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• On the post: Why We Don't Need To 'Think Of The Artists': They're Doing Fine

  

  Fickelbra ( profile ), 02 Dec, 2011 @ 12:01pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

  Well I know more filmmakers than you, and they are against it, and also added that everyone talks about you behind your back. Keep in mind this statement is as valid as your last.

• On the post: Ubisoft Director Backtracks On Piracy Complaints After Public Lashing

  

  Fickelbra ( profile ), 29 Nov, 2011 @ 09:19am

  Re:

  Also, I might add that it helps create a thriving piracy market too.

• On the post: Ubisoft Director Backtracks On Piracy Complaints After Public Lashing

  

  Fickelbra ( profile ), 29 Nov, 2011 @ 09:17am

  I think the gaming industry will flourish even more when fixed pricing is done away with, or at the very least modified. We are seeing it more and more with some titles on Xbox 360 debuting at $40.00 (but those titles are generally re-releases of a year prior, which isn't a great step forward).
  
  Here is my example: I won't buy MW3. I don't want to play it online, so that leaves Spec Ops and Single Player, and that's not worth $60. But the price will never drop below that, unless the game is used and cheap, which Activision gets zero dollars for. Price reduction in the future? Fat chance. So basically, the current pricing plan will not serve me, and Activision gets no money from me. At a lower price point, say $20 or $30, I would consider it, but the price will NEVER drop that low until the game is severely outdated. The point, is that there is a market of people who are willing to STILL PAY, but not your original premium. We are ignored, which creates a lucrative used games market. It would be so easy to beat the used games market, because Gamestop offers almost no benefit to a used game other than a couple bucks off the price in most cases (and the 7 day money back guarantee). Challenge the used game market with lower prices and I'd buy the fresh shiny copy every time.

• On the post: Call Your Senators Today: Tell Them To Vote Against Censoring The Internet

  

  Fickelbra ( profile ), 29 Nov, 2011 @ 09:04am

  Re: Re: Instead, say YES to shutting down pirate sites.

  Make sure you include how amazing you think the Great Firewall of China is to the "freedom" of the Chinese.

• On the post: A Look At Three Popular Sites That May Be In Trouble Under SOPA

  

  Fickelbra ( profile ), 17 Nov, 2011 @ 09:34am

  Re: You've become sheerly fear-monger, Mike.

  "What sites like Rapidshare DO every day" ...police their own site? I can think of many many times I've reached a screen saying "This content has been removed by the admins at Rapidshare" (I'm paraphrasing their message).
  
  So your suggestion is that Rapidshare, a site that allows users to share files instantaneously with relatively little web knowledge, is a bad thing because some people use it illegally, which Rapidshare actively cracks down against.
  
  "You don't give a solution for actual infringement"
  
  There isn't one. Tis' the way of the web. It is human nature to share ideas and experience, and any attempt to squash that will always fail.

• On the post: Don't Say YUUUP! Or You Might Get Sued

  

  Fickelbra ( profile ), 17 Nov, 2011 @ 08:24am

  Re: Re:

  LOL I saw that just last night. The best part was to make it seem tough the host was like, anyone from boxing, UFC, come show up and I'll put you down out here. It's like, well duh, that's WHAT YOU DO. Put the shoe on the other foot and go step in the ring, they'll do the same to you.

• On the post: Old Fashioned 'Pirates' Steal 6,000 Copies Of The New Call Of Duty Game

  

  Fickelbra ( profile ), 10 Nov, 2011 @ 09:57am

  Re:

  I'm fairly confident if you're even reading this article, you probably aren't in the stage in your life where you need to be reminded about what is and isn't moral. We know armed robbery of a truck is a no-no.

• On the post: Despite Publisher Apprehension, Good Old Games Proves A Market For Old DRM-Free Games Exists

  

  Fickelbra ( profile ), 08 Nov, 2011 @ 05:20am

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  Well of course it was Pac-Man's fault. Since when has a slump in sales ever been the actual music industry's fault? They can do no wrong.

• On the post: Good Content Doesn't Get Buried By Bad Content

  

  Fickelbra ( profile ), 07 Nov, 2011 @ 08:49am

  Re: Re: Re: Mike for Net Filters !!

  Thanks for a really long and boring definition on what a publisher is. Bottom line: I'm much happier with a middleman that is a tool I use than a tool in a suit.
  
  Also, Mike actually isn't a publisher or middleman, he's a content creator. Opinion based on news stories is actually a creation. You're cute though. *scruffs your head*

• On the post: Good Content Doesn't Get Buried By Bad Content

  

  Fickelbra ( profile ), 07 Nov, 2011 @ 08:42am

  Re: Re: Re: Masnick the judge of "good" and "bad" !!! for the world.

  "Taste is not a subject of logic"
  
  I'm not sure you understand what the word subjective actually means.
  Subjective - existing in the mind; belonging to the thinking subject rather than to the object of thought
  
  "Do you apply logic to your decision as to what music you listen to?"
  
  Yes. For example, when I discovered a few bands I really liked were classified as progressive rock, I LOGICALLY concluded I might like more progressive rock, and sought out more in that genre.
  
  "Or do you apply "taste"?"
  
  I can't help but apply "taste" in my personal choices, since I am in fact the person making the choice.

• On the post: Good Content Doesn't Get Buried By Bad Content

  

  Fickelbra ( profile ), 05 Nov, 2011 @ 08:19am

  Re: Mike for Net Filters !!

  The point Mike was making is that the way the old system works is that the content filters used to be middlemen like publishers. The internet makes middlemen unnecessary, much to their disdain. This has created an avalanche of new content, because anyone can make anything they want available very easily. The issue that this causes is that there are a lot more to choose from, so the new challenge is how to discover things you like versus being force fed them by mainstream labels and publishers like in the past.
  
  Mike isn't preaching that a new set of middlemen come and hide this content from us. Rather, much in the same way we built highways and freeways to get to the places we want to go faster, we need to develop freeways (filters that give us more direct access) to the content we would want. I don't know if you've ever actually used a filter, but they don't hide things by default. They generally provide you options to hide things yourself, so I guess what I'm saying is your argument sucks. Also, learn some grammar.

• On the post: Good Content Doesn't Get Buried By Bad Content

  

  Fickelbra ( profile ), 05 Nov, 2011 @ 08:08am

  Re: Masnick the judge of "good" and "bad" !!! for the world.

  The definition of GOOD and BAD content is subjective to the individual. I think your issue is that Mike often writes articles with the mindset that the people he's reaching have a basic concept of logic.

• On the post: Good Content Doesn't Get Buried By Bad Content

  

  Fickelbra ( profile ), 05 Nov, 2011 @ 08:03am

  Re: Easier said than done

  "How am I supposed to know where to find the better filter when my filter isn't good enough to begin with?"
  
  I discovered this tool called Google. If you type stuff into it, magic happens.

• On the post: Does Amazon Want to Monopolize The Entire Publishing Chain?

  

  Fickelbra ( profile ), 13 Oct, 2011 @ 06:36am

  Re: Re: Interesting

  Exactly, there is no reason someone like Apple couldn't jump into this realm as deep as Amazon has if they so choose. Amazon is delivering a better service than anyone else at the moment, but it doesn't mean they will be the only ones to ever do it.

• On the post: Does Amazon Want to Monopolize The Entire Publishing Chain?

  

  Fickelbra ( profile ), 13 Oct, 2011 @ 06:34am

  Hmm

  More power to them I say.

• On the post: That Didn't Take Long: Amazon Sued For Patent Infringement For New Kindle Fire Tablet

  

  Fickelbra ( profile ), 12 Oct, 2011 @ 01:39pm

  ?7,506,064: Handheld computer system that attempts to establish an alternative network link upon failing to establish a requested network link (another PalmSource patent).
  
  Completely original and patentable idea. However, do NOT under any circumstances look up the definition of failsafe.

• On the post: Barnes & Noble Doesn't Get Digital DC Comics, Throws Hissy Fit

  

  Fickelbra ( profile ), 11 Oct, 2011 @ 01:27pm

  I don't see eye to eye with this...

  If anything, I think the exclusivity contracts are more evil than what Barnes and Noble is doing. I don't personally know (or honestly care to find out) whether or not that is some guarantee they advertise, but if their perogative is that they want to make the claim everything they offer in the store is available for digital consumption, more power to them.

• On the post: Monster Cable Blames 'Rogue Sites' Rather Than Its Own Business Practices For 'Stealing Good Will'

  

  Fickelbra ( profile ), 05 Oct, 2011 @ 01:00pm

  Monster: Our HDMI cables are the BEST quality! You may pay tons of money, but you're getting the BEST picture out of your device!
  
  Truth: Isn't it also true that 1080p doesn't even come close to straining a HDMI cable so the amount of "quality" has no effect whatsoever?
  
  Monster: *Runs away*

• On the post: Guy Arrested, Threatened With 15 Years For Recording Traffic Stop In Illinois

  

  Fickelbra ( profile ), 30 Sep, 2011 @ 11:16am

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  "When the officer, being recorded on his squad dash cam, walked back to Frobe's car, the officer saw Frobe's camera."

• On the post: You Are A Mashup Of What You Let Into Your Life

  

  Fickelbra ( profile ), 30 Sep, 2011 @ 05:01am

  I think a great example of transformation is just in the entire video game market. Games can generally "copy" gameplay features from each other, and no one makes a stink. Take a look at first person shooters and the fact that after Halo 2 did the recharging health, virtually every shooter after that used it (much to my disdain but I digress). I've never seen Bungie whine about it, and really they shouldn't.

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