Post AkSX9PvGjOVyfTeu92 by SaftyKuma@mastodon.social
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 (DIR) Post #AkSQ0LFe1x1ftWumTQ by ethanwhite@hachyderm.io
       2024-07-30T11:01:27Z
       
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       "the German publishing giant Axel Springer ... is suing Eyeo, makers of Adblock Plus, on the grounds that changing HTML to block an ad creates a 'derivative work' of Axel Springer's web-pages...Axel Springer's filings cite the Sony/Datel case, using it to argue that their IP rights trump your property rights, and that you can only configure your web-browser, running on your computer, which you own, in ways that it approves of." - @pluralistichttps://pluralistic.net/2024/07/29/faithful-user-agents/
       
 (DIR) Post #AkSQ0MYpA7xhxItc0W by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
       2024-07-30T13:22:36Z
       
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       "the German publishing giant Axel Springer ... is suing Eyeo, makers of Adblock Plus, on the grounds that changing HTML to block an ad creates a 'derivative work' of Axel Springer's web-pages"@pluralisticThere's a reason some of us have a hair trigger around anything that touches on copyright. Corporations are constantly probing for ways to weaponise it against us all.#copyright #AxelSpringer #TrackingBlockers #AdBlockers@ethanwhite
       
 (DIR) Post #AkSX9Khy7PuAUmOiDg by SaftyKuma@mastodon.social
       2024-07-30T14:26:08Z
       
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       @ethanwhite @pluralistic Cheating in games is the most overstated "problem" in software, and publishers' insistence that everything be "games as a service" makes what should be a non-issue into an issue.
       
 (DIR) Post #AkSX9NrIPC9GGZmhfs by SaftyKuma@mastodon.social
       2024-07-30T14:29:45Z
       
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       @ethanwhite @pluralistic The earliest version of bnetd was really just the result of a compsci student's curiosity on how battle.net worked. It's only real use was at LAN parties if you wanted extra Battle.net like features. Otherwise the game supported LAN play.At the time, the copy protections on Blizzard's games were nearly non-existent and as I recall the official Battle.net didn't itself do much to stop cheaters either.
       
 (DIR) Post #AkSX9PvGjOVyfTeu92 by SaftyKuma@mastodon.social
       2024-07-30T14:31:20Z
       
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       @ethanwhite @pluralistic Hell, StarCraft even officially supported "spawn" installs intended for use at LAN parties. The idea was that as long as the host had a legal copy, they supported "spawn" installs so your buddies could play with you.