Exactly. There is simply no way the head of a department being investigated and approached by state officials is *NOT* going to know about it without gross negligence of his duties — like never being in the office, never reading his emails or answering his phone, etc, ie a ‘blizzard employee’ only by technicality.

I’ve often likened WoW to a sociopath’s playground. So many easily avoidable design decisions were inexplicably repeated that openly and actively promoted sociopathic behaviors among the playerbase. One expansion after another, the same kinds of shit would get added (and I’m not talking about the multitude ‘poop’ quest…

“Race played no part in the actions of the flight crew who were following established protocols.”

...but some don’t believe him

I would argue that it might better to, rather than change the name, change how the character is depicted — in chains, for example, or in stocks, with children throwing rotten vegetables at him. Changing the character’s name simply paves over past transgressions. Don’t try to erase history. Correct how people see and…

Even if CA gets favorable ruling in the state, it’ll get appealed and keep getting appealed, because Activision can stonewall the judgment almost indefinitely with the way the system is set up. Which means they can, almost literally, keep doing it with impunity right where they are. And if it goes to the supreme court…

And yet, the most likely result will be grand total of nothing. Because this has been going on for DECADES, across this and most other industries. And do you know how much has changed over that time? Almost. Nothing. It’s still happening. It’s still flagrant. It’s built right into the way companies operate and are…

*Probably*

And just stood around, watching it happen without intervening...like, dood...you guys just watched an assault happen. Did you just forget what your job was??

Two scenarios:

How a lot of things keep happening despite their obvious negative impacts: propaganda, the art of communication that is primarily used to influence an audience and further an agenda.

Now...how much did they spend on a Denuvo license and how many man hours did they spend integrating it into their product? Because I’ll bet that whatever minimal amount Denuvo *might* have ‘increased sales,’ it won’t be greater than the amount it cost them to have it in the first place.

Dumb’merica — where the racism is so thick, it’s oozing out of every pore and spewing out of every ‘hole.’

Other states need to counter by not allowing their state-funded education facilities to use or teach from any textbooks produced in Texas or owned by companies HQ’d in Texas. Let them cut themselves off from reality. And when the banana republic of Texass inevitably implodes from the gross ignorance and incompetence…

No. Dealing with a lawsuit is EXPENSIVE, whether you win or lose. The whole point of SLAPP lawsuits — Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation — is to use that expense as an attack against a given individual or company for doing something the ‘aggrieved’ party dislikes *IRRESPECTIVE* of the legal outcome.…

And how long will it be until uppity (read: racists asshole) white folk, displeased that their preferred ‘sites’ aren’t getting these monies, raise a stink and stonewall the funds like they did with aid to not-white farmers?

Definitely true regarding anti-SLAPP laws. Multiple states don’t even have them. But this is definitely Corporate America attacking consumer rights, the way they have been for decades, steadily chipping away at them until consumers have no rights...because consumer ‘rights’ interfere with their profits. And honestly,…

The first one, possibly yes for modding *tools*, but only if you can demonstrate that it’s for the purposes of bypassing copyright protections — and of course, *mods* aren’t. The second one, no. Not unless they’re actually distributing portions *of the game* which they aren’t, because that’s not how mods work.

Are they distributing materials owned by the copyright holder? Not as far as I can tell. Are they distributing materials or tools with the sole usage of bypassing established copyright protection methods? Also no.

It’s almost as if politicians need to be held to higher standards of conduct, that lying — implicit or explicit — should never be tolerated from them, and that unethical behaviors of any kind should be grounds for immediate removal from office, regardless of how their ‘supporters’ and ‘voters’ ‘feel’ on the matter.