's now called "Visual DRM", which could be in use w/ the Xbox One's Kinect 2.]]>