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Thursday, November 30, 2017
TIL: Universal sued Nintendo in 1982 for infringing on their King Kong copyright with Donkey Kong, but were thwarted by the fact that Universal itself had proven King Kong to be in the public domain years prior. Nintendo honored their American lawyer, John Kirby, by naming a character after him.
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Ubisoft quietly removes promise for free equipment sets to season pass holders from the season pass description in Assassins Creed Origins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9OaPeU3X-Y
Wednesday, November 29, 2017
Join the Battle for Net Neutrality! Net Neutrality will die in a month and will affect online gamers, streamers, and many other websites and services, unless YOU fight for it!
You can support groups like the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the ACLU and Free Press who are fighting to keep Net Neutrality:
- https://www.eff.org/
- https://www.aclu.org/
- http://ift.tt/2er5cd2
- http://ift.tt/1jE948g
- http://ift.tt/1qGUPBd
- http://ift.tt/2iEW7nf
Set them as your charity on Amazon Smile here
Write to your House Representative here and Senators here
Add a comment to the repeal here
Here's an easier URL you can use thanks to John Oliver
You can also use this to help you contact your house and congressional reps. It's easy to use and cuts down on the transaction costs with writing a letter to your reps
Also check this out, which was made by the EFF and is a low transaction cost tool for writing all your reps in one fell swoop.
Most importantly, VOTE. This should not be something that is so clearly split between the political parties as it affects all Americans, but unfortunately it is.
Thanks to u/vriska1 and tylerbrockett for curating this information and helping to spread the word!
Tuesday, November 28, 2017
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