Originally posted by nobrainer:

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hmmmm, i wonder who is to blame?

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Originally posted by grkblood:

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@nobrainer

I doubt that the porn industry, software industry, and movie/music industry work together. And don't these dreaded companies that you hate actually use P2P programs as a source to secretly find out which songs to promote and get free advertising? Anyways, enough with conspiracy theories. If you dont want to get the trojan don't steal. You know the risks when you d/l files off the internet. If you can live with the consequences then do it, if you cant then dont. Plain and simple. What you invision is an oxymoron, worry-free theft.

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Originally posted by BludRayne:

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Hmm, don't install codec, problem solved?

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Originally posted by goodswipe:

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Kinda reminds me of when the government use to tell people that if they smoked pot, they were funding communists and YOU to will also become a communist.

Another awesome image:

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Originally posted by grkblood:

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@nobrainer

I doubt that the porn industry, software industry, and movie/music industry work together. And don't these dreaded companies that you hate actually use P2P programs as a source to secretly find out which songs to promote and get free advertising? Anyways, enough with conspiracy theories. If you dont want to get the trojan don't steal. You know the risks when you d/l files off the internet. If you can live with the consequences then do it, if you cant then dont. Plain and simple. What you invision is an oxymoron, worry-free theft.

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Originally posted by varnull:

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If it's the mpaa/riaa they are actually breaking many many malicious software distribution laws across the world.. not that justice will ever be brought to bear on them.. They seem to be above the laws that are pushed on ordinary citizens, even those from other countries where US laws do not apply! fascists.

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Originally posted by varnull:

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Originally posted by ivymike:

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This is why you ALWAYS check the validity of what you're downloading. With emule, this is easy.

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Originally posted by goodswipe:

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Originally posted by varnull:

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I like that...

What about this one?

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Originally posted by goodswipe:

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What about this one?

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Originally posted by link:

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sony secuROM DRM requires Orwellian control lock to media you think you own!

the game will have rolling DRM, meaning every 10 days you will need to activate the game again over the internet.

"Mass Effect uses SecuROM and requires an online activation for the first time that you play it," French says. "After the first activation, SecuROM requires that it re-check with the server within ten days (in case the CD Key has become public/warez'd and gets banned). Just so that the 10 day thing doesn't become abrupt, SecuROM tries its first re-check with 5 days remaining in the 10 day window. If it can't contact the server before the 10 days are up, nothing bad happens and the game still runs. After 10 days a re-check is required before the game can run."

In case that didn't sink in, to play Mass Effect you will need to re-activate your copy every 10 days, until the end of time. This of course, will lead to problems, there is no doubt about that. Firstly, if you don't have internet you cannot play this game, plain and simple. That is probably not so big of a problem now that broadband prices are so cheap, but imagine moving into a new house and not having time to set up Internet for the first ten days. Say goodbye to your brand new $50 copy of Mass Effect.

The DRM gets even worse. You are only allowed to install the game on three machines before it locks up. If the activation servers go down, good luck trying to play your game at all. (Anyone remember Bioshock?) Thats not even mentioning if Bioware ever goes out of business, there will be no server to reactivate with every 10 days, effectively killing your game off.

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Originally posted by rlessmue:

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...so those of you who think your "virus program" is
protecting you from all the "bad" files that you are
downloading...check out this site:
http://www.virustotal.com/
At this site you can upload a file that you think is
infected or questionable, and it will verify it using
about 32 different virus programs. The results will
show on a page of which each program found.
Now different virus programs see "things" differently.
For example McAfee might say one program has a "trojan"
and another like Kaspersky doesn't see anything.
So who do you trust....???
I play the "percentage game" when trying to decide.
If 80% of the programs complain that the file you sent
was infected...I would agree that it is infected!
What about 10%? Depends on the 10% that said that the
file was infected. I usually look at the "TOP" virus
programs that I know of and "make my decision" from that
information.
So, the next time you come across a codec to install...
upload it first if you what to be sure.
Note: I only "trust" my virus program 75% of the time anyway.
...really it's not that hard to use a little common sense when
opening a file that you receive or download.
Cheers!

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Originally posted by grkblood:

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@nobrainer

I doubt that the porn industry, software industry, and movie/music industry work together. And don't these dreaded companies that you hate actually use P2P programs as a source to secretly find out which songs to promote and get free advertising? Anyways, enough with conspiracy theories. If you dont want to get the trojan don't steal. You know the risks when you d/l files off the internet. If you can live with the consequences then do it, if you cant then dont. Plain and simple. What you invision is an oxymoron, worry-free theft.

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