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  • On the post: Church Of England To Sue Sony For In Game Use Of Cathedral?

    norman619 ( profile ), 11 Jun, 2007 @ 10:38am

    Re:

    As far as I know they don't. They only need permission to use the names of teh locations since names are usually copyrighted. I have't heard of a location being copyrighted. But still doing research on the subject.

  • On the post: Church Of England To Sue Sony For In Game Use Of Cathedral?

    norman619 ( profile ), 11 Jun, 2007 @ 10:35am

    Re: Your law, lawyer.

    Yeah this smells a great deal like the Muslims getting their panties all up in a bunch over the cartoons. Just not as over the top.

  • On the post: Church Of England To Sue Sony For In Game Use Of Cathedral?

    norman619 ( profile ), 11 Jun, 2007 @ 09:35am

    Re: Re: Norman619

    Sorry but you obviously never been to Los Angeles. GTA: San Andreas was based on LA. Many of the locations in the game were real places in Los Angeles. I should knwo since I spent many years there and I have actually played the game. GTA4 is set in Liberty City which is based on NYC. If you bothered to actually do a little research you'd see this. They have recreated many location from NYC in the game VERY well. If you do a search you will find many sites where they compare the real locations to screen shots of the virtual ones. So your argument holds no water.

  • On the post: Church Of England To Sue Sony For In Game Use Of Cathedral?

    norman619 ( profile ), 11 Jun, 2007 @ 09:32am

    Filming

    I know you have to get the permission of the owners to film on their property but do you need their permission to recreate the location virtually(CG)? The only reason I am aware of for the permission for filming is tresspassing. I have recreated many real world locations as game levels in many games as mods. I have even done some film quialty shorts set in real world locations. I thought I was pretty well versed in copyright law. Anyone here know anything about this? I am honestly curious.

  • On the post: Church Of England To Sue Sony For In Game Use Of Cathedral?

    norman619 ( profile ), 11 Jun, 2007 @ 09:22am

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    Nice. You can't come up with a valid counter argument so you make a personal attack... You show me where architectual layout is protected by copyright and where some org has successfully made this kind of silly argument and I will glady say I am wrong. But until you can do this I say STFU and get a clue.

    Oh, please try to stop transfering your own shortcumings to me.

  • On the post: Church Of England To Sue Sony For In Game Use Of Cathedral?

    norman619 ( profile ), 11 Jun, 2007 @ 09:19am

    Re:

    Nope they wouldn't They may own the rights to the name but that's about it.

  • On the post: Church Of England To Sue Sony For In Game Use Of Cathedral?

    norman619 ( profile ), 11 Jun, 2007 @ 09:18am

    Re: I'll side with the church on this one

    My god you must have had some contact with Mr. Thomason above. You seem to be suffering from the same ailment as he. Again the cure for this is a healthy dose of reality. I suggest you take a double dose.

  • On the post: Church Of England To Sue Sony For In Game Use Of Cathedral?

    norman619 ( profile ), 11 Jun, 2007 @ 09:14am

    Re:

    LOL!!! So it's illegal to depict virtual violence in a virtual recreation of a real place? Sir you seem to he suffering from a terminal case of head-up-your-arse. But you are in luck. The cure for this condition is a healthy dose or reality.

  • On the post: Church Of England To Sue Sony For In Game Use Of Cathedral?

    norman619 ( profile ), 11 Jun, 2007 @ 09:11am

    Re: If it were Islam

    Do they have a "Valid compliant?" Hell no. Sorry but you are nuts. This is no different than GTA being set in NYC. Can Rockstar get sued for that? Nope. Last I checked Churches are not copyrighted. Plus since these are RENDERINGS not photos. It's a virtual recreation of the place. You sir are without a clue.

  • On the post: Congresswoman From LA Wants State Dept. To Promote American Movies At US Embassies

    norman619 ( profile ), 09 Jun, 2007 @ 04:05pm

    Re: murder still illegal?

    A weight problem is a sign of how well that country is doing. I'd take worry about my weight over worry about suicide bombers any day of the week. The original poster is just showing how ignorant he is. I bet his country would be begging for our help if someone came into their playground started whooping up on them. It's funny. If we were "war mongers" then why aren't we in Africa and kicking some ass? That place is ripe for a real war. Because there's nothing in Africa that we have a vested interest in. A better question would be why hasn't YOUR country stepped up and done something about all the innocents being slaughtered in Africa? Oh yeah you are waiting fo rthe US to step in first so you can talk more shit THEN begg to be allowed to proffit from the conflict. STFU

  • On the post: Court Wants To Hear The Case Of The Second Life Land Deal Gone Bad

    norman619 ( profile ), 04 Jun, 2007 @ 07:56am

    Re: Shouldn't you keep quiet if you don't know any

    It's still a game. Much like WoW and others where virtual items get bought and sold in the real world. Doesn't change anything. It's a joke that this is being heard by real world courts. This should be heard by a 2nd Life court and dealt with entirly withing that virtual world. There are rules in place in that world from what I understand that address this kind of situation. I'm amazed motions to dismiss were denied.

  • On the post: Court Wants To Hear The Case Of The Second Life Land Deal Gone Bad

    norman619 ( profile ), 04 Jun, 2007 @ 07:36am

    This can't be real....

    I'm I missing something here? This is a GAME right? How can this be a real life court case? I'm sorry but shit like this doesn't help keep gamers from looking like complete loosers, idiots, and lunatics. I hope the judge throws this out and as part of his judgement he assigns each party a nice pimp slap back into the 1st Life. WTF!?

  • On the post: Report: Move To Bring Back The Fairness Doctrine Gaining Steam

    norman619 ( profile ), 17 May, 2007 @ 11:24am

    This is just an attempt to kill off opposing views

    Give me a break. There already ARE opposing views on the radio. Fact is those shows supplying the oppsing views are doing really poorly. Why is that? They don't have many listeners. Whay is that? Becasue peopel don't want to listen to them. Seems pretty fair to me already. The market has already spoken. Most radio listeners seem to like the conservative talk shows. If this weren't the case the top shows wouldn't the shows the left just love to smear. So let's force peopel to listen to things they have already made very clear they don't want to hear. There is a reason the liberal shows don't do nearly as well as the conservative shows do. The majority of listeners simply don't like the liberal shows. I see thing unfair about that.

  • On the post: Run For Cover: Wal-Mart To Invade Electronics Market

    norman619 ( profile ), 14 May, 2007 @ 11:14am

    Not Just A Walmart Issue...

    Thank god I never go into one of these huge stores blind. The gripes I see here about the uninformed employees of Walmart apply to ANY huge store. For example Fry's is just as bad, if not worse, than Walmart in their sales associate quality. Fry's is the Toy 'R' Us for adults for those unaquainted with them. You have to do your own research before heading into these stores. On more than one occasion I found myslef educating fellow shoppers in these stores on what they are looking for. The deer in the headlights look was unmistakable.

  • On the post: That Fake Rolex You Buy In China May Cost You More Than The Real Thing

    norman619 ( profile ), 10 May, 2007 @ 07:15am

    Re: rolex

    Like nothing was really done since the MANUFACTURER is the one pumping this stuff out. Busting a man who wasn't going to sell this crap in the first place does nothing at all to help FOLEX. :-) This is like how the police bust street corner drug dealers but can't do jack about the suppliers. Same shit different look. But in this case they busted the equivilent to a medical marijuana user. How stupid is this?

  • On the post: ABC, ESPN To Put Shows On Cable VOD Systems — But You Gotta Watch The Ads

    norman619 ( profile ), 08 May, 2007 @ 02:27pm

    Re:

    These bundles are precisely why I am leaning towards cancelling my TV service. I only watch maybe 5 channels but in order to get these channels, all commercial supported btw, I am forced to buy over 100 channels I never watch. I suspect I am not in the minority. So how is this building a huge audience for those garbage channels?

  • On the post: ABC, ESPN To Put Shows On Cable VOD Systems — But You Gotta Watch The Ads

    norman619 ( profile ), 08 May, 2007 @ 02:22pm

    Re: Re: It's a start

    What do you think that nifty cable broadband connection comes in handy for? Not for downloading commercials. Oh wait I have downlaoded some commercials in the past. If the advertisers wanted to they could make the ads worth watching. I have a subscription to a service which sends me a DVD each month full of some of the most amazing and entertaining commercials gathered from all over the world. When I watch them and the making of featuretts I often wish more commercials were as good as these. If most advertisers don't want to put a little more effort into makeing the ads they really can't expect me to sit through really boring and often anoying ads and curse them for wasting my time.

  • On the post: ABC, ESPN To Put Shows On Cable VOD Systems — But You Gotta Watch The Ads

    norman619 ( profile ), 08 May, 2007 @ 02:11pm

    Re: DVR isnt so great

    "DVR is not as great as you think it may be. The problem with DVR is the # of tuners and the # of concurrent recording streams.

    Many people can only record 1 show at a time with a DVR. What happens when there are two shows that come on at the same time that you want to watch? Now you have to choose one over the other. "


    You would be hard pressed to find 3 shows you like which happen to air at the same time. Unless you watch any old thing that comes on. Most DVR's come with 2 tuners which allow you to record 2 shows. If there is a 3rd show guess what? Most households have more than one TV in them. :-) 2 shows recording while you watch your 3rd show on another set. I used to work for Time Warner Cable and most of our customers have multiple DRVs. So I fal to see this problem you speak of...

  • On the post: ABC, ESPN To Put Shows On Cable VOD Systems — But You Gotta Watch The Ads

    norman619 ( profile ), 08 May, 2007 @ 02:05pm

    I don't see the value...

    Why would I choose to watch their On Demand recording and be forced to watch ads when I can simply record the show when it airs with my DVR then skip through the ads? Am I missing something? This would be something I'd use on those very few occasions when my DVR's programming get's messed up and doesn't record a show. And then only if it was free. If I have to pay for this guess what I'll be doing? Torrents anyone?

  • On the post: Yet Another Newspaper Publisher Blames Internet For His Own Failure To Adapt To The Times

    norman619 ( profile ), 08 May, 2007 @ 01:47pm

    News Paper

    I cancelled my subscription after realising I was getting most of my news from the internet and radio. Why would I pay for old news? By the time the news papers get the word out it's no longer news. I remember the sales person trying like crazy to keep me. They damn near offered to give the paper to me for free. Times are chaning. The days of waiting for the news paper to find out what's going on in the world have gone. We get an almost real time feed of what's goign on via your internet connection and radio. Print will never be able to compete with this.

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