exactly. the compromises for all the network bandwidth costs are enormous. I don't think people realize that if you really wanted a quality onlive-equivalent experience it's probably going to be $50+ a month, which could easily translate to a high end computer every 2 years.

actually they're constrained by relevance - mostly a lack of.

amount of things this has to do with freedom in correlation to IOS or android = zero.

please leave slashdot.

if this goes through, I'd be happy to double or even consider tripling that.

reality says it never will, though. Hell, groklaw offered to store the documents themselves.

facebook has said they endorse apple's "complete control" model. So anyone who trusts facebook after that, is making a big mistake - not one they weren't already warned of.

Just like viruses, it's going to get a lot worse before people start figuring out what to do about it and what not to do. It's still in the "only the technical people who get it are saying stop using it" category.

statutory damages are easily fought off by asking for a trial. This has been the fun/issue of all of the settlement shakedowns to exist currently. Get a letter? get a lawyer and immediately lawyer up, and watch them try to run away. refuse to settle, and go from there.

these private enterprises are basically running under the auspices of our government, which is exactly what I meant.

not true even remotely.

While MAFIAA may be incredibly stupid, don't think their finance people are as stupid. It's not hard for them to figure out if it's not worth the money.

the also unsurprising factor is that this is happening in China, where the same responses for how to prevent this have been sent every week:

download things from official trusted sources only.

150 times?

incredibly easy, actually. Especially if you're the US government's copyright stasi.

not really.

it'll go through court, but it's impossible to pin on the individual unless they settle, preventing a court case.

Or get a router that can isolate the private network from public, which would also do the same.

actually, a lot of countries don't even allow plea deals because it's so corrupt.

So yeah, don't assume that plea deals are to the benefit of the defendant.

Have you ever had significant repercussions from debunking what is essentially garbage? Have people ever actually threatened you for supposedly crushing any livelihoods, which were then based on fraud?