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March 20, 2013, 02:04:28 PM
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We like investments in Bitcoin, in fact we embrace it as it’s our sole income here at AdaptiveGlass. However some VC money is going to areas of Bitcoin investments that we are not that happy about. We heard it on Good Authority (from the CEO of the DRM bitcoin startup) that at least 5 game makers, including LucasArts and EA are or at least were prior to the SimCity launch intending to fund his Video Game DRM company based on Bitcoin Technology. http://www.adaptiveglass.com/?p=626 |
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Fuzzy
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March 20, 2013, 02:12:50 PM |
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Let them dig their own graves. The problem, if any, lies with the consumers who fund this.
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mccorvic
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March 20, 2013, 02:13:24 PM |
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Wait, people play games from EA still?
But seriously, nothing you can do about it. Even if they, for some reason, use BTC itself it doesn't matter really. Bitcoin is bitcoin and can be used by anyone anywhere for whatever reason.
The best thing you can do is not play crappy games. There's tons of games out there that are much much better. Even if you find a way to "pirate" these games, you're only part of the problem as it encourages the bastards to make more crappy games.
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March 20, 2013, 02:14:08 PM |
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The idea itself is kinda flawed (just patch out the part that sends the DRMcoins - and if they use BTC good luck in getting your money stolen!) and I really don't appreciate the tone of your heading.
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greyhawk
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March 20, 2013, 02:14:48 PM |
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Free market. Deal with it.
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yokosan
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March 20, 2013, 02:14:56 PM |
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Doesn't matter, crackers will always be able to modify the executable and remove the checks.
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March 20, 2013, 02:15:04 PM |
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It's a technology, and it's awesome in and of itself.
Gotta take the good (yay, drugs!) with the bad (damn, DRM!).
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March 20, 2013, 02:17:03 PM |
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Meh. As much as I deplore DRM in all its forms, Bitcoin needs to be a neutral currency (usable for any purpose). If people want to spend their hard-earned money on that garbage, let them.
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March 20, 2013, 02:27:11 PM |
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The very title of this thread is fundamentally wrong since I didn't read anything in satoshi's paper stating that bitcoin couldn't be used for this or that... Nothing in your car manual states that you shouldn't plow pedestrians over driving down the street. Since it's not in the manual it shouldn't be a worry right? |
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Fuzzy
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March 20, 2013, 02:29:44 PM |
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The very title of this thread is fundamentally wrong since I didn't read anything in satoshi's paper stating that bitcoin couldn't be used for this or that... Nothing in your car manual states that you shouldn't plow pedestrians over driving down the street. Since it's not in the manual it shouldn't be a worry right? I'm sure there's SOMETHING that alludes to avoiding hitting people... |
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March 20, 2013, 02:32:25 PM |
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Maybe DRM will work if it involves bitcoin? lol ha haha ha!  |
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March 20, 2013, 02:33:25 PM |
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We like investments in Bitcoin, in fact we embrace it as it’s our sole income here at AdaptiveGlass. However some VC money is going to areas of Bitcoin investments that we are not that happy about. We heard it on Good Authority (from the CEO of the DRM bitcoin startup) that at least 5 game makers, including LucasArts and EA are or at least were prior to the SimCity launch intending to fund his Video Game DRM company based on Bitcoin Technology. http://www.adaptiveglass.com/?p=626What specifically do you propose you can and are going to do about it? (Besides posting in a forum) |
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March 20, 2013, 02:33:49 PM |
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Fine when the wright brothers Made the airplane There was no ban on putting smart bombs on them
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greyhawk
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March 20, 2013, 02:34:32 PM |
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BTCTalk: "Protecting one's intellectual property is the exact same thing as running over people in the streets or bombing little children."
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the founder (OP)
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March 20, 2013, 02:37:18 PM |
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What specifically do you propose you can and are going to do about it? (Besides posting in a forum)
Man I'm a journalist, the only thing I do is tell the people what I hear. |
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mccorvic
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March 20, 2013, 02:39:05 PM |
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What specifically do you propose you can and are going to do about it? (Besides posting in a forum)
Man I'm a journalist, the only thing I do is tell the people what I hear. I think where you went wrong then is not so much telling people what you hear, but telling them and then trying to force an incorrect and hyperbolic conclusion onto them. |
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March 20, 2013, 02:41:03 PM |
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We heard it on Good Authority (from the CEO of the DRM bitcoin startup) that at least 5 game makers, including LucasArts and EA are or at least were prior to the SimCity launch intending to fund his Video Game DRM company based on Bitcoin Technology. The article is pure sensationalist tripe, there's no evidence or any information to back up these ridiculous claims. Please go away. |
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the founder (OP)
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March 20, 2013, 02:42:44 PM |
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What specifically do you propose you can and are going to do about it? (Besides posting in a forum)
Man I'm a journalist, the only thing I do is tell the people what I hear. I think where you went wrong then is not so much telling people what you hear, but telling them and then trying to force an incorrect and hyperbolic conclusion onto them. Maybe... I personally view it as an abuse of what bitcoin was built for. So for that i'm guilty.... However I was also successful as you now know that there is a company out there, most likely funded by Video Game makers that will be using Bitcoins for DRM. So does everyone else reading it. |
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March 20, 2013, 02:43:21 PM |
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What specifically do you propose you can and are going to do about it? (Besides posting in a forum)
Man I'm a journalist, the only thing I do is tell the people what I hear. That's call FUD and we get plenty of it around here lol. |
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March 20, 2013, 02:45:03 PM |
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I don't see anything wrong with that. I think DRM are the only legitimate way to protect whatever you consider as your right to prevent people to copy digital files they bought from you.
I very much prefer this kind of technical method to law enforcement, anyway.
And if you don't like DRM, don't use non-free software. It's as simple as that.
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