I'll ask MasJ.Quote:
Originally Posted by Darklinky
I'm sure he knows. :wacko:
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I'll ask MasJ.Quote:
Originally Posted by Darklinky
I'm sure he knows. :wacko:
Not sure if I'm allowed to give that kind of info, not that it's any secret.. but I can say it's not the US.
Shhhhh!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Cookie Beast
Well, CB, now that you have partially let the cat out of the bag anyhow, I may as well fess-up: EmuParadise is, in fact, being run from a small laptop in the basement of this very building.
They work steadfast, down there, and only require that I leave a platter of various cookies and a case of beer at the top of the stairs each morning...
I can second this.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cookie Beast
Just spoke to MasJ a few minutes ago on FB. :wacko:
YOU FOOL! THE WORLD AROUND ME IS GOING WHITE AND OBJECTS ARE REVERTING TO DRAWINGS! YOU REVEALED THE SECRET OF REALITY, YOU KILL US ALL YOU MONSQuote:
Originally Posted by Cookie Beast
This bill would kill the US
what teh fuck are they thinking?
Well, I'm thinking that policy makers loooooove money, and private firms have a lot of money.Quote:
Originally Posted by rok124
Probably not gonna pass, but here's praying anyway.
Should we play a game of "Guess The Location"?Quote:
Originally Posted by Cookie Beast
The MOON (that would be awesome)
That wouldn't be surprising. It's a total anarchy out there! :wacko:
You can't stop piracy, there's just no way. And this bill isn't going to do anything but make pirates have to enter the IP address of a website instead of the normal URL. All it's going to do is harm non-piracy oriented sites. Youtube, Facebook, and other similar sites will be blocked because of the way this bill is worded. The saddest part is the people voting on it more or less said they don't know jack about how this will effect the internet. I doubt the bill will pass, but the fact that it was proposed in the first place is depressing.
Instead of trying to censor the internet, companies like the RIAA and MPAA need to give people a better reason to want to buy movies and music. I understand that piracy does hurt industries, but when we're being force-fed shitty products 90% of the time it shouldn't come as a surprise that sales are down. I'm not going to spend $20 on a CD or DVD/Blu-Ray unless I'm absolutely sure it's worth it.
THIS.Quote:
Originally Posted by Qwelzaar
And, a word from the man himself, to underline your point:
Quote:
It's funny how the music industry is enraged about the Internet and the way things are copied without being paid for. But you know why people steal the music? Because they can't afford the music.
--Tom Petty
Meh. An informal study I read recently in Scientific American was done by the articles author. He wrote a computer tech manual and simultaneously with the sales release he put the book out as a free PDF. What he found was that the book sold much better than expected and a large number of consumers said that they had read the PDF and decided to buy the book. Point being, put out a good product and people will pay for, even if they have pirated it to make sure that it is worthwhile.
Either that, or they are broke and will enjoy the pirated copy and wish the creators well.
Also, why wasn't this a big deal before CDs came along? Mixtapes were everywhere and nobody ever cried about that.
Actually, it was in Britain at least: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Ta..._Killing_MusicQuote:
Originally Posted by skullpoker
I don't know about other countries though.