It's official: Sony f'ed up

[kurogane]

Is that gobble speak for an even greater infantilisation of all these Special Olympians that will be paying our pensions?
You don't play kiddy games, do you, at your age?

It sounds like we need a weaponised version of Pokemon Go just to clear the decks before we all buckle down and get our Jagger meister on to replace these ones that failed so badly.

BTW, hunting Pokemon Go-tards has started in Vancouver. I am enough of a fan of Rollerball to think it might work.
Jonathon? Are you there, Jonathon?

[wagyl]

Hey anything that gets a bunch of nerds out of their mother's basement and deliberately walking 15 km a day can't be all bad.

They even have to interact socially with people in real life, when they meet at a pokestop.

Looking at it from the other direction, it does expose the rest of us to a lot of sweaty nerds.

[Takechanpoo]

Nintendo seems to have finally woken up to the idea of making money instead of making hardware.

the their next step is Nintenlando.

[kurogane]

Looking at it from the other direction, it does expose the rest of us to a lot of sweaty nerds.

Pokemon Go Perva Attack: When Nerds Collide
http://bc.ctvnews.ca/teenager-sexually- ... -1.2991674

Who cares if it's good for them.......... Pangloss called and he wants his trope back.

[FG Lurker]

You don't play kiddy games, do you, at your age?

Me? Taro? Can't speak for Taro but Pokemon isn't my thing.

Although I have no plans to play the game I am really happy to see Nintendo finally waking up to how the world has changed. It's been sad to see them keep making handheld hardware for so long after it was very clear that it wasn't necessary anymore and that no one really wanted it. I figured that like a lot of Japanese companies they might be too stubborn to change and would end up being bought up by someone who wanted their IP. Happy to see that is unlikely to be the case now.

[Taro Toporific]

You don't play kiddy games, do you, at your age?

Me? Taro? Can't speak for Taro but Pokemon isn't my thing.

Dang, I wish I had the Wrong Trousers so I could play Pukémon GO.

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[kurogane]

You don't play kiddy games, do you, at your age?

Me? Taro? Can't speak for Taro but Pokemon isn't my thing.

Although I have no plans to play the game I am really happy to see Nintendo finally waking up to how the world has changed.

Yes, good point, nice sentiment, well put. I was worried for a sec (JOKING!!!!!!!!!!! )

[Taro Toporific]

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Sony would love you to buy its $3,200 gold-plated Walkman
engadget.com | 2016/09/01
...Sony's new "Signature Series" reference devices, including the NWM1Z and NWM1A Walkman, MDR-Z1R headphones and TA-ZH1ES headphone amp. The $3,200 (¥330,867) NWM1Z Walkman is literally gold-plated, which not only makes it bling, but supposedly reduces "contact resistance and oxidation", according to Sony.
More...

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http://www.sony.com/electronics/walkman/nw-wm1z

[matsuki]

For the Sultanate of Do Buy

[Mike Oxlong]

The future is here today: you can't play Bach on Facebook
because Sony says they own his compositions

James Rhodes, a pianist, performed a Bach composition for his Facebook account, but it didn't go up -- Facebook's copyright filtering system pulled it down and accused him of copyright infringement because Sony Music Global had claimed that they owned 47 seconds' worth of his personal performance of a song whose composer has been dead for 300 years...

https://boingboing.net/2018/09/05/mozar ... -mach.html

[matsuki]

That's going to make them really popular...

[Mike Oxlong]

1970s-era musicians Sue Sony, UMG to reclaim song rights

David Johansen, John Waite and other prominent 1970s musicians filed lawsuits on Tuesday accusing Sony Music Entertainment Inc and UMG Recordings Inc of improperly refusing to let them reclaim rights to songs they had long ago signed away.

The proposed class actions filed in Manhattan federal court said U.S. copyright law gives songwriters who bargained away their works on unfavorable terms a "second chance" to reclaim their rights by filing termination notices after 35 years.

But they said Sony and UMG have "routinely and systematically" ignored hundreds of notices, mainly because they deemed the songs "works made for hire" under their recording contracts and therefore not subject to being reclaimed.

The named plaintiffs in the Sony case are Johansen, formerly of the New York Dolls and who as Buster Poindexter recorded "Hot Hot Hot;" John Lyon, who performs as Southside Johnny; and Paul Collins, known for the Paul Collins Beat.

Plaintiffs suing UMG, a unit of France's Vivendi SA, include Waite, formerly of The Babys and later known for his 1984 hit "Missing You;" and Joe Ely, a guitarist who has performed with The Clash, Bruce Springsteen and others.

Sony and UMG did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

The plaintiffs are represented by the law firm Blank Rome and by Evan Cohen, a Los Angeles lawyer.

"We represent well over 100 artists from the late '70s and early '80s who want to own their U.S. copyrights, but are being stonewalled by Sony and Universal after sending notices," Cohen said in an interview. "In many cases, we are talking about artists who have never received royalties from the recordings."

Both lawsuits cover recording artists who served termination notices effective Jan 1, 2013 or later.

They seek injunctions requiring that the notices be honored, monetary damages and other remedies.

https://japantoday.com/category/enterta ... ong-rights

[Buraku]

Mary Jane is a Lesbian and doesn't like guys

Disgusting Propaganda

Spider-Man girlfriend 'she' also looks like a Tranny

Another overhyped, overrated movie game