This is actually the 2nd one, first one got a warranty replacement after a coworker (who I expected better of) borrowed it.

Thats what started the radio shack only loaner program lol

I'd rather help them by using the fluke myself than risk this one dying through mishandling again.

I'm just saying the percentage of those who may have been willing to pay is small enough to be irrelevant in the for-profit release perspective.

Netflix (when it first started streaming) and Steam (when sales included good older stuff for wildly cheap) showed that piracy is more of a service problem than anything else. A recent article called out the content problems (partial content, a few seasons behind a separate paywall, ads in the middle of playback, etc) a are directly related to an increase in piracy.

So my opinions on copyright aside - a clear model to a happy consumer is an affordable price without all the enshittification going on. People also dont like "buying" content that later disappears because of licensing changes.

So I'd put it squarely in the "their own damn fault" territory, and I'm glad when judges say "no" to them. I'll take whatever positives I can get.

It is not an accusation if it is based on facts.

Your comment was against the rules of the community. Use the report button, bring it to fediverselore, whatever, but that doesnt change the very simple fact here - you broke the rules.

Thats the only context that matters relative to your ban.

Edit: wad/was. I wasn't talking about Doom, I promise.

Since the recent UK court ruling is absolutely not applicable to this situation, and they've given no other reasoning for a decision being delayed on this matter, I don't feel it would be reasonable for the comments to still be up.

100% agreed.

Nope.

Ive got plenty of backlog, and virtually no time. At the current rate, I'll have plenty to play hanging out in hell.

*Depending on local laws. Please check.

Guys that do stupid shit like this aren't thinking

Eh, or they are and this is the emotion they want to feel, the power over others. Which makes them the wrong choice to be a cop, but the "right" choice when it comes to how most departments actually are right now.

This is a second attempt

Alive and well at 70 years young!

He was just voicing for prodigy season 2 (last year), did a guest appearance on quantum leap (delightfully named Woolsey, just like his SG1/SG:A/SGU character, different first name though), with some upcoming stuff like a werewolf game movie, a vampire flick where he plays the vampire's son, and a parody of Doctor Who.

From about $80/share to $20/share... It kinda did, yeah.

Ooh.

I'm always connected with gigabit, looks like I've got a torrent to permanently seed!

I don't believe I made any claim that a legal advocate on Lemmy is a substitute for legal council.

I said there are advocates out there. There are law groups which focus on open source software and community run services who pay for that work by either the ability for that group to pay on a sliding scale, or completely pro bono as it's supported in the back end by corporate clientele or other similar services. But that's a complete digression.

We do question the validity of claims

Just being candid here - I haven't seen that. In this post or any other by admins. Obviously this could be entirely behind closed doors, but even then, none of that has been communicated here has it?

We also can't afford going to court over every case, even if we were to win, because those processes take large amounts of personal time and have a risk of significant penalties.

And on the basis that no real effort to push back here has been visible, why would any other risk category be any different? Why would someone who could be persecuted want to risk themselves with lemmy.world?

I think the position has been clear, and entirely the decision of Lemmy.world. I'm just being clear about why that creates a trust issue.