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Benguin
02:02 AM

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The "four hours of retraining" were playing Wii Sports Resort. Those new bowling controls are tricky. #crime
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Michael Dukakis
11/11/09

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Wii all make mistakes... #crime
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ThirzaLepidus
11/11/09

@Michael Dukakis: That bowled me over. #crime
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Michael Dukakis
11/11/09

@ThirzaLepidus: Puns are my Vice. #crime
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seo_ace
11/11/09

@ThirzaLepidus: I'd really like to strike you now #crime
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ThirzaLepidus
11/11/09

@Michael Dukakis: Perhaps you can spare another? #crime
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Dangerwillrobinson
11/11/09

@seo_ace: Come on now, lets not go down the wrong alley! #crime
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Michael Dukakis
11/11/09

@ThirzaLepidus: Love to but I gotta split. #crime
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Dangerwillrobinson
11/11/09

@Michael Dukakis:

So you're just going to leave us in the gutter? #crime
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relatively_speaking
11/11/09

@ThirzaLepidus: It'd take a strike of genius. #crime
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DarkHogosha
11/11/09

@relatively_speaking: I hate to pin this on you, but it's "stroke" of genius. I'd suggest a conversion. #crime
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kyosti23
11/11/09

@Michael Dukakis: Care if I give it a spin? #crime
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ThirzaLepidus
11/11/09

@kyosti23: I hope I'm not stepping over the line here, but do you think you have what it takes? #crime
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(Zombie) Teliko
11/11/09

@ThirzaLepidus: The kingpin must've been annoyed that the turkeys got away with it. #crime
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Komrade Kayce
11/11/09

@Michael Dukakis:

I LIKE BOWLING #crime
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relatively_speaking
11/11/09

@DarkHogosha: I was hoping I could split before anyone would notice. #crime
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Michael Dukakis
11/11/09

@Komrade Kayce: These cops weren't bowling! They were framed! #crime
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Komrade Kayce
11/11/09

@Michael Dukakis:

Don't make me dunk you.

Er, I mean, home run you.

Wait wait... hockey... eggbeater... uhh...

I waterpolo'ed your mom last night. #crime
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Michael Dukakis
11/11/09

@Komrade Kayce: That was your goal all along!

I'd give another pun but tennis enough. #crime
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organiclockwork
11/11/09

@Michael Dukakis: At least he was a good sport. #crime
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Evdor
01:11 AM

@Komrade Kayce: After enjoying your comments for so long, it's this, THIS that makes me friend you.

What can I say? You hooked it. #crime
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(Zombie) D Mitsuki, Gotta have guts kid!
02:27 AM

@Michael Dukakis: That was a god pun bowling. Hope you can make more jokes like that gutter strike lane. #crime
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Atomsk88
11/11/09

In reply to Wii-Bowling Drug Cops Get Off Lite
Fair punishment, not to mention the video of them has made its rounds on the Internet, so embarrassment and retraining for playing a Wii on the job appears just. I mean, it would be an entirely different story if some of them thought it'd be a good idea during a shootout or actually restraining criminals. It was looking for evidence and like most people at their jobs do, they goofed off for a while.

I dunno, I've never had it in me to hate cops. Especially considering today a cop chose to pick the speeder in front of me instead of, well, my own speeding butt. #crime
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anduin1
11/11/09

@Atomsk88:
thats always awesome, I love when Im driving maybe paying attention a little less than I should then I see flashes up ahead of either the popo or some super high flash radar. #crime
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Atomsk88
11/11/09

@anduin1: Like, I literally went from 40 to 25 right beside the cop parked right beside the road. I was sure it would be me and that he'd come up and say, "Real subtle there, pal."

To this day, I've never received a ticket and I've been driving for about five years. #crime
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octaslash
11/11/09

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I resent the fake southern accent you're typing with. #crime
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Owen Good
11/11/09

@octaslash: It ain't fake, son. I come from Surry County, North Carolina. #crime
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Koztah
11/11/09

@Owen Good: Nawth? #crime
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n00b_pwner
11/11/09

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If that cop was smart, he would have said "Speed up", to nail a few drivers. More people pulled over = promotions! #crime
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omgwtflolbbqbye
11/11/09

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Weren't 2 or 3 of them the undercover cops who had risked their lives to infiltrate said drug ring to make the raid happen in the first place?

I think they earned their wii break and a slap on the wrist...

It's not like they were making snow angels in a big pile of cocaine.

I hope...
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Teran
11/11/09

@omgwtflolbbqbye: It doesn't look very professional, but I'm with you on this. As a citizen I really wouldn't care if the police in my city were "caught" doing something like this after a raid. Sometimes these guys are stuck waiting in places for hours at a time, who can blame them for trying to pass the time. #crime
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TexasJack
11/11/09

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Not really sure where the big bad crime is in a couple cops playing a druglord's Wii. #crime
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hurpdurp
11/11/09

@TexasJack: Agreed. Too many people are too hard on cops as a whole when in reality, they are essential to maintaining order and helping to prevent (and punish) violent crime in society. Sure, there are some corrupt ones, but they are not the majority. #crime
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Derpitydoo
11/11/09

@TexasJack: They're being paid taxpayer money to do a job. Not play video games. #crime
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Phong Bui
11/11/09

@TexasJack: Except for the fact that they're on the job, and are being paid by public tax dollars. They are working professionals and should strictly adhere to protocol. #crime
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n00b_pwner
11/11/09

@Phong Bui: "They are working professionals"

I doubt those guys were. #crime
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Deaf Mute
11/11/09

@Phong Bui: Oh bullshit

I don't think there is anyone who actually works 100% of the time they are on the clock, if they are it is because they are a slave or robot.

Don't tell me you're an absolute productive employee who doesn't waste any time talking with co-workers, daydreaming, or browsing the net. #crime
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TexasJack
11/11/09

@hurpdurp: This is an interesting subject TBH. As someone that has suffered the short end of many bad cops, I have a disposition of hatred and distrust towards the police. But that said, I too have noticed how quickly people are to jump down the throats of cops and crucify them, when many times they did nothing wrong. It feels weird for me to defend those I despise so very much. =S

@Boomsta: LMAO I would shoot them, being Texan affords me that ability. >:D #crime
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StayAwhileAndListen
11/11/09

@Deaf Mute: I think that this falls under the category of something that we taxpayers all like to pretend doesn't happen. But realistically, people will mess up sometimes, expecting perfection is not realistic #crime
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wstrika
11/11/09

@Derpitydoo: Hey, so does President Obama. #crime
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( shake cows, win a ) Milkshake!
11/10/09

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Pulling the video was a terrible idea, I'd wager that only a fraction of the people that know about the issue now would have watched that video if they had left it well alone. #modernwarfare2
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Blore07
11/10/09

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First "Valve stole my zombies" now "IW stole my warfare".

Excuse me while I go salvage my shattered faith in humanity. #modernwarfare2
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Asbestos_Underwear
11/10/09

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Modern *What*fare? Never heard of it. #modernwarfare2
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Underscore_Lysdexia
11/10/09

@Asbestos_Underwear: I think it's a sequel of some PC game that came out a while ago, but then they released it on the consoles and they kinda forgot about the people that made them famous in the first place

yeah I think that's it #modernwarfare2
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Asbestos_Underwear
11/10/09

@Underscore_Lysdexia: You are talking about Epic, right? #modernwarfare2
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Underscore_Lysdexia
11/10/09

@Asbestos_Underwear: Totally #modernwarfare2
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TSFMfest - not funny
11/09/09

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Bahahahahaha.
This is delicious. #modernwarfare2
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Olliver Kirby
11/09/09

@TSFMfest - not funny: YES! YES! #modernwarfare2
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Pezdispenser
11/09/09

@TSFMfest - not funny:

YESH! #modernwarfare2
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Revenge_of_Nekojin
11/09/09

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Personally I find this hilarious. It's always the big company going after modders, nice to see the opposite for once even if it's sure to be rectified within a day or two. #modernwarfare2
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CMay
11/09/09

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It looks like activism on Joker's part, since I'm fairly positive you cannot in any way copyright or patent a game idea like that. Surely they didn't copy the AC-130 gunship model from an old mod, so there's very little that Joker could legally do. YouTube just doesn't have the time to look into every claim so your content becomes guilty until proven innocent.

I would guess that this is just to send a message to Infinity Ward, that hey, if you're going to benefit from the creative ideas of modders, don't shut them out completely by disallowing modded dedicated servers. #modernwarfare2
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ChicagoRyan
11/09/09

@CMay: How did IW benefit from his work? Did IW also steal ideas for the other killstreak rewards as well? Harrier, stealth bomber, chopper gunner, etc.?

The truth is, he was the one who used IW's work to put a hackjob of an AC130 into his mod. The assets he used came from the MW single player campaign. #modernwarfare2
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CMay
11/09/09

@ChicagoRyan: Keep in mind I know absolutely nothing about his mod, so if his model wasn't original then ignore that bit. However, what I did already say is that IW has not legally stolen anything at all from Joker and that this is probably nothing more than activism over mods/modified servers allowing the sharing of an idea they're using.

I didn't say Joker was in the right, or that this is fantastic in any way, but it isn't unprecedented for people to argue over how much a commercial game benefits from player modifications without rewarding the player for them. Some ideas are really small, but make all the difference while other ideas are huge and just suck. Hard to measure. At least in this case, I'm sure Joker has no legal justification for anything and it's just harassment. #modernwarfare2
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illiniphase4
11/09/09

@CMay: If a think0tank can copyright the concept of an MMO, and Nintendo can copyright an IP, I see no reason why Joker can't make a copyright infringement argument about a unique piece of code that he wrote. #modernwarfare2
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Opuelas
11/09/09

@illiniphase4: Sorry, but there's no way in hell they used any of that guy's "unique bit of code" for MW2. It just doesn't work like that.

And even if they did, there'd be no way to prove it. #modernwarfare2
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illiniphase4
11/09/09

@Opuelas: You're overlooking the fact that they don't need to steal the exact code for it to be copyright infringement. #modernwarfare2
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CMay
11/09/09

@illiniphase4: It doesn't sound like this is about code or models or any actual original copyrightable work. Their complaint is that the feature is influenced by a mod they made, but in reality his mod was likely influenced by the real military just as the game itself is.

This is a far cry from copyrighting an entire completed MMO, a logo, or a mario theme song. Even if they complain the implementation of the feature is too similar, it goes back to being inspired by the original influence.

There was an argument between 2 companies who developed 2 separate pool games, and one was crying that the other company stole their idea for how certain interface elements were displayed. The case was dismissed on the ground that you can't just copyright an idea like that and both of them had different code/art.

What you would have to do if you wanted to protect that kind of idea is file for a patent. However, patents have to live up to certain requirements and if they aren't sufficiently uncommon enough they will get laughed away. Good luck patenting the idea of an AC-130 gunship flying over an area and shooting things. Good luck patenting a life bar that simply visualizes an amount of progress. #modernwarfare2
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Opuelas
11/09/09

@illiniphase4: No actually, I am not overlooking the the case of intellectual property. I was asserting that they wouldn't actually use his code for their replica, but now that you mention it he can't claim that case either. Putting aside the fact that there was no copyright infringement since Joker has no claim to any of the assets he used in his mod or the way in which he did use them, from a design standpoint he tweaked the ruleset for a game made by Infinity Ward. This isn't a Half-Life to Counter-Strike kind of mod we're talking about here.

It's not his property, but he gets kudos for making a spiffy mod which was recognized by the owners of the game he was modding, and being ballsey enough to humiliate them all over the gaming interwebs in a hilarious way. #modernwarfare2
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KamuZ
11/09/09

The only way to protect your idea is to patent it which is not the case in here. Now, if IW used the code from the modder (copy paste) then the modder can challenge copyright infringement. If they didn't do it, read it as "cool idea, lets do this in our own way", then it is perfectly fine.
I am not a lawyer but i am a software developer and this is how it works. That is why people is afraid of Software Patents (which USA really wants to push) or Patents of trivial ideas, but this is topic for another discussion. #modernwarfare2
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Super Violent St. Cannon- GOTY Edition ([k])
11/09/09

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Infinity Ward just got served. I love it. #modernwarfare2
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TexasJack
11/09/09

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Sad how many people are quick to flame the guy and simply don't get it. #modernwarfare2
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MrBounce
11/09/09

@TexasJack: I agree, I've played Joker's mod before and it's a heck of a piece of work and he had every right to get mad about it (edit: "it" being the kill streak). The sad part is none of this would have happened if IW had just kept dedicated servers and kept people happy...
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SacGamer
11/09/09

@MrBounce: He really doesn't have any right to be mad. He doesn't own the game, he can't claim changes he made to the game as his property. #modernwarfare2
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TexasJack
11/09/09

@MrBounce: It's not just the dedicated server issue though, it's the disallowing of mods too.

@SacGamer: And you just don't get it. Whether or not he owns the content is not the issue here. I don't think he would have cared if IW didn't basically piss in his face by taking his idea and not allowing any mods with MW2. #modernwarfare2
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SacGamer
11/09/09

@TexasJack: He doesn't really have any right to be upset about that either. I don't think there should be mods online. #modernwarfare2
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