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  • On the post: Viacom Exec: 'Everyone Knows A Rogue Site When They See One'? Except He Doesn't

    Keith_Emperor_of_Penguins ( profile ), 09 Nov, 2011 @ 12:53pm

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    what "everything" are you referring too?

  • On the post: Viacom Exec: 'Everyone Knows A Rogue Site When They See One'? Except He Doesn't

    Keith_Emperor_of_Penguins ( profile ), 09 Nov, 2011 @ 12:23pm

    'Everyone Knows A Rogue Site When They See One'

    That includes a judge right? In that case, I suggest you go find one Mr.Fricklas.

  • On the post: Which Causes More Harm: Copyright Or Patents?

    Keith_Emperor_of_Penguins ( profile ), 09 Nov, 2011 @ 11:22am

    Re: Re: Re: Who does society more good: content producers or pirates?

    He hates apples? What about pears? And Bananas?
    Damn, we're going to need more agent orange...

  • On the post: Which Causes More Harm: Copyright Or Patents?

    Keith_Emperor_of_Penguins ( profile ), 09 Nov, 2011 @ 11:19am

    Copyright Or Patents?

    I vote both.

  • On the post: Which Causes More Harm: Copyright Or Patents?

    Keith_Emperor_of_Penguins ( profile ), 09 Nov, 2011 @ 11:15am

    Re: Who does society more good: content producers or pirates?

    yeah, who need a free society anyway. Okay guys, you heard him. Lets take down the Internet. Obviously if out_of_the_blue thinks its bad, then it must be true.

  • On the post: AJ's Favorite Techdirt Posts Of The Week

    Keith_Emperor_of_Penguins ( profile ), 06 Nov, 2011 @ 04:22am

    Re: Re: Re: They don't make them like they used to.

    I should have made it clear, I don't actually buy games that come with extra DRM on Steam. Sadly that makes most of the major publishers, aside from Valve themselves. So EA, Failsoft, Rockstar Games...and the list is quite large actually.
    Then again, Valve makes the best games anyway, so I'm not missing much.

  • On the post: DailyDirt: Growing Food2.0

    Keith_Emperor_of_Penguins ( profile ), 05 Nov, 2011 @ 01:31pm

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    *give or take a billion

  • On the post: DailyDirt: Growing Food2.0

    Keith_Emperor_of_Penguins ( profile ), 05 Nov, 2011 @ 01:29pm

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    Sorry sir/madam, but that is incorrect.

    For example, did you know that:

    "The 5.8 billion people in the world today have, on average, 15 percent more food per person than the global population, of 4 billion people, had 20 years ago?"
    also
    "The world today produces enough grain to provide 3500 calories per person?"
    and
    "Food availabilities for the world as a whole are today equivalent to some 2700 kilocalories per person per day, that is up from 2300 calories 30 years ago!"

    It is the poverty of millions of people who cannot afford to buy food that causes starvation. Not the lack of production and capacity.

  • On the post: AJ's Favorite Techdirt Posts Of The Week

    Keith_Emperor_of_Penguins ( profile ), 05 Nov, 2011 @ 01:18pm

    They don't make them like they used to.

    The whole DRM crap has led me to only buy games from GOG and Steam.
    Good Old Games just plain out rocks. No DRM, and they provide a back catalog to all of the great games they don't sell anywhere these days. Plus, they provide the service of making the games compatible with different operating systems and modern hardware and software.
    As for Valve, now Steam itself is drm true, but it adds value to compensate for what it takes away. This way it works much like any service provider; sure, I can get the same product for free, but the service provided outmatches the price.

  • On the post: Hollywood Front Group Rounds Up 4,000 Letters Sent To Congress, Pretending It's 100,000

    Keith_Emperor_of_Penguins ( profile ), 02 Nov, 2011 @ 10:43am

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    He can use copyright, doesn't mean he has to support you in the process. Hollywood and copyright aren't mutually exclusive, despite your attempts to present them as such.

  • On the post: Hollywood Front Group Rounds Up 4,000 Letters Sent To Congress, Pretending It's 100,000

    Keith_Emperor_of_Penguins ( profile ), 02 Nov, 2011 @ 09:18am

    Re: Re: Re: You mean Hollywood inflates the numbers to suit its own interests?

    and now the sign-in function fails me? IT IS A CONSPIRACY I SAY.

  • On the post: Hollywood Front Group Rounds Up 4,000 Letters Sent To Congress, Pretending It's 100,000

    Keith_Emperor_of_Penguins ( profile ), 02 Nov, 2011 @ 08:54am

    Re: Grassroots

    The magic of marketing.

  • On the post: Hollywood Front Group Rounds Up 4,000 Letters Sent To Congress, Pretending It's 100,000

    Keith_Emperor_of_Penguins ( profile ), 02 Nov, 2011 @ 08:52am

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    Those can't be real replies or a real group. That has to be some major trolling, nobody can be that big of luddite can they?

  • On the post: Hollywood Front Group Rounds Up 4,000 Letters Sent To Congress, Pretending It's 100,000

    Keith_Emperor_of_Penguins ( profile ), 02 Nov, 2011 @ 08:29am

    You mean Hollywood inflates the numbers to suit its own interests?

    Inconceivable!

  • On the post: White House Petition Against E-PARASITE/SOPA

    Keith_Emperor_of_Penguins ( profile ), 02 Nov, 2011 @ 08:26am

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    Ultimately, the world moves on despite the ones who fail to adapt. From the Telegraph to the telephone to the fax machine. The future takes no prisoners.
    Even today we move forward, using the ones who failed to evolve as fuel.

  • On the post: Want Revenue From Used Games? Just Have GameStop Buy DLC Codes For The Customer

    Keith_Emperor_of_Penguins ( profile ), 24 Oct, 2011 @ 08:46pm

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    Yep, It seems most developers are going down this route now. I blame Capcom for all this. They were the first to sell huge numbers of DLC's for things like Resident Evil 5, to unlock things that were already in the game. Fallout too.
    This is not the original intention of the Downloadable content, or how its supposed to work.

  • On the post: Want Revenue From Used Games? Just Have GameStop Buy DLC Codes For The Customer

    Keith_Emperor_of_Penguins ( profile ), 24 Oct, 2011 @ 08:27pm

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    Well technically, if done correctly (not scamming people), DLC are extra content they made after the main release or during the development but didn't make it into the final game do to time constraints or other reasons. (this is new characters, maps, weapons ect.)
    Kind of how, if you buy Windows 7 basic, you can upgrade with more content like Home, Pro, or Ultimate for extra payment.

  • On the post: Want Revenue From Used Games? Just Have GameStop Buy DLC Codes For The Customer

    Keith_Emperor_of_Penguins ( profile ), 24 Oct, 2011 @ 08:21pm

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    You can only install the DLC on your current game (it saves it locally), it never burns the DLC back into the disk. So you'll always have to buy the DLC if you want it.

  • On the post: Want Revenue From Used Games? Just Have GameStop Buy DLC Codes For The Customer

    Keith_Emperor_of_Penguins ( profile ), 24 Oct, 2011 @ 08:19pm

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    I haven't gotten that part yet. Did they do this before they released the game new? If it is, then they're way overdoing it with the DLC money grab on this one.
    Its just as bad when they leave features in the game, but fake the DLC to pretend you download extras. Or when they make you pay for DLC that fix the game since it was released too early.

  • On the post: Want Revenue From Used Games? Just Have GameStop Buy DLC Codes For The Customer

    Keith_Emperor_of_Penguins ( profile ), 24 Oct, 2011 @ 08:01pm

    Re: Re:

    This is always the case for DLC. Regardless of if you buy first or second hand, you always have to download the DLC if want it. The difference here is they provide you with the Catwoman missions free if you buy second-hand from GameStop. Basically its just marketing, nothing more. And don't expect this to be the only DLC, there's probably going to be a few more DLC packs for the next year.

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