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• On the post: Game Developers Can Beat Piracy By Copying Their Actual Competition

  

  The Rust Belt (profile), Sep 27th, 2010 @ 11:08pm

  
  

  Another example, this time in a niche

  http://www.pcgamer.com/2010/09/24/good-old-games-on-online-activation-its-just-bollocks/
  
  Two guys from Good Old Games talking, among others, about piracy and their DRM-free model.

• On the post: Challenge To Graham Henderson: Please Point Out Who Believes Music Should Just Be A Hobby

  

  The Rust Belt (profile), Sep 27th, 2010 @ 9:23am

  
  

  Re: They see the trends

  The question is how strong trends number 1 and 2 are.

• On the post: My Challenge To Jim Urie Of Universal Music: Instead Of 'Drowning Out' Those You Disagree With, Let's Come Up With Solutions

  

  The Rust Belt (profile), Sep 24th, 2010 @ 3:39pm

  
  

  Re: Funny...

  Why should anybody care about Urie's job anyway? Apart from his relatives maybe.

• On the post: Austrian Collection Societies Want A 'You Must Be A Criminal' Tax On Hard Drives

  

  The Rust Belt (profile), Sep 22nd, 2010 @ 2:02pm

  
  

  Re:

  Which people? The ones that get to receive the money I guess :-)

• On the post: Austrian Collection Societies Want A 'You Must Be A Criminal' Tax On Hard Drives

  

  The Rust Belt (profile), Sep 22nd, 2010 @ 12:11pm

  
  

  Re: Re: Re:

  Agreed. I do not say that the actual tax incidence will be on the side of the buyer. I have only commented on the way tax collection can work.

• On the post: Austrian Collection Societies Want A 'You Must Be A Criminal' Tax On Hard Drives

  

  The Rust Belt (profile), Sep 22nd, 2010 @ 11:55am

  
  

  Re:

  "So, if I live in Austria and order a hard drive from Germany, do I have to pay a tax?"
  
  It can be arranged the other way around - every HD sold in Austria (meaning by an Austrian company) will be taxed and the tax will be paid by the seller.

• On the post: Hadopi Begins Issuing Tens Of Thousands Of 'Notices' For Infringement In France

  

  The Rust Belt (profile), Sep 22nd, 2010 @ 12:00am

  
  

  Content Industry's Revenues

  So, now all these French will open their wallets and start paying for everything they have otherwise been pirating. Right.
  
  Another nail to the coffin of less and less significant French culture.

• On the post: Richard Dawkins Points Fan To The Pirate Bay To See His Latest Documentary

  

  The Rust Belt (profile), Sep 21st, 2010 @ 4:51am

  
  

  http://rustb.lt

  The work is Channel4's I guess.
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