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• On the post: The Pirate Bay Claims It's Going To Host The Site Via Drones Flying Over International Waters

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 19 Mar, 2012 @ 06:28pm

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  ^This.
  
  made me lol so hard, for being so true :D

• On the post: Why Hollywood's Six Strike Plan Should Be Investigated For Antitrust Violations

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 19 Mar, 2012 @ 06:26pm

  Re: Re: Private Antitrust Remedies Under U.S. Law

  What I think is "piracy" and what you think is "piracy" are probably two completely different things, it's a broad subject and I don't want the **AA to interpret it for me, if anything that's the governments job.

• On the post: Why Hollywood's Six Strike Plan Should Be Investigated For Antitrust Violations

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 19 Mar, 2012 @ 06:24pm

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  nah these trolls couldn't actually believe anything they say, it's just too ridiculous! He's just spouting BS to get people riled up, hence the whole troll thing.

• On the post: Indian Court Orders 104 Sites Censored Based On The Say So Of The Indian Music Industry

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 19 Mar, 2012 @ 01:56pm

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  COLA

• On the post: Indian Court Orders 104 Sites Censored Based On The Say So Of The Indian Music Industry

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 19 Mar, 2012 @ 01:52pm

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  agreed

• On the post: Indian Court Orders 104 Sites Censored Based On The Say So Of The Indian Music Industry

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 19 Mar, 2012 @ 10:16am

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  "That it's better to let 50 guilty men go free than put even ONE innocent man (or woman or child) behind bars, right?"
  
  hmmm debatable, but I agree the AC's analogy doesn't hold. considering what really matters here is that the sites were censored without due process, irregardless of their innocence/non-innocence.

• On the post: Indian Court Orders 104 Sites Censored Based On The Say So Of The Indian Music Industry

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 19 Mar, 2012 @ 10:06am

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  Because kids dont got money! duh!

• On the post: Indian Court Orders 104 Sites Censored Based On The Say So Of The Indian Music Industry

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 19 Mar, 2012 @ 10:03am

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  I think you meant "As much as I despise" right? :)

• On the post: Indian Court Orders 104 Sites Censored Based On The Say So Of The Indian Music Industry

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 19 Mar, 2012 @ 10:00am

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  notice my use of "suspected" here

• On the post: Indian Court Orders 104 Sites Censored Based On The Say So Of The Indian Music Industry

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 19 Mar, 2012 @ 09:57am

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  1 man is suspected of murder ergo throw him and 5 others in jail.

• On the post: Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 18 Mar, 2012 @ 04:28pm

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  I do the same thing sometimes :D

• On the post: What To Do When Facebook Suggests You Become Friends With Your Husband's Other Wife

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 15 Mar, 2012 @ 05:06pm

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  oops, did the first wife get recommended the second* wife on facebook or vise versa?

• On the post: What To Do When Facebook Suggests You Become Friends With Your Husband's Other Wife

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 15 Mar, 2012 @ 05:05pm

  Wait, did the first wife get recommended the first wife on facebook, or vise versa? it's not really clear. also which one called his mother? that wasn't really clear either.

• On the post: Valve's Comprehensive Strategy Shows How To Go From Fee To Free… And Increase Revenue Twelve-fold

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 13 Mar, 2012 @ 03:30pm

  Video Game Renaissance

  The video game market is a perfect example of content creators practicing the Reason to Buy and Connect with Fans model, and doing it right! There are so many examples of "free" or "name your price" games out there that even the trolls can't deny it by saying things like "it doesn't work for everybody..." or "You can't compete with free..."
  
  For example the Humble Indie Bundle. Proof that anybody, even indie developers, can offer their product DRM free with a reason to buy (charity) and make a bunch of money off it!

• On the post: Valve's Comprehensive Strategy Shows How To Go From Fee To Free… And Increase Revenue Twelve-fold

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 13 Mar, 2012 @ 03:25pm

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  "Just let me pay a known dollar amount upfront rather than nickel and diming me to death later - at least I know up front how much it will cost me to complete a game versus investing 20 hours and finding out I need to buy more crap to complete the objectives."
  
  Well, like mike said, Valve took great measures to ensure that TF2 would NOT be a pay2win game, all the purchases are OPTIONAL and do not effect gameplay that significantly at all. I think what you have a problem with is not in game purchases but rather a game that makes itself out to be "free" but rather requires some sort of payment to advance a.k.a a "pay2win" game.
  
  "Why doesn't the article give the details on how they calculated the increased revenue? Was the increase based on quarterly sales? What periods were considered? Need more details before I can determine if this is just a propaganda piece."
  
  The claim was in the Gamasutra article he linked to. From what I gather the claim was made by Valve's Joe Ludwig during GDC.
  
  here's the article if your to lazy to find it up there:
  http://gamasutra.com/view/news/164922/GDC_2012_How_Valve_made_Team_Fortress_2_freetoplay.php

• On the post: Valve's Comprehensive Strategy Shows How To Go From Fee To Free… And Increase Revenue Twelve-fold

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 13 Mar, 2012 @ 02:53pm

  Re: Bill's Hat

  I'll give you a million dollars for that hat!
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEvabcZfZIw&feature=related

• On the post: Valve's Comprehensive Strategy Shows How To Go From Fee To Free… And Increase Revenue Twelve-fold

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 13 Mar, 2012 @ 02:49pm

  Re: Re: DRM and Paywall!

  ^This

• On the post: Valve's Comprehensive Strategy Shows How To Go From Fee To Free… And Increase Revenue Twelve-fold

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 13 Mar, 2012 @ 02:39pm

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  Yeah, I throw so much money at Valve, those other companies should take a hint and start taking down notes on all the stuff Valve has done right! including the things that they did wrong (Portal 2 ARG... such a let down...)

• On the post: UK Decides Hollywood, US Gov't's Interests More Important Than Own Citizens; Extradites Student For Linking

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 13 Mar, 2012 @ 02:18pm

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  Don't under sell yourself, your comment was good too :3

• On the post: UK Decides Hollywood, US Gov't's Interests More Important Than Own Citizens; Extradites Student For Linking

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 13 Mar, 2012 @ 11:21am

  I could imagine this perhaps being a civil case, but criminal? that's just ridiculous!

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