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  • On the post: People Rushing To Give Hundreds Of Thousands Of Dollars In Just Hours For Brand New Adventure Game

    Jay ( profile ), 09 Feb, 2012 @ 01:42pm

    What does the Kickstarter page say about the funds?

    It's over $900,000!!!!

    What, $900,000? There's no way the community brought in that many funds without a publisher!

  • On the post: Evidence Shows That Megaupload Shutdown Had No Real Impact On Infringement

    Jay ( profile ), 09 Feb, 2012 @ 05:13am

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    The fat fuck had a gun!

    A legally owned gun that was locked up in a storage locker. Further, you can look at how they raided the place.

    Let's see, a 6'6 350lb career criminal with multiple living in a house with multiple electronic barriers and a safe room? I suspect they knew he had guns. They certainly knew he had bodyguards who may have had guns themselves.

    Yeah, they came in the first day with just a squad car and two officers. They came in the second day with seventy police officers and the elite crime unit. He had one bodyguard and all weapons were locked securely.

    He was no "honest businessman".
    He had a bad past. He was making a business with the cyberlockers where he worked from home. He may not have the best past in the world, but the guy made a service that people enjoyed.

    If this fat dope hadn't leased servers in Virginia, US law enforcement could have done nothing. I doubt other, similarly situated, criminal infringing enterprises will make the same mistake.

    And this kind of reasoning is why no one takes you seriously.

  • On the post: People Rushing To Give Hundreds Of Thousands Of Dollars In Just Hours For Brand New Adventure Game

    Jay ( profile ), 09 Feb, 2012 @ 04:57am

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    Stuff like this scares the absolute crap out of the big content gatekeepers.

    EA and Activision are shitting bricks. Rumor goes, they're in the same room as Chris Dodd and Cary Sherman to say how much piracy has took their jobs.

  • On the post: People Rushing To Give Hundreds Of Thousands Of Dollars In Just Hours For Brand New Adventure Game

    Jay ( profile ), 09 Feb, 2012 @ 04:55am

    Re: Well dang. O.o

    ... Where have you been?

    Brutal legend? Psychonauts? You want a company with creativity? Double Fine has made some really great one-off games for some time. Go, go, go!

  • On the post: Evidence Shows That Megaupload Shutdown Had No Real Impact On Infringement

    Jay ( profile ), 08 Feb, 2012 @ 04:47pm

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    I agree with the ac. It seems to be a Mega Conspiracy. On numerous occasions, Universal had shown that they will utilize every trick at their disposal to crush their competition. You also have to factor in how quickly MU was seized. It hasn't been that long since Kim announced the Mega Box. Now think about how all innovative services have to be made outside of the US. Remember iMeem? How about how quickly Universal goes after other innovative services? I wouldn't be surprised to learn that Universal put a request for immediate seizure of Kim after freaking out about his plans.

  • On the post: According To Lamar Smith, Data Or Criticism From Anyone Who Doesn't Like SOPA Isn't Valid

    Jay ( profile ), 08 Feb, 2012 @ 03:33pm

    Re: New Texas voter!

    If you're in his district, the best option is voting for Richard Mack. Other than the primary challenge, there is little that can be done to get him out of office.

  • On the post: RIAA Totally Out Of Touch: Lashes Out At Google, Wikipedia And Everyone Who Protested SOPA/PIPA

    Jay ( profile ), 08 Feb, 2012 @ 12:57pm

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    Doesn't seem I have the problem. Zach is explaining clearly, along with other ACs below this one. Yet you continue to struggle with "property rights" of songs and tangible goods. Fascinating...

  • On the post: RIAA Totally Out Of Touch: Lashes Out At Google, Wikipedia And Everyone Who Protested SOPA/PIPA

    Jay ( profile ), 08 Feb, 2012 @ 12:30pm

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    It must be hard living in your own reality.

  • On the post: The Rise Of The 'Professional Amateur' And The Fall Of Gated, Exclusionary 'Clubs'

    Jay ( profile ), 08 Feb, 2012 @ 11:57am

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    Original content?

    You mean turning into a platform isn't original?

    Someone call the artist union!

  • On the post: RIAA Totally Out Of Touch: Lashes Out At Google, Wikipedia And Everyone Who Protested SOPA/PIPA

    Jay ( profile ), 08 Feb, 2012 @ 11:54am

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    I find it funny how my analysis is "befuddling" when maximalists can't figure out the difference between owning a CD and owning a song.

  • On the post: RIAA Totally Out Of Touch: Lashes Out At Google, Wikipedia And Everyone Who Protested SOPA/PIPA

    Jay ( profile ), 08 Feb, 2012 @ 10:46am

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    Because "intellectual property" (the products made up of the mind) is not intellectually honest. It is an expression of an idea given a form. I can't control what people do with a song any more than I can control what people read from a library book or hear on the radio. The idea of singing or writing is something that can not be controlled. When I make a video about a cover song, the video expresses my interpretation of a song. When I make a game based off other copyrighted works, the same rules apply.

    How anyone can believe that a song can be owned, I've no idea. Personally, I can enjoy a song. But thinking that it's property is rather misleading.

  • On the post: NY Times: RIAA & MPAA Exaggerate Piracy Impact Stats… But We're Going To Assume They're True Anyway

    Jay ( profile ), 07 Feb, 2012 @ 09:25pm

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    This is neither an exaggeration, nor theoretical. It is exactly how Monsanto enforces their patents.

    Yes... And we gave this company access to the world seed vault to preserve horticulture.

  • On the post: More Details About Paramount's Offer To Law Schools To Teach Them About The Evils Of 'Content Theft'

    Jay ( profile ), 07 Feb, 2012 @ 09:19pm

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    The problem is, this would work quite well.

    It's already an understood notion that whatever these companies pay for in lobbying has very high rates of returns. But I believe Paramount is really underestimating how much public sentiment is against these backroom deals.

  • On the post: Can We Count The Ways In Which Lowe's 'License Agreement' For Linking To Its Site Is Insane?

    Jay ( profile ), 07 Feb, 2012 @ 02:45pm

    MPAA expanding

    In light of recent defeats on SOPA, Chris Dodd has decided to expand the MPAA business structure to home furnishing districts. "We hope to show other property owners that linking on the internet can be a profitable business," says the head of the Motion Picture Association of America. "We plan to increase linking by 200% with the revenue from licensing."

    Of course, when asked how the revenue was going to increase, the Lowe's CEO, Robert Niblock laughed off any suggestions. "We are confident in the financial successes of Hollywood in this endeavor," he stated. "The linking license will make us a far better company than we have been in the past." The past, that Lowe's discusses is their decision to pull their funding from All American Muslim in a decision that caused quite a controversy when it came to light that the charges were from a biased third party. When our reporters pointed out the inconsistency, Robert Niblick's face paled and he merely muttered "No comment" in regards to the story.

    Chris Dodd however piped up for his newest business associate. "We remain confident that our strategy of enforcing these licenses on the populace will be very very lucrative for both parties. We already have a number of Democrats that can push the legislation to increase the penalties for foreign sites that choose to ignore the license agreement. You see, we've changed. We can show compassion as we defend these trademarks."

    It is obvious that the MPAA's expansion will be a new source of revenue in the coming months. Lowe's seems quite excited. But will their licenses be linked more on Google?

    Only time will tell.

  • On the post: Lamar Smith: Enemy Of The Internet? Defends Internet Snooping Bill

    Jay ( profile ), 07 Feb, 2012 @ 01:53pm

    Re: Sad Thing Is...

    You might want to look again. There's a LOT of talk coming up about Richard Mack, who recently did an AMA on Reddit. The primary is in April and he's been getting a lot of support from individual Redditors to oppose Smith.

  • On the post: Lamar Smith: Enemy Of The Internet? Defends Internet Snooping Bill

    Jay ( profile ), 07 Feb, 2012 @ 12:57pm

    Re: Hmmm...

    Wow, did my phone ever screw up!

    --- Orrin Hatch in wanting to blow up computers. You can see how out of touch he is with his constituency with this shining example of sheer genius in law making.

  • On the post: Lamar Smith: Enemy Of The Internet? Defends Internet Snooping Bill

    Jay ( profile ), 07 Feb, 2012 @ 09:19am

    Hmmm...

    I would have to say in the taking for top sellout to the MPAA, may have to go Orrin Hatch I'm wanting to blow up computers. You can't site his out of touch you are with your constituency without this shining example of sheer genius in law making.

  • On the post: Tom Brady Watched Last Year's Super Bowl Via Illegal Stream… And Probably Had A Better Experience Than Anyone Watching NBC's Official Stream

    Jay ( profile ), 06 Feb, 2012 @ 05:38pm

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    A company called Foxnews stepped up and buried the competition and now is regularly burying broadcast competition even though it has a 25% viewer gap.

    Uhm... Fox News is a propaganda machine for conservatives. People disagree with Fox because statistically speaking, they are the most ill informed of all news watchers. This is a consistent thing.

    Now that you have more progressive news channels out there, Fox is going to lose its luster.

  • On the post: Movie Studios Jump In Late: Sue LimeWire And Demand Cash From Dead Site

    Jay ( profile ), 06 Feb, 2012 @ 04:14pm

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    Even Google's servers would fail at calculating the utter failures of the RIAA and their astronomical incompetence in the digital era...

  • On the post: We're Living In the Most Creative Time In History

    Jay ( profile ), 06 Feb, 2012 @ 08:35am

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    I'm not insulting anything but the argument.

    The Berne Convention gave authors:

    - right to control adaptations, or the preparation of "derivative works" ( 17 U.S.C. ? 106.)

    - right to claim authorship
    - right to prevent the use of one's name on any work the author did not create
    - right to prevent use of one's name on any work that has been distorted, mutilated, or modified in a way that would be prejudicial to the author's honor or reputation
    - right to prevent distortion, mutilation, or modification that would prejudice the author's honor or reputation
    - right to prevent the destruction of a work of art if it is of "recognized stature

    - the right to govern false and misleading advertising, and can apply in some instances to attribution of protected works

    Basically, an author can shut down a derivative work to control the moral integrity of their own. So your own argument is based on the idea that moral rights aren't in copyright. Well, they are.

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