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• On the post: Warner Brothers Discovery Merger Continues To Be A Shitshow For The Ages

  

  LostInLoDOS ( profile ), 22 Sep, 2022 @ 01:11pm

  I’m thinking of property access. The ability to bring franchises together and grow them. Disney buying Fox’s entertainment assets has provided some fantastic opportunities in art.

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  LostInLoDOS ( profile ), 22 Sep, 2022 @ 01:02pm

  The only way marvel bombs out completely is if they take some PC spin and change the property‘s history. Marvel is full of alternative characters to begin with. And has always pushed the boundaries from just off to the side. and even when they throw in bizarre, What If isn’t exactly a failure. As for star wars, you can’t “leave behind” skywalker in the future because the family is the core of universe. Npi. But you can ‘move on’ and that’s exactly what they need to do. Moving away from the dictatorship of the Jedi order and exploring the force and its adherents.

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  LostInLoDOS ( profile ), 22 Sep, 2022 @ 12:49pm

  About them? I don’t know off hand. Disney, Marvel… we get all the properties under the same banner. And there have been quality compilation properties since. Such combinations and crossovers if done correctly could be great for consumers. I don’t know about you, but I’ll happily pay a few bucks more for a chance to watch Wolverine continually dismember Deadpool while Groot runs off with his body parts. 😃 And it’s the hope for these types of properties that make them, at least in theory, less-evil.

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  LostInLoDOS ( profile ), 22 Sep, 2022 @ 12:43pm

  What works in theatrical movies and streaming? Big IP

  Big properties, yes. Big titles? For theatres yes. For digital sales, yes. For streaming… not so much. Big films creat very brief jumps in subscriber numbers, not revenue. One of the reasons Netflix is playing with advertising. A big film will get a some-odd percentage increase. Nearly all of them terminate before the trial period expires. However, as we have seen with Marvel (quality) series are retention gold.

• On the post: 5th Circuit Rewrites A Century Of 1st Amendment Law To Argue Internet Companies Have No Right To Moderate

  

  LostInLoDOS ( profile ), 22 Sep, 2022 @ 12:36pm

  prove that unconstitutional laws can be defeated no matter how long it takes

  Absolutely. But ultimately they chose the ratings systems instead. It was simply wise financially. Interesting you mention Sega, the first to capitulate, enacting their own rating system. The point being… despite options, in the real world companies tend to take the least expensive route they can. Right or wrong, a simple threat works more often than not. Would the likes of twitter or Facebook fight back? Maybe.

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  LostInLoDOS ( profile ), 22 Sep, 2022 @ 12:34pm

  …also don’t think that ruling says much about how this current case will go.

  One big aspect we see with this court, currently, is a strong support for the constitution. To be clear I strongly and deeply believe in states’s rights because that level of separation continues down to my own property. Anything (including rights) not set forth in the constitution and not set by law is open to lower regulation and/or interpretation. Right to free speech is codified. Clearly. Forced speech is a violation of free expression because it places a requirement to self-express contrary to intent of will. Not only do I want these state laws before this very court; as I said I’m begging for another Zicari (Black)/XMedia type case to end up there. I have nearly no concern these cases would would be judged under the constitution and put an end to both compelled speech AND compelled censorship.

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  LostInLoDOS ( profile ), 22 Sep, 2022 @ 10:42am

  We could just drill for our own oil. We really do have more than enough to last a long time!

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  LostInLoDOS ( profile ), 22 Sep, 2022 @ 10:19am

  Price/service issue not withstanding: There are benefits in media mergers for consumers. The Disney merger brought Marvel under on owner. As a single example. There will clearly be potential benefits in content options here too. If they use the IP. Unfortunately the consumer is usually the least concern for big companies.

• On the post: Ohio Supreme Court Says There’s Nothing Wrong With Cops Seizing A $31,000 Truck Over An $850 Criminal Offense

  

  LostInLoDOS ( profile ), 22 Sep, 2022 @ 10:11am

  https://www.techdirt.com/2022/09/21/ohio-supreme-court-says-theres-nothing-wrong-with-cops-seizing-a-31000-truck-over-an-850-criminal-offense/ There’s an invisible line in balancing public safety and private property rights. Where a flat out theft of private property should always be frowned upon. A wiser solution is to terminate the driver’s license and hold a forced sale of the item. Where in the owner is not not deprived of the value of the property. Without a license the owner is also deprived of most legal ability to purchase a new car.

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  LostInLoDOS ( profile ), 22 Sep, 2022 @ 10:01am

  Many liberals are misunderstanding and over reacting to RvW because they don’t understand legal separations. RvW granted a right in practice that did not and does not exist in law. It’s up to the federal congress to set federal law. In the absence of a federal law, the state law is pinnacle. This has nothing to do with current party politics. As it stands the court has a majority of the court is both strong constitutionalists and pro-separation of power. That’s a good thing. It is highly unlikely this court will carve out free speech restrictions. I half-hope a real obscenity case winds up before them before (if) the Democrats expand the court. As an end all be all to speech restrictions in law. A combined pair of cases that strike down compelled speech AND removes “obscenity” restrictions would clearly and completely open up the ability of artists.

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  LostInLoDOS ( profile ), 21 Sep, 2022 @ 02:13pm

  I’d go with Salo if we’re being honest. But the bible is definitely one of the most violent collections of short stories ever compiled. Too bad the “editors” decided to “moderate” out all the good stuff! I mean if you want porn you have Susana, Solomon, and Sofia. The semi-official Gnostic legends, in order: Lesbianism and beastiality Gay relations A fallen Angel, the first witch, who raped women and then stole their baby. Which could technically be the first “trans” story. Lol. I mean, well… never mind. Go look it up. Or watch some hentai. ;)

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  LostInLoDOS ( profile ), 21 Sep, 2022 @ 02:04pm

  Cal, Fl and TX prove laws get passed despite the constitution. With the likes of hilary Clinton, Jack Thompson, and former candidate Lieberman all blowing wind… companies we’re worried. This was still off the back of the PMRC nonsense. The industry may have “recovered” but they were far from fiscally secure. Nobody wanted to be the one to deal with a constitutional lawsuit.

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  LostInLoDOS ( profile ), 20 Sep, 2022 @ 09:27pm

  Cpu-> couls

• On the post: Musk’s Starlink Says It’s ‘Unfair’ The FCC Pulled $886 Million In Subsidies Musk Claims He Doesn’t Want Anyway

  

  LostInLoDOS ( profile ), 20 Sep, 2022 @ 09:26pm

  Right conclusion wrong reason

  “not many struggling, rural households can afford a $710 first month bill”

  It’s an urban/suburban misnomer that rural communities are “struggling“ based on income reporting. You’re talking about locations where a 3 bed 3 bath house is under $50k on multiple acres. The cost of living in a city has no comparison to rural America. A penthouse living American in NY or Chicago or LA spends more in 4 month on just “basic needs” than an average rural family of 4 spends in a year. It’s part of the reason I keep pointing out to the more urban, greater-city-area people that their need for higher wages doesn’t translate on a fully national level. The national average price for Angus today is $8.50ish per pound. Remove the cities and surrounding suburban areas that price plummets to $6 But if I drive 2 hours west or south I can go to a local store and grab local beef slaughtered yesterday for just $4 per pound Struggling is an offensive term to rural communities. The only place rural life is struggling is the awful oil prices. ———————————— That bit of cultural education out of the way: Starlink, At its price, is never going to make a dent in rural areas. $1320+ per year? That higher than property tax on a 10 acre property!!!! There’s no way that is going to work out.

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  LostInLoDOS ( profile ), 20 Sep, 2022 @ 08:24pm

  By the same token, shouldn’t the platform that will carry the speech have the right to choose…being forced…

  Absolutely? I am completely against forced speech. Nearly as much as against censorship. forced to either carry or not carry DOOM Eternal⁠— Doom was a big issue when I was a Guide (moderator) on AOL. My primary location was the VGS category. In fact, it was an early situation of dealing with ugc. Some of the most downloaded files were compressed partial conversions for Doom. Some of the best seen anywhere, and later part of paid collections, took the level of satanic imagery to the extreme. Blood, gore, and sacrilege. Properly classing items was a nightmare. Sorting titles kept most with a disclaimer in the standard VGS area. Others got moved to short-lasting Adults Hangout area under \games

  I can guess that this position might rub you the wrong way,

  It doesn’t actually. In supporting the right to refuse, I equally endorse the right to protest. And would hope enough fans, users, whatever can convince companies that they have made an error. A grave error My real problem is in the user not knowing. Not knowing up front something is different, and exactly what that is. From a developer stand point why something was refused exactly why. So that it can be addressed. Can it be addressed? Can we discuss. But there’s a serious problem when a product is drastically changed and the consumer is unaware. Bunny resulted in a lawsuit. Of which I am party.

  If the law couldn’t stop Nintendo from setting ground rules for Mortal Kombat

  No… but keep in mind the various ratings systems came from threats of government censorship involvement.

  Nintendo has changed how it handles M-rated content.

  Yes, they have. Nintendo pulled a full 180 in rejecting almost all censorship. Becoming a beacon of freedom in handling their system. On top of that, at least with the Japanese site, any modification is clearly detailed, if not always completely. Often with an “including” following ‘has been changed’ from the original, source, submission, etc. Sony is exactly what I fear in all discussions of content restrictions. When a pair of, completely non sexualised, and rarely even noticeable, panties leads to selling a game for $39.99 when half the game is not even reachable…!

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  LostInLoDOS ( profile ), 20 Sep, 2022 @ 07:33pm

  Buy the game?

  One word! Nope. Moving on now.

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  LostInLoDOS ( profile ), 20 Sep, 2022 @ 07:31pm

  No chance in hell that this stuff cpu even be attempted in the Linux, BSSd, or Apple. With some rare hand-compiled exceptions, you simply can’t do it without going to the extreme in changing settings. Nope, these games just won’t come to non-windows computing.

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  LostInLoDOS ( profile ), 20 Sep, 2022 @ 01:25pm

  I’m my lifetime, I’ve had a hard stance. I grew up loving both Horror films, and video games. Both from a very young age. Both with a semi-tolerant to content family. I grew up living punk and metal, quickly growing into extreme metal. In my life time they came for my My movies. My music. My games. My internet. I don’t care what political opinion attacks something. As soon as someone calls for a boycott or ban, I am on a mission to find and consume whatever it is. I’ve always been against censorship for that history. BUT what sent me over the edge on a crusade of sorts, was Sony. Their censorship (and yes, a Japanese representative used that exact word, in Japanese, publicly more than once), had taken what has become one of my all time favourite games, Bunny Must Die, and made it unplayable. BMD is a Metroidvania throwback staring a young teen girl. With a difficult but necessary rolling summersault flip jump. And Sony destroyed it. All because developers decided that a teen in a short dress should cover her crotch and not expose it. Rather than, say, lengthen the skirt, match colour the panties, any logical method… or even not carry the game at all, they removed the jump. Part of the blame falls on the developers for agreeing… sure. But it showed me the head-in-arse levels Sony would mandate. It’s not the only game literally ruined by Sony. But it was my trigger. YouTube is filled with pissed off gamers ranting about legitimate Sony censorship issues. Even more for less game-breaking reasons. After living through the PMRC and ESRB issues, I see yet again government involvement in a place it has no business. Either side, more or less. Because game ratings were all but a direct mandate from the government. And as such they have forced a tempering of games released. Then, Sony went a step further. Like Prime editing videos, neither inform the consumer up front. And that is where my ‘content restrictions should be ‘explicit’ comes from. When the MPA rates a movie they list a “for” When the esrb rates a game they list a “contains” I understand there are, major, issues in such a method on a living changing service… but it’s where I’m coming from. I want to know exactly what has been removed and why. That alone is why my default is always some sort of collapsing. I believe that the viewer should have the choice to view the content. And not be forced That’s exactly and completely the opposite of forcing speech.

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  LostInLoDOS ( profile ), 20 Sep, 2022 @ 12:36pm

  I will also try my best moving forward to reduce my default use of censorship regarding moderation, seeing as how many crapstacks are misusing it in their inability to understand private property law. We’re clearly not all castle doctrine libertarians

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  LostInLoDOS ( profile ), 20 Sep, 2022 @ 12:28pm

  What part is wrong? Months of CNN commentators stating the story was planted Russian disinformation? That most other news broadcasts said the same thing! Or that the laptop was 100% real and lead to current proceedings towards legal processes. Then again, I stated I don’t believe full complete, accurate, factual coverage of the laptop should have made any change the election. Despite what Republican think, a large portion of this population is immune to concerns about political misdealings

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