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Comment seriously? (Score 1) 263

by zcold (#32606764) Attached to: Supreme Court Says Gov't Employee Texts Not Private
I cant imagine anyone thinking they have a right to privacy on a company device. I have a mac book provided by my company. Anything I do on it I consider privacy, obviously I use another device to browse my pr0n. I freelance on the side. I dont use this laptop to do work outside of the company, and if I did, I dont leave a trace on the laptop. If they were to issue phones, I would have a separate phone for anything non business.
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Tetris Clones Pulled From Android Market 396

Posted by Soulskill from the bad-news-bears dept.
sbrubblesman writes "The Tetris Company, LLC has notified Google to remove all Tetris clones from Android Market. I am one of the developers of FallingBlocks, a game with the same gameplay concepts as Tetris. I have received an email warning that my game was suspended from Android Market due to a violation of the Developer Content Policy. When I received the email, I already imagined that it had something to do with it being a Tetris clone, but besides having the same gameplay as Tetris, which I believe cannot be copyrighted, the game uses its own name, graphics and sounds. There's no reference to 'Tetris' in our game. I have emailed Google asking what is the reason for the application removal. Google promptly answered that The Tetris Company, LLC notified them under the DMCA (PDF) to remove various Tetris clones from Android Market. My app was removed together with 35 other Tetris clones. I checked online at various sources, and all of them say that there's no copyright on gameplay. There could be some sort of patent. But even if they had one, it would last 20 years, so it would have been over in 2005. It's a shame that The Tetris Company, LLC uses its power to stop developers from creating good and free games for Android users. Without resources for a legal fight, our application and many others will cease to exist, even knowing that they are legit. Users will be forced to buy the paid, official version, which is worse than many of the ones available for free on the market. Users from other countries, such as Brazil in my case, won't even be able to play the official Tetris, since Google Checkout doesn't exist in Brazil; you can't buy paid applications from Android Market in these countries."
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Submission + - Life-size Eva Unit 01 being built in Japan (examiner.com)

Submitted by JoshuaInNippon
JoshuaInNippon writes: Japan has gone life-size anime model crazy. Last year there was the robotic 1:1 Gundam model that guarded Tokyo for a few months in the summer to mark the series' 30th anniversary, and then there was the giant Gigantor moment that opened in Kobe in the fall in honor of the city's rejuvenation from the devastating 1995 earthquake. Now, an amusement park near Mt. Fuji named Fuji-Q Highland is building an Eva Unit 01 from the popular Neon Genesis Evangelion series, or at least a bust of it, in conjunction with the series' recent movies. The bust will sit in a replica hanger, and reportedly stand around 9 meters tall. Visitors will have the chance, for a little extra money, to have their photo taken in the unit's cockpit, where the series' protagonist-of-sorts Shinji Ikari normally sits. The attraction is set to a cost of over US$1.6 million to build, and open on July 23rd of this year. It will also undoubtedly be swamped by crazed fans looking the opportunity to bring their anime dreams to life.

Comment Re:Two senses of "closed." (Score 1) 850

by zcold (#32114270) Attached to: Flash Is Not a Right
Tons of really crappy iphone apps...some good ones, but I love how apple boasts they have soo many apps... and that they dont allow substandard apps, when more like 70% of the apps on there are useless.. (btw that number comes from my ass)

Comment Re:Some perspective (Score 1) 131

by zcold (#31691742) Attached to: Lawmakers Ask For FTC Investigation of Google Buzz
I think you are also missing the point as well.. GMail ToS: 2.3 You may not use the Services and may not accept the Terms if (a) you are not of legal age to form a binding contract with Google, or (b) you are a person barred from receiving the Services under the laws of the United States or other countries including the country in which you are resident or from which you use the Services. (a) would be the one to focus on..

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