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@ Valyn Interesting link--just a quick perusal of it and I'm guessing that I would agree with much of what the article/paper states. Copyright law is definitely generating monopolistic situations and I'd bet that most people (outside the media) would agree that these monopolies are bad for virtually everyone, at least once they recognize what is going on. I just saw another Digg that quoted the head honcho from Warner. It reads:Edgar Bronfman, CEO of Warner, said in 2007, "We used to think our content was perfect just exactly as it was. We expected our business would remain blissfully unaffected even as the world of interactivity, constant connection, and file sharing was exploding. And of course, we were wrong. How were we wrong? By standing still or moving at a glacial pace, we inversely went to war with consumers by denying them what they wanted and could otherwise find. And as a result, of course, consumers won."These companies want to maintain their monopolies, and why should anyone be surprised? I mean, really? At the same time, no one should be aghast at the response of the marketplace when so much innovation and technology have changed the landscape.The fact is, the death of media as we know it is at hand. Yes, it flails about in its death throes, threatening and bemoaning its fate, but it will die because markets are like hurricanes or tsunamis. There is time to contemplate what one will do as the storm approaches and most get out of the way, seeing the inevitable, but there is always some assh**e who refuses to leave his home until he is thirty feet under water.
crazyhorse13Nov 5, 2009
#9: TF2 (for anyone who doesn't have it yet)#10: Torchlight
magus_melchiorNov 5, 2009
Much of Valve's recent offerings would be great gifts, really.
katana314Nov 6, 2009
Do not bury this man.DO. NOT.
valynNov 6, 2009
You sound a lot like this:<a class="user" href="http://www.dklevine.com/general/intellectual/against.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.dklevine.com/general/intellectual/again ...</a>Nice write up.
derelictionNov 6, 2009
@ Valyn Interesting link--just a quick perusal of it and I'm guessing that I would agree with much of what the article/paper states. Copyright law is definitely generating monopolistic situations and I'd bet that most people (outside the media) would agree that these monopolies are bad for virtually everyone, at least once they recognize what is going on. I just saw another Digg that quoted the head honcho from Warner. It reads:Edgar Bronfman, CEO of Warner, said in 2007, "We used to think our content was perfect just exactly as it was. We expected our business would remain blissfully unaffected even as the world of interactivity, constant connection, and file sharing was exploding. And of course, we were wrong. How were we wrong? By standing still or moving at a glacial pace, we inversely went to war with consumers by denying them what they wanted and could otherwise find. And as a result, of course, consumers won."These companies want to maintain their monopolies, and why should anyone be surprised? I mean, really? At the same time, no one should be aghast at the response of the marketplace when so much innovation and technology have changed the landscape.The fact is, the death of media as we know it is at hand. Yes, it flails about in its death throes, threatening and bemoaning its fate, but it will die because markets are like hurricanes or tsunamis. There is time to contemplate what one will do as the storm approaches and most get out of the way, seeing the inevitable, but there is always some assh**e who refuses to leave his home until he is thirty feet under water.
wazzuper1Nov 8, 2009
Aren't there DM servers out there? It's been a while since I've played.
vonbargenjlNov 16, 2009
article states its from old WC3 'tower defense' but we all know Defense games came from Starcraft...