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Comment Re:"We reserve the right" (Score 5, Informative) 643

Also following excerpts are from their privacy policy:

Our web servers automatically collect limited information about your computer's connection to the Internet, including your IP address (but not the e-mail address), when you visit our sites. Your IP address does not contain personally identifiable information, nor does it identify you personally.

We will not share individual user information with third parties unless the user has specifically approved the release of that information. In some cases, however, we may provide information to legal officials as described in “Compliance with Legal Process” below.

Comment Re:As the great Bartle said (Score 2, Interesting) 337

Parent post is the obvious and correct answer. Next question please. I know that insulting people isn't a good way to conduct an argument but if you ask this question and can't even come up with this answer yourself (yes I rtfa) you're an idiot.

And for the "it's a game, not work", this is such a ridiculous argument which translates to:
"It should be exactly like I want it to be even though it's a MM(ultiplayer)O game. It doesn't matter at all what other people like, in fact I won't even consider thinking about it because they're all there to screw me over anyway. I want instant gratification because that's the only way I can be entertained.

Anyway, I used to play Everquest (a lot) and one of the biggest disappointments was when they introduced the city portals.
When I first started playing (as an ogre) traveling from the Oggok (ogre city) to Neriak (dark elves) was quite a trip, which I had to prepare for and I had to be constantly alert so I wouldn't die (those damn madmen and sand giants).
Not to mention traveling to for example Ak'Anon or Erudin, for which trip you actually needed to sneak through human controlled cities to take a ship.
That was awesome to me. I can understand that it's not fun for everyone but when discussing these features at least consider this!

Comment Re:Trademark Scope (Score 1) 119

Duh. Has anyone ever got in jail for killing someone in WoW? Why should trademark work differently? LL should put up a splash screen saying "This is not the U.S. Its laws do not apply here, motherfucker". Then again, most Americans wouldn't understand it, and everyone else already knows.

Uhhh. I don't think you really understand how this works. There is dividing line between offline (real) life and online (virtual) life. Virtual worlds are part of the real world and have to obey the same laws. This can get confusing at times, with virtual property and virtual identities which are not the same as their real life counterparts. basically you can easily get confused by word games. It also gets difficult because of the easily crossed borders and anonymity.

A virtual person is not the same as a real person. That's why you don't go to jail for killing someone in WOW. If you infringe on a trademark you can get in trouble, no matter in what way (using what medium) you did it.

You can't make an online country either and say that laws don't apply there. Online characters don't perform crimes, the real persons controlling them do. Anyone has to obey the laws of the country they're residing in, no matter whether they perform their activities online or any other way.

Comment Re:Your choice (Score 1) 958

Very good advise above, but I would like to add: be very, very careful how you word your report. Don't use words like "illegal" and "gray zone". The software was mismanaged, fixing it is going to cost a lot of money and there is an illegal situation. Most managers do not like to hear this and above all they don''t want this in writing.
Write that you have software for which the licenses are running out very soon, and some for which the licenses are unclear.
Give an inventory and detailed recommendations. Spread out the costs as much as possible and make sure to mention the extra benefits like support and updated versions. Sweeten the pill as much as possible.
Explain verbally that there are cases where there are no licenses at all, and that can get the company in trouble.

Comment Re:What's the fascination? (Score 1) 54

I have a friend who is a decent guitar player (or whatever it is called when people sit around a campfire listening to your music). He did invest quite a bit of time to be a decent player. Yet what did he learn? To play an instrument. Not to play a game. I'm fairly sure, the same time he spent on practicing playing guitar would have made him a Guitar Hero master. While it might be annoying to turn around a question like that I think it illustrates my point very well. Both are fun things to do, neither train essential life skills. Guitar hero is not a simulation of playing guitar, it's a game based on it. You are not asking why people are playing whack a mole instead of hunting moles in real life either. Or playing Mario instead of doing real athletics?

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