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• On the post: Woman Caught Trying To Frame Ex-Boyfriend With Threatening Texts She Wrote Herself

  

  Phillip Vector ( profile ), 12 Jul, 2010 @ 02:12pm

  Re:

  How is tower information hearsay?

• On the post: Twilight Producers Aggressive IP Enforcement Strikes Again: Temporarily Shut Down Silly 8-Bit YouTube Game

  

  Phillip Vector ( profile ), 02 Jul, 2010 @ 05:43pm

  Re: Re:

  Weird Al tickets used to cost around $250-$300. I recently bought tickets to his Portland, OR show for $125 and for that, I got some scarce goods along with it. Yeah, it's still expensive, but My Weird Al beats your Terry McBride in understanding the "Sell the Scarce" strategy.

• On the post: Twilight Producers Aggressive IP Enforcement Strikes Again: Temporarily Shut Down Silly 8-Bit YouTube Game

  

  Phillip Vector ( profile ), 02 Jul, 2010 @ 05:40pm

  Re: Re:

  But couldn't it adopt a position (if it wanted to) of "We are like craigslist and not going to take anything down even with a takedown notice"?

• On the post: Twilight Producers Aggressive IP Enforcement Strikes Again: Temporarily Shut Down Silly 8-Bit YouTube Game

  

  Phillip Vector ( profile ), 02 Jul, 2010 @ 01:27pm

  Didn't Google just win a safe harbors case that prevents DCMA takedowns or some such? I didn't read much on it, but I feel I'm missing the point.

• On the post: Pakistani Lawyer Apparently Seeks Death Penalty For Facebook Founders Because Of User Contest

  

  Phillip Vector ( profile ), 21 Jun, 2010 @ 04:24am

  Re:

  All in the name of the Emperor.

• On the post: Pakistani Lawyer Apparently Seeks Death Penalty For Facebook Founders Because Of User Contest

  

  Phillip Vector ( profile ), 21 Jun, 2010 @ 04:23am

  Re: Re:

  "Actually it's a problem we all have. Everyone has a religion - even those who claim to be atheists or agnostics."
  
  http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=religion
  
  Noun
  
  * S: (n) religion, faith, religious belief (a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny) "he lost his faith but not his morality"
  * S: (n) religion, faith, organized religion (an institution to express belief in a divine power) "he was raised in the Baptist religion"; "a member of his own faith contradicted him"
  
  By the very definition, atheists do not have a religion.

• On the post: Blaming Users When You Screw Up

  

  Phillip Vector ( profile ), 15 Jun, 2010 @ 07:20am

  Re: Re: Re: Pathetic

  It makes no sense because it makes no sense. ;)

• On the post: Blaming Users When You Screw Up

  

  Phillip Vector ( profile ), 15 Jun, 2010 @ 07:20am

  Re: Re: Re: Pathetic

  The idea when running a game (I'm a LARP game developer and have quite a bit of experience with game world economies) is that you never want to take things away from the players. It reduces their want to continue to get "money".
  
  What they should have done is to keep the economy stable (if this amount would've thrown it off by to much) is to give everyone the money and then raise the prices on things. Yes, people would've still complained, but they just got some extra money, so it would be less of a sting to them.
  
  Over time then, slowly remove the money from the economy and generally lower prices to match being careful not to have any inflation. Once the money is removed (as the players themselves remove it and not the "gods"), things will be back to normal except the users will remember when they got some extra money and had fun with it.
  
  TLDR: Balance the Economy by increasing the money in circulation. Not by removing it and causing users to get upset.

• On the post: Blaming Users When You Screw Up

  

  Phillip Vector ( profile ), 15 Jun, 2010 @ 07:07am

  Re: Pathetic

  Oh.. and your comment of..
  
  "All of you guys who are whining are simply whining"
  
  makes no sense. If you are whining, you are whining. Here. I have a facebook group for you to join..
  
  http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/group.php?gid=336697012237

• On the post: Blaming Users When You Screw Up

  

  Phillip Vector ( profile ), 15 Jun, 2010 @ 07:05am

  Re: Pathetic

  So how were the users expected to separate a promotion to bring in more people and a promotion to.. well.. move people over to facebook?
  
  Honestly, I think TechDirt should allow insiders to see what domain someone posts from and what domains they have posted from before because I suspect Michael that you would show up from Zynga.

• On the post: Success Of Free D&D Online Leads To Free Lord Of The Rings Online, Too

  

  Phillip Vector ( profile ), 07 Jun, 2010 @ 02:20pm

  Re: Re:

  He's not your friend, guy.

• On the post: MLB Looks To Sue Annoying Commenters

  

  Phillip Vector ( profile ), 05 Jun, 2010 @ 07:32am

  Re: MLB Looks To Sue Annoying Commenters

  Once you involve the courts, it becomes a 1st Amendment rights issue.
  
  For example, Mike can choose to delete this comment if he wishes. No violation there.
  
  If Mike sues me because of me posting, then (assuming he wins), it would be the justice system (hence, the government) telling me I can't post... That's when the courts overstepped their bounds.

• On the post: And We're Off: Hurt Locker Files First 5,000 Lawsuits Against File Sharers

  

  Phillip Vector ( profile ), 28 May, 2010 @ 04:08pm

  Re: Re: Extortion

  Well, how does it differ from blackmail then? Same line of reasoning?
  
  I mean, if I tell someone, "Pay me or else I will tell the cops what you did"... That is blackmail. Isn't it?

• On the post: And We're Off: Hurt Locker Files First 5,000 Lawsuits Against File Sharers

  

  Phillip Vector ( profile ), 28 May, 2010 @ 03:17pm

  Re: Extortion

  I did find this.. But this seems to put it clearly into illegal activity to the letter senders...
  
  The Hobbs Act defines "extortion" as "the obtaining of property from another, with his consent, induced by wrongful use of actual or threatened force, violence, or fear, or under color of official right." 18 U.S.C. S 1951(b)(2).

• On the post: And We're Off: Hurt Locker Files First 5,000 Lawsuits Against File Sharers

  

  Phillip Vector ( profile ), 28 May, 2010 @ 03:16pm

  Extortion

  I am curious. How does this differ from actual extortion (if at all)? Why can't the people who got letters sue for extortion?

• On the post: Mayor Gets City Council To Pass Law Demanding Critical Website Get Shut Down

  

  Phillip Vector ( profile ), 26 May, 2010 @ 01:51pm

  This town I consider my hometown (actually, it was Roebling which was the next town south, but Bordentown was the nearest "big" town near me).
  
  I feel ashamed all of a sudden.

• On the post: The Mathematics Of Proving (Or Disproving) Identity Fraud

  

  Phillip Vector ( profile ), 20 May, 2010 @ 05:04pm

  Re: Re: Credit card numbers

  Having worked in the CC industry, I can assure you, AOL would have used the checksum. If what you are saying is true from your point of view, then they were stolen credit card numbers.

• On the post: Hurt Locker Producer Says That Criticizing His Plan To Sue Fans Means You're A Moron And A Thief

  

  Phillip Vector ( profile ), 19 May, 2010 @ 09:43am

  Re: Missed Opportunity

  Where exactly do you see him saying he was downloading it or refusing to pay for it (except when he said he was boycotting the persons work)?
  
  He gave no argument for or against downloading the movie.

• On the post: German Court Says You Must Secure Your WiFi Or You May Get Fined

  

  Phillip Vector ( profile ), 12 May, 2010 @ 01:38pm

  Re: Re:

  YEAH! Those coffee houses that have seats in them to entice people to drink their coffee in the place (and perhaps get them to buy more stuff when the caffeine kicks in) shouldn't be allowed to have them. They are only used by people who want to sit down for free.

• On the post: If It's May It's Time For The Press To Parrot Bogus Stats Announcement From The BSA

  

  Phillip Vector ( profile ), 12 May, 2010 @ 12:52pm

  Re: Re: Penn and Teller said it best..

  Sorry.. I was under the impression that just saying "First" was not allowed. I didn't. I included a link about the topic (or at least, somewhat on topic).
  
  If saying the word First is not allowed at all in the first post, then please change the word to "Top Post". Thank you. ;)

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