Apple's end user license agreement for the iBooks Author app has generated extensive controversy among authors and publishers. Namely, the agreement restricts paid distribution of "works" created with the software to the iBookstore only. Technical limitations may make the restriction a moot point for the time being, as only Apple's own iBooks apps can even read the files generated by iBooks Author. But forcing users to sell content through the iBookstore, governed by a separate contract with its own terms, might not survive an antitrust challenge in court if it were to come up.
First, it's important to understand two aspects of iBooks Authorone technical, and one related to its license. The iBooks Author EULA has a stipulation that limits paid distribution of iBooks created with the software to the iBookstore. If you create something with iBooks Author and give it away, there are no limitationsput it on the Web anywhere you like. If you want to charge people money, you have to use the iBookstore and Apple gets a 30 percent cut.
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As a promotional tool to impress potential clients, Mykonos engineers have built versions of the company's software that taunt attackers. One directs a hacker to a Google Maps search for nearby criminal attorneys. Another parodies Microsoft's now-defunct anthropomorphic paper clip, Clippy, with the message: "It looks like you're an unsophisticated script kiddie. Do you need help writing code?"
Their tactics include placing supercookies on suspected attackers computers.
There are few things hackers hate more than being taunted. So is this a valid strategy? Or is it waiving a red cloak at a bull?
I played for nearly three years in WoW's earlier days. I started about the time of the Hakkar Blood Plague.
I enjoyed the story and the leveling, but after BC was released, there was a rush to push up to the new level cap. The expansion didn't add to the story – it just added more grinds. I finally quit when I realized I was paying to go to another job every day.
My kids play occasionally now on the free trial accounts, and they want me to pay for a sub so they can level a Worgen. I've told them I might pay for a month during Christmas break, but we won't get the expansions. With this next one, I'd need to pay hundreds before I even paid for any game time.
Blizzard doesn't realize their current model is prohibitive to new players. Even with Battle Chests, to get the full game experience, requires new players to purchase WoW, BC, Wraith, Cataclysm and now Panda. With each costing ~40 you're looking at a nearly $200 barrier of entry.
Rovio accounts for 98% of it.
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