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    TimeOmnivore got a reaction from Dabombinable in Nintendo wins lawsuit against Love Roms owner and succesfully wins 12 million+ dollars in damages   
    True, but we don't have any such system now. As such, Nintendo being able to take legal action against someone for making a product that is no longer reasonably available available again isn't justifiable. If Nintendo created such a system wherein the consumer had the option of obtaining all of their products legally, I'd be okay with them taking down someone distributing that content unofficially. If the consumer has no method, aside from piracy, to obtain content, then the companies who own said content shouldn't be able to do anything, as they've afforded the consumer no other choice.
     
    Nintendo could easily create their own, official emulation+ROM storefront today and give consumers the ability to play and enjoy all of their old games today. But they don't, and that's entirely their fault, so they shouldn't be able to punish someone who does it for them. This entire situation is a problem of Nintendo's own making. When there are gaps in the market, people will rush to fill those gaps.
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    TimeOmnivore reacted to Trik'Stari in Nintendo wins lawsuit against Love Roms owner and succesfully wins 12 million+ dollars in damages   
    They can't. No one can. There is no evidence that piracy equates directly to sales lost.
     
     
    Especially when half of what people are pirating isn't currently actually for sale from the IP owner.
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    TimeOmnivore reacted to ARikozuM in Nintendo wins lawsuit against Love Roms owner and succesfully wins 12 million+ dollars in damages   
    Nobody is going to buy a $100 cartridge that is broken, corroded, or incomplete. While piracy is frowned upon for newer games, it crosses a line with older media. They are no longer in availability. Nintendo loses no sales from "piracy" of these old games. Nintendo providing these on a handheld is not giving support to the original media. The laws need to change with the times. 
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    TimeOmnivore got a reaction from matrix07012 in Nintendo wins lawsuit against Love Roms owner and succesfully wins 12 million+ dollars in damages   
    Nintendo makes good games, but fuck the corporate side of them. Over $12 million for 20+ year old ROMs that are no longer being sold is total bullshit. We really need some serious copyright reform over here, as this entire situation is completely illogical and unreasonable.
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    TimeOmnivore got a reaction from Mr. Rabbit in Nintendo wins lawsuit against Love Roms owner and succesfully wins 12 million+ dollars in damages   
    True, but we don't have any such system now. As such, Nintendo being able to take legal action against someone for making a product that is no longer reasonably available available again isn't justifiable. If Nintendo created such a system wherein the consumer had the option of obtaining all of their products legally, I'd be okay with them taking down someone distributing that content unofficially. If the consumer has no method, aside from piracy, to obtain content, then the companies who own said content shouldn't be able to do anything, as they've afforded the consumer no other choice.
     
    Nintendo could easily create their own, official emulation+ROM storefront today and give consumers the ability to play and enjoy all of their old games today. But they don't, and that's entirely their fault, so they shouldn't be able to punish someone who does it for them. This entire situation is a problem of Nintendo's own making. When there are gaps in the market, people will rush to fill those gaps.
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    TimeOmnivore got a reaction from minibois in Nintendo wins lawsuit against Love Roms owner and succesfully wins 12 million+ dollars in damages   
    True, but we don't have any such system now. As such, Nintendo being able to take legal action against someone for making a product that is no longer reasonably available available again isn't justifiable. If Nintendo created such a system wherein the consumer had the option of obtaining all of their products legally, I'd be okay with them taking down someone distributing that content unofficially. If the consumer has no method, aside from piracy, to obtain content, then the companies who own said content shouldn't be able to do anything, as they've afforded the consumer no other choice.
     
    Nintendo could easily create their own, official emulation+ROM storefront today and give consumers the ability to play and enjoy all of their old games today. But they don't, and that's entirely their fault, so they shouldn't be able to punish someone who does it for them. This entire situation is a problem of Nintendo's own making. When there are gaps in the market, people will rush to fill those gaps.
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    TimeOmnivore got a reaction from ARikozuM in Nintendo wins lawsuit against Love Roms owner and succesfully wins 12 million+ dollars in damages   
    True, but we don't have any such system now. As such, Nintendo being able to take legal action against someone for making a product that is no longer reasonably available available again isn't justifiable. If Nintendo created such a system wherein the consumer had the option of obtaining all of their products legally, I'd be okay with them taking down someone distributing that content unofficially. If the consumer has no method, aside from piracy, to obtain content, then the companies who own said content shouldn't be able to do anything, as they've afforded the consumer no other choice.
     
    Nintendo could easily create their own, official emulation+ROM storefront today and give consumers the ability to play and enjoy all of their old games today. But they don't, and that's entirely their fault, so they shouldn't be able to punish someone who does it for them. This entire situation is a problem of Nintendo's own making. When there are gaps in the market, people will rush to fill those gaps.
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    TimeOmnivore got a reaction from ARikozuM in Nintendo wins lawsuit against Love Roms owner and succesfully wins 12 million+ dollars in damages   
    The problem with that is that Nintendo was no longer selling the vast majority of those ROMs in any official capacity. Not only that, but Nintendo trying to claim that they somehow had damages from these ROMs being available is completely flawed logic in and of itself - they weren't hurt financially because these ROMs existed, as people weren't able to buy them officially nor does a download equal a lost sale even if they were available for purchase.
     
    If Nintendo had an official emulator to replace their old hardware and officially sold copies of their ROMs to work on said emulator, I would completely understand them having a legitimate and understandable case, but they don't. If the law is on Nintendo's side here then the law needs to be changed - as this situation is neither just nor reasonable.
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    TimeOmnivore got a reaction from ARikozuM in Nintendo wins lawsuit against Love Roms owner and succesfully wins 12 million+ dollars in damages   
    Nintendo makes good games, but fuck the corporate side of them. Over $12 million for 20+ year old ROMs that are no longer being sold is total bullshit. We really need some serious copyright reform over here, as this entire situation is completely illogical and unreasonable.
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    TimeOmnivore got a reaction from Master Delta Chief in Nintendo wins lawsuit against Love Roms owner and succesfully wins 12 million+ dollars in damages   
    The problem with that is that Nintendo was no longer selling the vast majority of those ROMs in any official capacity. Not only that, but Nintendo trying to claim that they somehow had damages from these ROMs being available is completely flawed logic in and of itself - they weren't hurt financially because these ROMs existed, as people weren't able to buy them officially nor does a download equal a lost sale even if they were available for purchase.
     
    If Nintendo had an official emulator to replace their old hardware and officially sold copies of their ROMs to work on said emulator, I would completely understand them having a legitimate and understandable case, but they don't. If the law is on Nintendo's side here then the law needs to be changed - as this situation is neither just nor reasonable.
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    TimeOmnivore got a reaction from yuh25 in Nintendo wins lawsuit against Love Roms owner and succesfully wins 12 million+ dollars in damages   
    Nintendo makes good games, but fuck the corporate side of them. Over $12 million for 20+ year old ROMs that are no longer being sold is total bullshit. We really need some serious copyright reform over here, as this entire situation is completely illogical and unreasonable.
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    TimeOmnivore reacted to minibois in Nintendo wins lawsuit against Love Roms owner and succesfully wins 12 million+ dollars in damages   
    Especially now that we found out about disc rot, we need ROM sites more than ever.
    Cartridge games seem to last a ton longer it seems (at least that is what we have been able to observe until now), but disc games (which represents about half of Nintendo's library in the past 15 years) are starting to break, meaning we need a way to preserve this stuff.
    I know most people use ROM sites to download games they just want to have, but some day we will need it to play the games we actually own but can't play anymore.
     
    Of course original hardware is dying.. Gets thrown out, etc. so emulator development is also very important in that sense.
     
    I love Nintendo to death, but I hate how difficult they make it to (re)play their games sometimes. From only having the game on a certain eShop.. To for example Pokémon games now allowing another safe file.. That is one thing I have also found super annoying; I may want to replay a game without deleting a safe file; why can't I just do that in Pokémon ? 
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    TimeOmnivore got a reaction from minibois in Nintendo wins lawsuit against Love Roms owner and succesfully wins 12 million+ dollars in damages   
    Nintendo makes good games, but fuck the corporate side of them. Over $12 million for 20+ year old ROMs that are no longer being sold is total bullshit. We really need some serious copyright reform over here, as this entire situation is completely illogical and unreasonable.
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    TimeOmnivore reacted to Scheer in Spotify screws over Premium Users and lets Free users use Spotify Connect   
    I guess I just see things a little differently, I don't quite understand how you can be mad that features you like are now free? If its no longer worth it to you to pay for premium, then don't pay for premium...
     
    Paid tiers don't have to be value adds, the new thing to do (and I'm a huge fan of it) is for the paid tier to simply be the "fast ring", and eventually it trickles down to free and the paid tier gets something else new to themselves. Plex does a great job at this.
     
    Also, from a quick search, the 20% are using more bandwidth as they have a higher bitrate (costs Spotify more money) and don't have to listen to ads (Spotify makes less money), so there is some of the skew in your numbers and I'm sure there is more.
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    TimeOmnivore reacted to MadyTehWolfie in Study suggests Dating Apps can stop "Sexual Racism" because people shouldn't be allowed to date who they like?   
    Sure you can. Just because you don't find the physical attributes of a race attractive doesn't mean you hate them. If you don't prefer people of a certain race your probably not going to find any of them attractive.
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    TimeOmnivore reacted to RejZoR in Study suggests Dating Apps can stop "Sexual Racism" because people shouldn't be allowed to date who they like?   
    Preference is not "racism". Some like blondes, some like redheads, others prefer brunettes, some like freckles, some hate them, some like Coca Cola,some like pineapple on pizza and others watch cat videos at 3am. If someone isn't into black, Asian or white partners, that's not bloody racism, it's just preference. And forcing it on people for the sake of some faux diversity is the most revolting dumb BS possible.
     
    @Okjoek
    The reason why "white genocide" is a an actual thing but no one wants to admit it because as soon as you mention it, dumb idiots will yell at you "omg racist nazi". Reality is, every single race out there can talk and be vocal about their race and be proud of it and all that crap, except white people. White people need to be endlessly shamed for things done by rich tiny minority of them 300+ years ago. I just find that ironic because blacks, arabs and asians are still into slavery even today and no one is shaming them for that. How come? But muh white people...
     
    @Deus Voltage
    Don't be so sure about the anti-sjw movements losing momentum. You only have such perception because nearly all sjw biased social networks are silencing, shadowbaning and censoring them. Not exactly a fair playing field...
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    TimeOmnivore reacted to Cereal5 in Youtube refunded 26k $ from charity superchats for children cancer research hospital, because of the politics of WSJ   
    St. Jude can accept money from however they want. And just cause they accept money from someone, doesn't mean they align with their views. They most likely have accepted money from organizations on both the left and the right. Obviously they can't be both, but that hasn't stopped them from accepting a donation. Who cares what was said, why would they force the money to be refunded and taken from a hospital that does nothing but good for everyone who walks through their doors asking for help?
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    TimeOmnivore got a reaction from Bensemus in Canadian Music Group Proposes ‘Copyright Tax’ on Internet Use   
    Yeah... no. I use 15GB a day, if not more. 15GB per month is an absurdly small amount, showing that the people proposing this change have no idea what they're talking about. Even if the 'extra fee' was one-time only (per month), so you'd pay the same extra amount whether you used 16GB or 16TB, this would still be a terrible idea.
     
    Also, this:
    is downright insulting. People can easily use far more data than their cap provides without even going near the content of the people this group wants to compensate.
     
    All that said, I'm not Canadian, so even if this was implemented it wouldn't affect me (at least not directly), but this is still bullshit that needs to be called out on.
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    TimeOmnivore reacted to RejZoR in UPDATED: Japanese devs now have to get permission from Sony of America's censorship team in English to release titles in Japan   
    And so the puritan march continues even on the land of the rising sun... Like it's not enough to watch stupid warnings on TV before every show or movie because someone always needs to think of the pure uncorrupted children! And then those same children are wanking on PornHub behind everyone's backs... Like, what are you people even doing or trying to achieve...
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    TimeOmnivore reacted to DrMacintosh in UPDATED: Japanese devs now have to get permission from Sony of America's censorship team in English to release titles in Japan   
    Sony....cut the crap
     
    Japan....cut the crap
     
    Stop censoring! T.T 
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    TimeOmnivore reacted to Arika in UPDATED: Japanese devs now have to get permission from Sony of America's censorship team in English to release titles in Japan   
    If Sony keeps doing stupid shit, Devs are going to stop supporting them.
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    TimeOmnivore reacted to D13H4RD in UPDATED: Japanese devs now have to get permission from Sony of America's censorship team in English to release titles in Japan   
    One thing I don't get. 
     
    Why does Sony of America have to be involved in stuff made for the Japanese market? 
     
    Plus, Sony is a Japanese corporation... 
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    TimeOmnivore reacted to Brooksie359 in Content Ban-anza - YouTube to ban video uploads   
    I don't get what's the EUs deal with trying to regulate everything. They are trying to solve a problem by creating a bigger one. It makes no sense. 
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    TimeOmnivore reacted to Spotty in It is been rumored that Nvidia releasing new 60 series card to compete with upcoming AMD RX 590... Meet the GTX 1060   
    That would actually make a lot more sense. You'd have the 1050Ti, 1060Ti, 1070Ti, and 1080Ti.
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