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“It’s absurd that we have to spend so much time, every three years, filing and defending these petitions to the copyright office. Technologists, artists, and fa
by Isamu 11y ago
“It’s absurd that we have to spend so much time, every three years, filing and defending these petitions to the copyright office. Technologists, artists, and fans should not have to get permission from the government—and rely on the contradictory and often nonsensical rulings—before investigating whether their car is lying to them or using their phone however they want,” said EFF Legal Director Corynne McSherry. “But despite this ridiculous system, we are glad for our victories here, and that basic rights to modify, research, and tinker have been protected.”
- coldpie 11y agoThe system sucks, but it's the system we have, and it costs money to fight these battles. If you like the result here, consider setting up a recurring donation to the EFF.
- kapitalx 11y agoYep. This is a great reminder why we should all donate to EFF [and that I haven't renewed my membership since a few months ago] Edit: membership now renewed
- kefka 11y agoAlso, if you shop at Amazon, use smile.amazon.com for purchases, after hooking it up to EFF. It's the "Give % of sales to non-profit of your choice" option in Amazon.
- themartorana 11y agoOr Project Smile. I realize this has nothing to do with the EFF, it's just a project that should get a lot more press and support.
- dripton 11y agoAnd consider installing the Amazon Smile Redirect browser extension.
- throwaway7767 11y agoAre you sure Amazon is not using smile as a pricing indicator? I.e., people who want to donate to charity maybe less price-conscious? That's the reason I've not started using it. Online stores use all kinds of indicators (user agent, OS, number of searches for similar items, etc) to jack up prices when they think they can get away with it, and I suspect this metric is very relevant in that context. I just donate to EFF and others directly.
- shkkmo 11y agoMy "recurring donation" is to buy every humblebundle and give everything to the EFF.
- kbenson 11y agoI should do that. It would probably surpass whatever contribution I would end up giving them directly byquite a bit. I do want to support the developers though, so maybe I'll do 70% EFF, 25% devs, 5% humble tip (gotta keep the lights on).
- eropple 11y agoBy the time a game hits a bundle the impact on the developer's bottom line is almost negligible. If you want to support developers, buy their games when they come out. Doing otherwise is "nice," but ineffective.
- lifeformed 11y agoIt does help more than you think, being in a bundle is a big chunk of revenue for a smaller developer. While the sales do dwindle really fast after the launch, the long tail is still significant.
- chadzawistowski 11y ago$5 is still $5 if you buy a game after the fact. I don't see how joining early purchasers helps game developers more than otherwise.
- notfoss 11y agoIf games sell well early into their release, the devs would be elated and motivated. Also they would get more money at the time they are hoping to get it.
- kbenson 11y agoThe vast majority of the games in the humble bundles would never get any money from me. It's some or nothing, and I assume they would prefer "some".