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It would be great to see more than one board in separate frames. I have thought of making a fellowship for story tag (kinda like Nirvana's Stories board), but I would want one for the story itself and a separate one for people's comments (like "LOL at that last line!!", etc.) or if I wanted to delete or change a line of the story. I could put an explanation as to why somethng was done and it could be seen in the second frame right next to the corresponding part of the story in the other frame.
rabbitoid Aww don't make me feel guilty! I was hovering anyway - smilies ARE a feature of BK, and a great one! But I'm not sure its 'on topic' to discuss them here in such a way!
bwildman: before they added the new 1's to the list, was a face that u could not see the face. But it got changed was hello and was goodbye but now its a big waying face.
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Asunto: Re: If I could say 1 thing about copy rights
mrloupcity:
That was not the purpose of the intellectual property rights that most game manufactures apply for. Sure, we see Battleship as a great game that has had millions of sales, but what was the demand for this game before it was introduced?
The idea behind patents and copyrights is to protect the product through its initial stages of growth. Once it has become 'branded' because it is so popular, then the law is relaxed a bit.
The beauty of this approach is easy to appreciate. If I a product is successful, then it "gets so big" that once the patent expires, the main company will not be hurt by imitations and copies.
If the company was not successful, very few, if any, will follow in their footsteps.
Intellectual property rights are similar to "staking your claim" when you found gold in 1849. You register the area of land you are mining, pay some nomial fee per square foot, you demonstrate the chunk of land is not so big that you can't handle it, then you can mine at your leisure and not have to worry about someone removing ore from your site.
Asunto: Re: If I could say 1 thing about copy rights
mrloupcity:
5 or 6 years ago, the musicians union in the US. tried to have laws changed so that bands would have to pay royalties for playing cover tunes at such places as bars, weddings, hotels,etc.. It failed.
Asunto: Re: If I could say 1 thing about copy rights
mrloupcity: I think also by changing the name. Sites can legally avoid the lawsuits.
I know prescription drug companies.. when they first come out with a drug.. such as Tylenol.. it was not allowed to be copied for like 20 years.. then after that time.. other drug manufacturers are allowed to create the generic.. Or something like that.. it has something to do with the manufacturer and the brand name..
Anyway.. back to my point.. I think that is how it is with most patents.. and BattleShip has been around for much longer than 20 years..
Different patents though could have different time frames.. so don't quote me.. just finished doing my homework and it is 3am.. so mind is a bit fuzzy.. besides, my one text book about the prescription drugs and patents.. is down at my parents motel .. hehe.. my mom wanted to read through it..
If it was that big of deal, don't U think Parker Brothers would have a laws suit againest every turn base site or yahoo and msn. For people not asking if it was ok to put Battle Ship on there site. And other games they make, for some reason I don't think they really want to get into it all and it also helps them sell more of their games in stores. Ok said peace. TYVM all
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And if you set a BKR between 1800 to 2000 only these people having this, would see your games. Nobody else. It's not like i thought at first, that all people could see but only these with 1800-2000 would be able to play........
I created some games of Hyper Backgammon.. they show up at the bottom of my game page.. however, when I go look for them in the "Waiting Games" I don't see them anywhere on the list.. Did I not create the games correctly?
EIHN: Fencer I know this subjects closed but I'm putting my Two cents worth in. This is a foreine gamesite and Fencer does not have to go by American standards on this site. EIHN..if you hate it so much why don't yleave and offer your membership to someone else? OPPS I forgot she is bannewd LOL