so by your definition, you people want to cancel said contract and revert control BACK to the US government, from a private entity. THAT makes you not only a leftist, but FULL ON COMMUNIST (See:Venezuela, USSR).
Aside from that, that is a VERY dangerous move, as the USGovt cannot be trusted with ANYTHING having to do with the internet, as it is a) incapable to do due to resources, or more importantly technical reasons. and b) cannot be impartial when administering the internet. (What happens when a war breaks out between the US and another state?)
1)The world does NOT consist of ONLY the USA, Nor does it revolve around us like we think it does a lot of times. There are other people in the world too.
2) if you have read ANY post on the subject, you would know that the USGovt is in charge of the IANA IN NAME ONLY so... as has been pointed out Numerous times, severing that link is for the betterment of EVERYONE.
do you not know how the internet ACTUALLY works? If not, then kindly STFU. People like you, who have no idea how the internet really works (or anything really), Should not have a say how what to do with it.
Launch of DarkStar One. Bought the game, installed it, couldn't play it. Ended up having to pirate a german version, then patch english language on top of it, then crack it to play my legally bought game.
parts of it are construed as valve being the defendant, but the points are more of "How can users be negligent, How is grade school name calling a civil rights violation?" kinda argument.
Yet Digital Homicide's suit claims harassment, alongside -- swear to god -- disorderly conduct, stalking, criminal impersonation, tortious interference, libel, unjust enrichment, restitution, negligence, damages, and conspiracy to commit civil rights violations. In its response to being dropped from Steam, the developer goes on to claim that Valve's siding with its customers is an indication that Steam is not a "safe environment", before suggesting that some form of legislation is needed.
/armchair lawyering it up here, but lets take a look shall we?
Disorderly conduct.... on the internet... let that sink in. That would include ALL of (number)chans, no less than 9/10's of reddit, among others.
Stalking - *possible* but... gonna be kinda harder to prove if it was just on steam.
Criminal Impersonation - Of who exactly, and in what capacity, if comments were made by devs whose assets DH "appropriated"....
Tortious Interference - Steam isn't exactly like that, good games sell well, while bad games are... well they kinda get buried. Even games that are decent or even good gets buried after a while, it's called consumer demands.
Libel - holy hell where can i go with this, well, lets go with asset forfeiture, From what I watched and read thus far, this isn't gonna stick because.. well, it's truth.
Negligence - How can Steam be negligent in this case, the very fact that they dropped DH like dropping the mic should be proof that Steam isn't negligent.
Conspiracy to commit Civil Rights Violations - Seriously? They are trying to compare Steam with Hitler, Stalin, Mao? If anything, it is DH trying to commit civil rights violations by shutting down speech that they don't like (Read: The Truth and Facts). And also, if you are making such shitty games, then being called "The Jewish offspring of a slutty whore" should be the least of your worries.
of course any actual lawyers can weigh in with thoughts and actual experience :)
Before there was physical media (cartridges, CDs, DVDs) then the popularity of ROMs and ROM-hacking became prevalent, mostly due to hard to find games, or outdated systems (NES, SNES, PSX, PS2, etc)
This would fall under the same vein as music and really, early game copying. It also proved that older games are still popular, and many systems now incorporate an e-shop of sorts, think, PlayStation network, or Nintendo's eShop, which are essentially, emulators built into the systems (or at the very least ports of games).
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so by your definition, you people want to cancel said contract and revert control BACK to the US government, from a private entity. THAT makes you not only a leftist, but FULL ON COMMUNIST (See:Venezuela, USSR).
Aside from that, that is a VERY dangerous move, as the USGovt cannot be trusted with ANYTHING having to do with the internet, as it is a) incapable to do due to resources, or more importantly technical reasons. and b) cannot be impartial when administering the internet. (What happens when a war breaks out between the US and another state?)
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Then enlighten us as to what that contract entails?
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a few important points to point out here.
1)The world does NOT consist of ONLY the USA, Nor does it revolve around us like we think it does a lot of times. There are other people in the world too.
2) if you have read ANY post on the subject, you would know that the USGovt is in charge of the IANA IN NAME ONLY so... as has been pointed out Numerous times, severing that link is for the betterment of EVERYONE.
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do you not know how the internet ACTUALLY works? If not, then kindly STFU. People like you, who have no idea how the internet really works (or anything really), Should not have a say how what to do with it.
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i meant through proper channels
can I play this game?
Edward Snowden TRIED to expose illegal activities of the NSA, but somehow he screwed up royally, is he free to go as well? :)
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been there, done that.
Launch of DarkStar One. Bought the game, installed it, couldn't play it. Ended up having to pirate a german version, then patch english language on top of it, then crack it to play my legally bought game.
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Mike, maybe you should also have described what the Streisand Effect entails.....
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As an American, why aren't WE doing this?
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computers do not care about meatspace, to a computer, if you have the proper credentials, you are thus authorized to access it.
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the very fact that they don't know what they are talking about is reason that we SHOULD go ahead with it.
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parts of it are construed as valve being the defendant, but the points are more of "How can users be negligent, How is grade school name calling a civil rights violation?" kinda argument.
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/armchair lawyering it up here, but lets take a look shall we?
Disorderly conduct.... on the internet... let that sink in. That would include ALL of (number)chans, no less than 9/10's of reddit, among others.
Stalking - *possible* but... gonna be kinda harder to prove if it was just on steam.
Criminal Impersonation - Of who exactly, and in what capacity, if comments were made by devs whose assets DH "appropriated"....
Tortious Interference - Steam isn't exactly like that, good games sell well, while bad games are... well they kinda get buried. Even games that are decent or even good gets buried after a while, it's called consumer demands.
Libel - holy hell where can i go with this, well, lets go with asset forfeiture, From what I watched and read thus far, this isn't gonna stick because.. well, it's truth.
Unjust Enrichment - (See: Tortious Interference)
Restitution/Damages - (See: Tortious Interference)
Negligence - How can Steam be negligent in this case, the very fact that they dropped DH like dropping the mic should be proof that Steam isn't negligent.
Conspiracy to commit Civil Rights Violations - Seriously? They are trying to compare Steam with Hitler, Stalin, Mao? If anything, it is DH trying to commit civil rights violations by shutting down speech that they don't like (Read: The Truth and Facts). And also, if you are making such shitty games, then being called "The Jewish offspring of a slutty whore" should be the least of your worries.
of course any actual lawyers can weigh in with thoughts and actual experience :)
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more like "Digital Seppuku"
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Will The Washington Post Give Back Its Pulitzer And Stand Trial With Snowden?
Ancient alien scientists says no.
one minor, yet important aspect of "piracy" that you overlooked
Rom/Rom-hacking/Emulators
Before there was physical media (cartridges, CDs, DVDs) then the popularity of ROMs and ROM-hacking became prevalent, mostly due to hard to find games, or outdated systems (NES, SNES, PSX, PS2, etc)
This would fall under the same vein as music and really, early game copying. It also proved that older games are still popular, and many systems now incorporate an e-shop of sorts, think, PlayStation network, or Nintendo's eShop, which are essentially, emulators built into the systems (or at the very least ports of games).
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Actual News Article
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probably because the FBI hired... no compelled some 13 year old hacker to get into it. Or they used tools that aren't exactly legal.
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pretty sure you cant trademark bluegrass
well....
they say the first people to get rid of are the lawyers..
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