"The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly."
Abraham Lincoln
We need many more of these "problems", not less. The more it happens to the idiots that actually passed these laws, the more likely they will do something about fixing or repealing them.
Oh but wait, they will just make themselves immune to them like they do most other laws and then all will be good again!
I don't think the NFL has an exclusive contract on purpose. There used to be several games that used the NFL Logo. It is just that EA is about the only one left that can afford the licensing fees that the NFL asks, as well as the Licensing fees from the Players Union (NFLPA) that allowqs them to use the names and likenesses of the actual players.
Perhaps you should let Merriam Webster know that lobby is not a verb.
Main Entry: lobby
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): lob·bied; lob·by·ing
Date: 1837
intransitive verb
: to conduct activities aimed at influencing public officials and especially members of a legislative body on legislation
transitive verb
1 : to promote (as a project) or secure the passage of (as legislation) by influencing public officials
2 : to attempt to influence or sway (as a public official) toward a desired action
I think everyone here is missing the real point. Once again Apple is taking the low road. Remember the all proprietary all the time days of Apple Hardware and Software? What they have could only be called monopolistic business practices when it comes to iPhone Apps. You purchase a piece of hardware, but to add functionality to it you must go through them. Developers of iPhone Apps are tied to the App Store as the only viable means of getting their software to the market. (I know about the direct licensing possibilities for rejected Apps, but they have already started tightening that noose, and it will probably be discontinued entirely.) The real problem here is that Ma Bell has raised her ugly head once again! (A bit ironic that iPhones are currently tied to AT&T, one of the three bastard children from the original break-up) Without jailbreaking the iPhone (which is technically a violation of DMCA) you are tethered to Apple's teat like a newborn calf. How would you fell if HP or Dell computers would only allow you to run software bought from them?
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I would just like to thank you for that!
Pretty sure I won't see anything else today that makes me laugh as hard as that did.
Best thing that could happen
"The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly."
Abraham Lincoln
We need many more of these "problems", not less. The more it happens to the idiots that actually passed these laws, the more likely they will do something about fixing or repealing them.
Oh but wait, they will just make themselves immune to them like they do most other laws and then all will be good again!
Re: Hold up...
I don't think the NFL has an exclusive contract on purpose. There used to be several games that used the NFL Logo. It is just that EA is about the only one left that can afford the licensing fees that the NFL asks, as well as the Licensing fees from the Players Union (NFLPA) that allowqs them to use the names and likenesses of the actual players.
Re: Wrong word.
Perhaps you should let Merriam Webster know that lobby is not a verb.
Main Entry: lobby
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): lob·bied; lob·by·ing
Date: 1837
intransitive verb
: to conduct activities aimed at influencing public officials and especially members of a legislative body on legislation
transitive verb
1 : to promote (as a project) or secure the passage of (as legislation) by influencing public officials
2 : to attempt to influence or sway (as a public official) toward a desired action
— lob·by·er noun
— lob·by·ism -ˌi-zəm noun
— lob·by·ist -ist noun
I think everyone here is missing the real point. Once again Apple is taking the low road. Remember the all proprietary all the time days of Apple Hardware and Software? What they have could only be called monopolistic business practices when it comes to iPhone Apps. You purchase a piece of hardware, but to add functionality to it you must go through them. Developers of iPhone Apps are tied to the App Store as the only viable means of getting their software to the market. (I know about the direct licensing possibilities for rejected Apps, but they have already started tightening that noose, and it will probably be discontinued entirely.) The real problem here is that Ma Bell has raised her ugly head once again! (A bit ironic that iPhones are currently tied to AT&T, one of the three bastard children from the original break-up) Without jailbreaking the iPhone (which is technically a violation of DMCA) you are tethered to Apple's teat like a newborn calf. How would you fell if HP or Dell computers would only allow you to run software bought from them?