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• On the post: Video Game Trend: The Decline Of The 'Game' And The Emergence Of The 'Living Game World'

  

  Greevar ( profile ), 09 May, 2015 @ 01:00pm

  This stinks of a risk-adverse mentality. They aren't following the will of the market. They're using psychological manipulation on players to get them to spend more money than they would otherwise. They're focusing on what makes people spend money, rather than what people would actually find satisfying. It's the same psychological tactics casinos use to trap gamblers in to spending more money.
  
  It's better to view modern online games as casinos, rather than actual games.

• On the post: Video Game Trend: The Decline Of The 'Game' And The Emergence Of The 'Living Game World'

  

  Greevar ( profile ), 09 May, 2015 @ 12:34pm

  Re: Manik

  That is your choice to make, but your comment adds nothing to the discussion.

• On the post: Can You Sue For Copyright Infringement Before It's Actually Happened?

  

  Greevar ( profile ), 29 Apr, 2015 @ 08:29am

  Slippery slope...

  Well, they already claim hypothetical damages. Is hypothetical infringement any different?

• On the post: Bill Introduced To Fix Broken DMCA Anti-Circumvention Rules

  

  Greevar ( profile ), 19 Apr, 2015 @ 09:18am

  Re: 1201 time?

  Getting rid of the DRM provision in the DMCA would be analogous to repealing prohibition. Despite the illegality of it, people are still doing it regardless and massively so. It's irrational to wax apocalyptic about allowing circumvention when it's already pervasive. Chicken Little would be shocked by such alarmist statements.

• On the post: Ross Ulbricht's Lawyers Were Told About Corrupt Investigators, But Barred From Using That During His Trial

  

  Greevar ( profile ), 31 Mar, 2015 @ 08:38pm

  Re:

  Miniature American flags for others!

• On the post: No Copyright Lives Forever: How The Apathy Of IP Rights Holders About Their Copyrights Killed A Game Re-Release

  

  Greevar ( profile ), 25 Mar, 2015 @ 04:52am

  Re: Two problems with one legal threat

  I was about to make a very similar comment. It is exactly what they are doing. They also don't want to "dilute" the market with more offerings than their customers are willing to spend money on.

• On the post: US Court Rules That Kim Dotcom Is A 'Fugitive' And Thus DOJ Can Take His Money

  

  Greevar ( profile ), 27 Feb, 2015 @ 07:57pm

  What a load of shit!

  That is all.

• On the post: School Principal Contacts FBI After Student Throws American Flag Out A Window

  

  Greevar ( profile ), 12 Feb, 2015 @ 03:01pm

  Nobody "died over the flag."
  
  You'd be wrong about that. In the war of 1812, men defending fort McHenry from a British attack put themselves in the path of cannons that were trying to knock down the American flag. Their corpses were all that kept that flag from touching the ground, and those were the events that became the lyrics for the Star Spangled Banner.
  
  That said, dying over a flag is a foolish gesture. Someone dying to defend principles and liberty are a different thing entirely. To take offense at the abuse of a flag is just silly. The flag is not sacred, but people are. Anyone who abuses a flag should not be ostracized for the flag. Instead, they should be reprimanded the same as anyone who would vandalize a building. Conversely, anyone that abuses a flag out of grievance with the government it represents should actually be called a patriot. That's what patriotism is, telling the government that they are infringing your fundamental rights.

• On the post: Cable Industry Fights New 25 Mbps Broadband Definition Because The Need For Those Speeds Is 'Hypothetical'

  

  Greevar ( profile ), 29 Jan, 2015 @ 08:38am

  Re: Re:

  You can't use lots of upstream if you don't have it. That's no different than saying nobody wants to speed when every car is locked at a top speed of 5mph. There's cloud storage, personal streaming video channels, bit-torrent, home cloud server, using your home network as a VPN when using public wifi, working remotely, hosting a WAN party, and so on. Let's not forget that several people could be using that upstream bandwidth at the same time.

• On the post: Cable Industry Fights New 25 Mbps Broadband Definition Because The Need For Those Speeds Is 'Hypothetical'

  

  Greevar ( profile ), 27 Jan, 2015 @ 05:20am

  25/3 isn't good enough. It should be 25/25 minimum. Asynchronous internet access is ignoring the fact that people are just as much creators of content as they are consumers of content. The slow upstream speed is just a ploy to keep people dependent on legacy services like cable and landline phone.

• On the post: Ross Ulbricht's Lawyers Claim That Mt. Gox CEO Was The Real Dread Pirate Roberts

  

  Greevar ( profile ), 16 Jan, 2015 @ 07:34am

  Re: Errata

  It's simple. It wasn't published when he handed it over. I don't know if that is actually what happened, but that is a reasonable explanation.

• On the post: How Copyright Makes Culture Disappear

  

  Greevar ( profile ), 01 Jan, 2015 @ 11:38am

  Re:

  You missed the point.

• On the post: How Copyright Makes Culture Disappear

  

  Greevar ( profile ), 31 Dec, 2014 @ 09:14am

  Re:

  "Fact: A huge loss for society and culture is when people don't pay creatives for their labor and thus they are forced to do non-creative things to make money in order to live."
  
  I think your online dictionary had a database error and gave the definition of the word "opinion" in place of the word "fact".
  
  How about we blame the economic system instead? Because of money, people can't simply do what they love, regardless that it provides societal value, because they have to sacrifice their time to occupations that earn money. Even if they can earn money doing art, they have to concede to market demands. They often can't do the art they truly desire to make, but have to make art that consumers want. That's a tragedy in itself.
  
  The point being, it's easy to cast blame.

• On the post: EA's Latest Attempt To Destroy SimCity Franchise: Micropayments For Hammers And Nails And Supplies

  

  Greevar ( profile ), 30 Dec, 2014 @ 01:48pm

  Re:

  Or, you could just have a dozen, or more, f2p games on your phone. By the time you hit your wait-gate in each of them, the first one is ready to go again.

• On the post: SWAT Team Raids House And Kills Homeowner Because Criminal Who Burglarized The House Told Them To

  

  Greevar ( profile ), 08 Oct, 2014 @ 06:27pm

  If this keeps happening, people are going to start arming themselves against the police.

• On the post: TSA Kangaroo Court Rubber Stamps TSA Fining Guy Who Stripped Naked, Completely Dismissing Court Ruling Finding It Legal

  

  Greevar ( profile ), 03 Oct, 2014 @ 09:05am

  Re: Re: TSA

  It should be changed to "warrant-less" or "without probable cause" (probable cause being clear and present threats to public safety, such as a crime in progress, reckless behavior, or visible contraband), adding consequences if an officer performs a search that violates such requirements. Evidence of this could be provided by way of mandatory video and audio recording devices on their person while in their official capacity. If no probable cause can be found, the officer will be subject to penalties to their wages or forced into unpaid leaves of absence. Repeated incidents will be grounds for an internal affairs investigation and the potential termination of the violating officer/agent.
  
  I call that a good start.

• On the post: U2 Claims It's Working With Apple On A New Music Format That 'Can't Be Pirated'

  

  Greevar ( profile ), 19 Sep, 2014 @ 03:11pm

  The secret to ending all piracy.

  Just abolish copyright. That's it. No more piracy.

• On the post: Cop To Cameraman: 'If You're Invoking Your Rights, You Must Be Doing Something Wrong'

  

  Greevar ( profile ), 11 Sep, 2014 @ 09:39am

  Pro tip

  If the police ask you to do something, they know that you are doing nothing illegal. If you were actually violating the law, they wouldn't ask. Police don't ask you to stop violating the law. They stop it right then and there.
  
  Also, if they don't know what statute you're violating, then you're probably not violating anything.

• On the post: Big Broadband Begs FCC Not To Expose Their Lies By Defining Broadband Accurately

  

  Greevar ( profile ), 10 Sep, 2014 @ 03:13pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: What about total monthly allowance?

  +1 to that.

• On the post: Big Broadband Begs FCC Not To Expose Their Lies By Defining Broadband Accurately

  

  Greevar ( profile ), 09 Sep, 2014 @ 04:55pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: What about total monthly allowance?

  Or, the telecoms should be required to set a minimum; a speed they must provide to everyone to ensure that the network has enough capacity. At off-peak times, users can go beyond that speed as network activity permits. During peak usage, all users would be throttled to their minimum level of service.
  
  Example:
  
  20 Mbps minimum speed, spikes to up 100 Mbps on off-peak hours.

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