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[increpare]

Here's a current amusement related to intellectual property

If you want to register a song at GEMA (RIAA, ASCAP of Germany) you have to fill in a form for each sample you use, even the tiniest bit. On 12 Sept 08, German Avantgarde musician Johannes Kreidler will —as a live performance event—register a short musical work that contains 70,200 quotations with GEMA using 70,200 forms.

[Paul Eres]

I also saw this today. There are companies that take any 3D model you send them (apparently excepting adult items) and "print" it in a 3D printer, creating a physical object, and send it to you. It's pretty limited and isn't really an ability to clone objects, but it's an ability to create identical objects based on a design.

[Dacke]

I also saw this today. There are companies that take any 3D model you send them (apparently excepting adult items) and "print" it in a 3D printer, creating a physical object, and send it to you. It's pretty limited and isn't really an ability to clone objects, but it's an ability to create identical objects based on a design.

I must ask this question, because I honestly want to know the answer:
Do you think that this company should be considered illegal?

[Paul Eres]

First of all, I never said I agreed with copyright law, so I don't know why you think I think piracy should be illegal. I just think it's immoral and destructive. I also think racism is immoral and destructive, but I don't think it should be illegal.

Second, why should it be a bad thing to create 3D objects from design? The only problem would be if they started reproducing the works of people against their wishes, only then would they become immoral and destructive, and as far as I can see they haven't reproduced a work without anyone's permission yet. Just because they can do something doesn't mean that they will, some people (and even some companies) have respect for creators and have a code of ethics that they live by.

[Dacke]

I thank you for your answer

[Paul Eres]

Although keep in mind that I'm a voluntaryist (which is a kind of anarchist, basically) so I don't believe *anything* should be illegal. You'd get the same answer to me no matter what the crime was.

[Dreamerdude26]

If you want people to buy your game, make a good game. There have been far too many times, especially now a days, that games get hyped up so much to be the next big thing only to end up being pieces of crap.

[Don Andy]

If you want people to buy your game, make a good game. There have been far too many times, especially now a days, that games get hyped up so much to be the next big thing only to end up being pieces of crap.

Most of the game you seem to be referring to here ARE good games, just not as good as everyone falsely wanted them to be. Which is the definition of hype.

Overhyping a game is 50% the publisher's (or whoever does the marketing) and 50% the gamers fault. The publisher because he often gives only vague and exaggerated information and the gamer because he takes these vague pieces of information and pieces them together in an utopian image of what he wants the game to be.

And that of course leads to major disappointments.

Also, I HOPED IT WAS DEAD. WHY? WHY?

[KennEH!]

I'm a big pirate (almost as much as my gentlemanliness). I do have rules though. If I'm going to use what was downloaded a good amount of times, and I can get it (other country stuff or credit card stuff is hard to get) then I will buy it. My main problem is a lot of stuff I get is crap, or only good for a couple hours, a waste. Oh, and Microsoft programs, because they are thieving whores.