I'll say this quick because it's late. Part of the reason I'm talking about solutions to this is because the publishing giants are pushing for more and more restrictive protections harsher penalties that try to hold on to obsolete models that were dependent on distribution control they no longer have. I want to be able to…
Honestly, publishers could make it more convenient. Example: I have an illegitimately aquired expansion pack for a game I do own legally, but buying the pack is no longer an option (unless.. Steam?), though I can buy a bundle and pay for the original software again. It's not like the industries have a "donate to relieve…
Neverminding the greevar circus act, I've got a question about IP that I'm unsure of. OpenArena has a Free open-source from-scratch map called 'wrackdm17'. It has the general layout design of q3dm17. Some GNU GPL fans argue that it's perfectly legal because it's an original work created from scratch (which it is), though…
It's not going to be fruitful to try to abolish copyright altogether. There are too many people that find value in it as a system to make a living on art. I don't agree with that belief, but it's not going to change anymore than the the people who share files. We can argue who's right and who's wrong until our sun dies,…
Do you want me to leave? Is that it? Am I so terrible that I shouldn't be allowed to be here? I can't believe this. I tried to move this to where anyone who didn't want to see my comments could just avoid it and you take it upon yourself to come after me and try to shower me with more negativity. I think you must like…
Ahh what the hell... someone might read it. I wouldn't call fire sharing new its older than some of the posters we have here... I think the fact that the industry is still around after such a long battle shows it's managed to minimize it to a point it can survive and for the most part keep moving forward to bigger and…