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Oh, and all kinds of smrat from author of one of the better books on file sharing (pdf of which is on most trackers ;)
http://thepiratesdilemma.com/the-tao-of-pirates/everybody-lost-the-pirate-bay-trial The fact that they didn�t do so ten years ago cost a generation of artists billions. No-one is ever going to trial for that.
Yup this is a tough question, i mean which zero-nuance extreme-end-of-the-spectrum opinion do I agree with?
On the one hand there is the belief that intellectual property is a harmful legal contrivance, and that the government should not enforce any sort of monopoly rights for intangible creations. Probably the assumption is that, either art would be created in the same volumes as today, or that we don't really need this much art and a smaller supply of free art would be better. I guess if you believe this, you already don't pirate the sorts of art that wouldn't be produced at all without the assurance of copyright protection. On the other hand the the belief that since intellectual property is a good idea in general, then the current state of the copyright law must be the optimal balance between the interests of creators, and the public good. This probably includes a assumption that copyright law isn't written disproportionately by and for the largest copyright-holding corporations. Since the law is the law, you shouldn't infringe copyright. Or jaywalk. Artworks is only a part of the goods that IP applies to. What about games, software, non-fiction books? I wouldn't say that those can be qualified as art (maybe contain some art).
If you haven't noticed yet, the Orange Box is supposedly going for $10 this weekend on Steam.
The experience I had with Steam was quite the opposite but it was a childish post from me so let's just pretend it never happened.
But not the Orange box.
When's Ep3 coming out? Also. The stealing thing. Oh nevermind it's bloody fucking obvious. So much for "episodic content=faster111".
If you're smart, you buy the Orange box from ebay.com. I did so and saved a lot of money. Around half of the official price. Same with L4D: Steam's ripoffer=30 Eur, I got it for 14. If you're smart, you buy the Orange box from ebay.com. I did so and saved a lot of money. Around half of the official price. Same with L4D: Steam's ripoffer=30 Eur, I got it for 14.
Isn't there a risk that someone already has it registered to their steam account? I'd be scared to buy a steam game off eBay, but I don't know if I'm scared for no raisins. Is what happens when a AAA studio who's actually worth the description tries to make an indie game.
I wasn't as bowled over as everyone else, it seems, but its one of those games that will be in almost every 'history of games timeline' together with the Orange Box. Valve really weren't involved that heavily, beyond giving the original narbacular drop dev team desks to work at, a copy of source, and maybe an engine tech dude to work part time.
But they basically take over / consume small dev teams that they like - similar to L4D / Turtle Rock.
3-3 drawn series. 7 over times in 6 games (that's 6 minutes off of having already played a full 7th game). One of the most legendary playoff series ever (especially for a 1st round series)...
And it's not on _any_ UK TV channel! Stupid country. (Bulls vs Celtics for those who don't like awesomeness)
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