Today is Don't Talk Like a Pirate Day
Today is Don't Talk Like a Pirate Day
October 21, 2008
Today is perhaps not the best time to shout Aaaaaarrrr...
As reported by CustomPC, Microsoft has declared October 21st to be Global Anti-Piracy Day. As part of its efforts, MS announced copyright infringement lawsuits against 20 computer re-sellers in the US.
From the report:
Launching several global initiatives, the aim is to raise awareness of the damage to software innovation that Microsoft says is caused by piracy.
As well as educating people about piracy, Microsoft has also initiated a huge list of legal proceedings that it’s taking out against pirates. Microsoft isn’t messing about when it says ‘global’ either. The list of 49 countries that Microsoft is targeting spans six continents, and ranges from the UK and the US all the way through to Chile, Egypt, Kuwait, Indonesia and China.
Based on the material cited in its press release, productivity software seems to be more on Microsoft's mind than games. David Finn, associate general counsel for Worldwide Anti-Piracy and Anti-Counterfeiting commented:
In partnership with national governments, local law enforcement agencies, and our customer and partner communities, Microsoft is driving anti-piracy efforts across countries and continents through an equally sophisticated system of business intelligence, forensics and education. Together, we are working to identify international connection points between software pirates and counterfeiters, to help stop them in their tracks and protect consumers and legitimate businesses from this illegal trade.
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Posted 11/08/09 at 09:02am
DarkSaber: http://tinyurl.com/yez7jyo
DarkSaber: http://tinyurl.com/yez7jyo
Posted 11/08/09 at 09:01am
DarkSaber: Oh for gods sake, the Gearbox pres is gobbing off about Valve again
DarkSaber: Oh for gods sake, the Gearbox pres is gobbing off about Valve again
Posted 11/08/09 at 08:53am
JDKJ: But cheer up, Austin. If the unemployment rate continues to double-digit as predicted for the next few years, your half-dozen stands a better than likely chance of returning to power.
JDKJ: But cheer up, Austin. If the unemployment rate continues to double-digit as predicted for the next few years, your half-dozen stands a better than likely chance of returning to power.
Posted 11/08/09 at 08:46am
JDKJ: @DS: If he had added the line about "or hiring illegals aliens under the table to work as nannies," it would have been a completely perfect descripition. And, yes, it's about the same difference between a six and a half-dozen.
JDKJ: @DS: If he had added the line about "or hiring illegals aliens under the table to work as nannies," it would have been a completely perfect descripition. And, yes, it's about the same difference between a six and a half-dozen.
Posted 11/08/09 at 08:31am
DarkSaber: My god, that description makes them sound almost Republican. Still what did you expect, Obama is only marginally more left than republicans.
DarkSaber: My god, that description makes them sound almost Republican. Still what did you expect, Obama is only marginally more left than republicans.
Posted 11/08/09 at 01:07am
Austin_Lewis: Health insurance, brought to you by the same kind of bureacrats who couldn't, in timely fashion, investigate the comments of any of the men Obama appointed Czars. Or their past. Or their history of not paying taxes.
Austin_Lewis: Health insurance, brought to you by the same kind of bureacrats who couldn't, in timely fashion, investigate the comments of any of the men Obama appointed Czars. Or their past. Or their history of not paying taxes.
Posted 11/08/09 at 01:06am
Austin_Lewis: Yes, and what a piece of crap it was. Arresting and fining people just because they don't make a personal choice to buy healh insurance, creating over a hundred new bureacracies, and worse.
Austin_Lewis: Yes, and what a piece of crap it was. Arresting and fining people just because they don't make a personal choice to buy healh insurance, creating over a hundred new bureacracies, and worse.
Posted 11/08/09 at 12:24am
ZippyDSMlee: JDKJ:the only trouble is a bunch of witless hacks wrote it....its going to be a train wreck....
ZippyDSMlee: JDKJ:the only trouble is a bunch of witless hacks wrote it....its going to be a train wreck....
Posted 11/07/09 at 11:33pm
JDKJ: BREAKING: In a photo-finish at the wire, House passes health care reform bill. Relatedly, in a fit of pique, Austin Lewis kicks innocent dog.
JDKJ: BREAKING: In a photo-finish at the wire, House passes health care reform bill. Relatedly, in a fit of pique, Austin Lewis kicks innocent dog.
Posted 11/07/09 at 04:27pm
ZippyDSMlee: man I got alot of junk and dup files too >< god I need orginization...and no not the knee capping media mafia kind :P
ZippyDSMlee: man I got alot of junk and dup files too >< god I need orginization...and no not the knee capping media mafia kind :P
Posted 11/07/09 at 04:26pm
ZippyDSMlee: replaced :P
ZippyDSMlee: replaced :P
Posted 11/07/09 at 04:23pm
ZippyDSMlee: beemoh:hey its like 60GB porn,400GB anime 100GB games and crap I have took from all my DVDs, I hate waiting on dvds to install stuff..... oh and 40GB of my porn was in the found.000 folder...mostly corrupted.... least I got names of wut needs to be repa
ZippyDSMlee: beemoh:hey its like 60GB porn,400GB anime 100GB games and crap I have took from all my DVDs, I hate waiting on dvds to install stuff..... oh and 40GB of my porn was in the found.000 folder...mostly corrupted.... least I got names of wut needs to be repa
Posted 11/07/09 at 04:18pm
beemoh: @Zip: ...and you'd have to spend all that time re-downloading that porn?
beemoh: @Zip: ...and you'd have to spend all that time re-downloading that porn?
Posted 11/07/09 at 03:34pm
ZippyDSMlee: ggrrrrr......vista lost one of my hard drives and I had a heart attack thinking I lost 1TB of data....
ZippyDSMlee: ggrrrrr......vista lost one of my hard drives and I had a heart attack thinking I lost 1TB of data....
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:58am
JDKJ: Which could be explained by both (a) and (b).
JDKJ: Which could be explained by both (a) and (b).
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:56am
Austin_Lewis: JDKJ: You forgot C) the fact that, for some reason, every time he did something that would suggest he shouldn't be in the military, let alone an officer, higher ups ignored it or let it slide.
Austin_Lewis: JDKJ: You forgot C) the fact that, for some reason, every time he did something that would suggest he shouldn't be in the military, let alone an officer, higher ups ignored it or let it slide.
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:51am
JDKJ: Part of the problem is, I believe, that (a) the Army had a lot of time and money already invested in him and which they were unwilling to simply write-off and (b) an increasing need for the type of skills and services he provided.
JDKJ: Part of the problem is, I believe, that (a) the Army had a lot of time and money already invested in him and which they were unwilling to simply write-off and (b) an increasing need for the type of skills and services he provided.
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:48am
JDKJ: And that even if he was begging not to get cut loose, he was apparently a real good candidate for being cut loose, anyway.
JDKJ: And that even if he was begging not to get cut loose, he was apparently a real good candidate for being cut loose, anyway.
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:11am
JDKJ: @chada: And while Kennedy once noted that there's usually more than enough blame for everyone to get a slice, the possibility that the Army was unwilling to cut loose someone who was asking to get cut loose could be a factor.
JDKJ: @chada: And while Kennedy once noted that there's usually more than enough blame for everyone to get a slice, the possibility that the Army was unwilling to cut loose someone who was asking to get cut loose could be a factor.
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:07am
ZippyDSMlee: *noms on his feet*..nomnomnomnom*droooll* ...wuuutttttt uuu looking at?
ZippyDSMlee: *noms on his feet*..nomnomnomnom*droooll* ...wuuutttttt uuu looking at?
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I'm going to pirate twice as many games today as I usually do.
Just so long as you don't say "Yarrrgh!"
Andrew Eisen
What can I not say? Yarrrgh? O crap, I said it...
Could be worse... you could have said Candlejack
Oh no! Here he co
Ouch. Glad I dont pirate.
Living in Canada. Anti-piracy laws don't effect me; if I'm not hosting, I'm not breaking any laws.
I never get tired of pointing and laughing.
Don't be too sure about that, if Harper has his way.
www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/3439/125/
There's a good chance he will, too. All he has to do is sneak it into something like he did with Bill C-10.
Careful, we will soon from what I understand. There is some upcoming legislation for anti-piracy and copyright issues...hopefully the House of Commons won't vote in favor right off of the bat...
I think a more appropriate name would be "Global Anti Piracy of Microsoft Products Day".
And the users of the Pirate Bay have declared every other day as "Don't f*** with your customers" day.
in b4 ninjas.
岩「…Ace beats Jack」
When is 'release a decent OS' day?
That'd be when Service Pack 1 for Vista came out, champ.
Surely that's a matter of opinion, not fact?
E.g.
http://crave.cnet.co.uk/software/0,39029471,49296101,00.htm
And that is, of course, assuming that my obvious ironic sarcasm wasn't.
in my experiences though, Vista runs Win9x games better than XP does; i.e. no third-party patches or compatibility-mode settings required for the games to run flawlessly.
岩「…Ace beats Jack」
are we supposed to talk like ninjas then?
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Arr, man the ship! Houst the mast! WE BOARD MICROSOFT AT NIGHTFALL!
Ok I'll be downloading TV shows and possibly a movie from my favorite pirating site. And then I be talking like a pirate for the rest of the day YARRRRRGH.
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"What for you bury me in the cold cold ground?" - Tasmanian devil
Oh and I just thought I'd point out that the pirating site I frequent (well the only one I visit) has ninja in the title. Ironic no?
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"What for you bury me in the cold cold ground?" - Tasmanian devil
Or maybe call this Global Piracy Martyr day.
Seriously, the only viable solutions to piracy are social ones. Law enforcement and technological methods are either going to be 10 or 20 targets in a sea of thousands, or be reverse engineered into a product that is actually better than the legit versions of a game, it amazes me to this day that I don't pirate newly released games, including ones I turn out to regret buying, like the PC version of Gears of War.
Ahoy, Microsoft scallywags! We've come for your booty!
ON your feet you dogs! We be taking this ship of microsoft and its booty and gold to sail the sevens. Yargh.
Whoops. Lol.
I'm no expert on ths subject, but is Microsoft even allowed to make an official day? sure they can say that they consider Oct. 21 to be whatever day they want. But to "declare" it "don't talk like a pirate" day... when did they get that much power? and didn't they realize that by "declaring" it as this day, they would be hit by a huge backlash of insults and flames?
Marc
visit my blog: Sarcasm Not Included
Hahahahaha.
"So, as you may know, Mr. computer re-seller, today is Global Anti-Piracy Day! Us folks at Microsoft would like to wish you a great day. Oh, and we forgot to mention. We're suing you! See you in court!"
How appropriate that 2 of the bigger games of the year on MS's console just got leaked weeks in advance.
I'm going to bust warez *so hard* today.
Is it ironic or just a coincidence that I watched Pirates At World's End last night?
On the one hand, I deeply admire Pirates for their dedication in keeping Global Warming at bay. On the other hand, I deeply believe that companies should be rewarded for the service they provide.
What's a lazy man to do?
Oh yeah, not care either way.
So, this is a bad time to mention the MOTHER 3 English Translation again? :D
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The Mammon Industry
I'm afraid the game companies lost my support on the piracy issue when they started claiming that I was a pirate - i.e. when they started limiting my use of their products even though I never pirated a game in my life. I will never again support any anti-piracy efforts. As far as I'm concerned, if they treat me as a pirate I'll play their game and support the pirates.
Microsoft's anti-piracy systems isn't so bad at least. I should know since that's all I do everyday in Co-op. It's not like EA's DRM.
only one word needs to be spoken,
"Yarr!"
Seriously, anything they do is like trying to stop the tide from coming in. They'd do much better to focus more on their customers and less on people who'd most likely not buy the game in the first place.
It's mostly just people pirating Windows XP so they can get Vista off their computers...