NEWS: WE CAN HAZ LEGAL THREATS?
purplebunny:
Quote from: jolrei on 2008 December 15, 21:15:08
Quote from: seelindarun on 2008 December 15, 20:39:57
Quote from: jolrei on 2008 December 15, 20:14:24
And in any case, all this illegality may exist in USerica, but the internets are not just USerican anymore. What links a Malaysian site has on it, may turn out not to be in this lolyer's area of expertise.
Out of curiosity, do you happen to know what stance Canada takes on intellectual property?
Not really sure with regard to filesharing etc. what Canada's current legislation permits, or doesn't permit. My understanding is that it is somewhat more lenient than the US. For example there are important questions remaining regarding filesharing of music files. Additionally, at the time that the US was pursuing demonoid, Canadian police indicated that this was not a priority for them. The position appears to be that, while it is technically illegal to download a lot of content (including music and games), it is impossible to track all downloaders and to try to do so would be a waste of time and resources. As of 2007, the RCMP (mounties) indicated that piracy for personal use is no longer targeted by the police.
Currently, Canada's laws regarding electronic copyright are extremely lenient. However, new legislation has been proposed in the form of Bill C-61 which would tighten up Canadian copyright law even more restrictively than the DMCA in the US. Fortunately, with a completely dysfunctional Parliament this bit of legislation has fallen by the wayside--for now.
asthehind:
Quote from: seelindarun on 2008 December 15, 21:09:04
I'm wondering about EA's intentions for the store, too. I don't think they'd want to cannibalise EP sales for TS3, but maybe they want to keep milking money out of TS2 now that they're done with EPs? Maybe it's just a hedge against sluggish adoption of TS3?
I agree the percentage of broken objects is astounding. The Store makes TSR look good.
Wait there - the objects are only available to Americans AND they're broken? WTF? There was me thinking the store was just money-grubbing... Now it turns out to be both money-grubbing and incompetant.
And just out of interest, are there any amusing examples of broken objects?
Lord Darcy:
Pescado, perhaps it's prudent to kill a few remaining attachments in those Store threads, just in case? Unlike MediaFire links, they ARE stored directly in cheezeserver, after all.
Quote from: asthehind on 2008 December 15, 21:22:37
And just out of interest, are there any amusing examples of broken objects?
Browse through any of Store threads in Peasantry, and you'll find plenty of examples.
My personal favourite:
Quote from: J. M. Pescado on 2008 July 01, 03:47:46
Behold, the lolpayshit.
Li'l Brudder:
Quote from: wes_h on 2008 December 15, 19:36:18
This is a very troubling trend, the confusion of information and pointers to information. Yes, pointers is a geeky programmer concept, but the address of a brothel can be public information while the brothel remains a private residence for ladies and generous gentlemen. When trouble happens, you don;t eliminate the address, you close the brothel.
Here the concept of requiring links to child pornography be removed is attempting to be extended to links to examples of copyright violation. While you can make an argument that there is an overriding social purpose for obliterating mere references to child pornography, you cannot make the same argument in what is a property rights issue. But it appears that EA would like to do so.
Huh. There's a quandary. Would the copyright law be upheld if the copyright violated was that of child porn?
Callista:
Pescado should be flattered. Apparently, they think he controls the Internet. ::)
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