▲ 430 ▼ GOG Has Had To Hire Private Investigators To Track Down IP Rights Holders (www.thegamer.com) submitted 10 months ago by simple@piefed.social to c/games@lemmy.world 63 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] _cryptagion@anarchist.nexus 45 points 10 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] slimerancher@lemmy.world 18 points 10 months ago (2 children) Okay, so grammatically, in perfect tense we can use plural to mention a thing that has happened at least (or exactly) once? Wouldn't using a plural imply multiple, when the known fact is singular? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [+] _cryptagion@anarchist.nexus 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] slimerancher@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago (2 children) It did feel like exaggeration to me, but it could be my bias. May feel differently about it later. You are right about the fact that it could be an agency. Maybe I was just being pedantic 😀 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 5 points 10 months ago* Eh, when someone says "private investigator," I subconsciously assume there could be a group involved, and not one person. If I hire a tax preparer, there are probably multiple people involved (the person preparing the tax docs, the accountants auditing those docs, people auditing their software, etc). If someone says "private investigators," I assume they contacted multiple agencies, perhaps on multiple occasions. permalink fedilink source parent [+] _cryptagion@anarchist.nexus 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] slimerancher@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago lol, same here. Except leaning towards super annoyed because of some work related things. permalink fedilink source parent [–] MotoAsh@piefed.social 3 points 10 months ago Yes. Yes implying plurality for a singular thing is, by definition, exaggerating. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ripcord@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago Yes permalink fedilink source parent [–] olafurp@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago It's a fair point but it's not as egregious as most other headlines. I personally give this one a pass since clickbaits are meta in the article space. It shows that GOG has this in their toolbox. permalink fedilink source parent [–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 10 months ago (3 children) "investigators" is plural tho so that is indeed wrong permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago (1 child) Not really. It could be they hired several for this one case. If a person is off the grid in Yorkshire, you wouldn't get someone from London to go up to do something. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] slimerancher@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (1 child) Well, the quote specifically says "a private investigator". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] _cryptagion@anarchist.nexus 15 points 10 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] slimerancher@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago That's an interesting point. You are right about that. permalink fedilink source parent [–] logicbomb@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago That is simply a generic way of referring to the concept of private investigators, as I've also just done in this sentence. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Anomnomnomaly@lemmy.org 1 point 10 months ago that's not what it means... investigator could mean a single person, investigators could mean they hired a firm to do the job and multiple people work for the firm. People love to look for a reason to be offended by things. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] slimerancher@lemmy.world 18 points 10 months ago (2 children) Okay, so grammatically, in perfect tense we can use plural to mention a thing that has happened at least (or exactly) once? Wouldn't using a plural imply multiple, when the known fact is singular? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [+] _cryptagion@anarchist.nexus 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] slimerancher@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago (2 children) It did feel like exaggeration to me, but it could be my bias. May feel differently about it later. You are right about the fact that it could be an agency. Maybe I was just being pedantic 😀 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 5 points 10 months ago* Eh, when someone says "private investigator," I subconsciously assume there could be a group involved, and not one person. If I hire a tax preparer, there are probably multiple people involved (the person preparing the tax docs, the accountants auditing those docs, people auditing their software, etc). If someone says "private investigators," I assume they contacted multiple agencies, perhaps on multiple occasions. permalink fedilink source parent [+] _cryptagion@anarchist.nexus 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] slimerancher@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago lol, same here. Except leaning towards super annoyed because of some work related things. permalink fedilink source parent [–] MotoAsh@piefed.social 3 points 10 months ago Yes. Yes implying plurality for a singular thing is, by definition, exaggerating. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ripcord@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago Yes permalink fedilink source parent [–] olafurp@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago It's a fair point but it's not as egregious as most other headlines. I personally give this one a pass since clickbaits are meta in the article space. It shows that GOG has this in their toolbox. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] _cryptagion@anarchist.nexus 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] slimerancher@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago (2 children) It did feel like exaggeration to me, but it could be my bias. May feel differently about it later. You are right about the fact that it could be an agency. Maybe I was just being pedantic 😀 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 5 points 10 months ago* Eh, when someone says "private investigator," I subconsciously assume there could be a group involved, and not one person. If I hire a tax preparer, there are probably multiple people involved (the person preparing the tax docs, the accountants auditing those docs, people auditing their software, etc). If someone says "private investigators," I assume they contacted multiple agencies, perhaps on multiple occasions. permalink fedilink source parent [+] _cryptagion@anarchist.nexus 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] slimerancher@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago lol, same here. Except leaning towards super annoyed because of some work related things. permalink fedilink source parent [–] MotoAsh@piefed.social 3 points 10 months ago Yes. Yes implying plurality for a singular thing is, by definition, exaggerating. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ripcord@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago Yes permalink fedilink source parent
[–] slimerancher@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago (2 children) It did feel like exaggeration to me, but it could be my bias. May feel differently about it later. You are right about the fact that it could be an agency. Maybe I was just being pedantic 😀 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 5 points 10 months ago* Eh, when someone says "private investigator," I subconsciously assume there could be a group involved, and not one person. If I hire a tax preparer, there are probably multiple people involved (the person preparing the tax docs, the accountants auditing those docs, people auditing their software, etc). If someone says "private investigators," I assume they contacted multiple agencies, perhaps on multiple occasions. permalink fedilink source parent [+] _cryptagion@anarchist.nexus 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] slimerancher@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago lol, same here. Except leaning towards super annoyed because of some work related things. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 5 points 10 months ago* Eh, when someone says "private investigator," I subconsciously assume there could be a group involved, and not one person. If I hire a tax preparer, there are probably multiple people involved (the person preparing the tax docs, the accountants auditing those docs, people auditing their software, etc). If someone says "private investigators," I assume they contacted multiple agencies, perhaps on multiple occasions. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] _cryptagion@anarchist.nexus 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] slimerancher@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago lol, same here. Except leaning towards super annoyed because of some work related things. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] slimerancher@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago lol, same here. Except leaning towards super annoyed because of some work related things. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MotoAsh@piefed.social 3 points 10 months ago Yes. Yes implying plurality for a singular thing is, by definition, exaggerating. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] olafurp@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago It's a fair point but it's not as egregious as most other headlines. I personally give this one a pass since clickbaits are meta in the article space. It shows that GOG has this in their toolbox. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 10 months ago (3 children) "investigators" is plural tho so that is indeed wrong permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago (1 child) Not really. It could be they hired several for this one case. If a person is off the grid in Yorkshire, you wouldn't get someone from London to go up to do something. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] slimerancher@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (1 child) Well, the quote specifically says "a private investigator". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] _cryptagion@anarchist.nexus 15 points 10 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] slimerancher@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago That's an interesting point. You are right about that. permalink fedilink source parent [–] logicbomb@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago That is simply a generic way of referring to the concept of private investigators, as I've also just done in this sentence. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Anomnomnomaly@lemmy.org 1 point 10 months ago that's not what it means... investigator could mean a single person, investigators could mean they hired a firm to do the job and multiple people work for the firm. People love to look for a reason to be offended by things. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago (1 child) Not really. It could be they hired several for this one case. If a person is off the grid in Yorkshire, you wouldn't get someone from London to go up to do something. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] slimerancher@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (1 child) Well, the quote specifically says "a private investigator". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] _cryptagion@anarchist.nexus 15 points 10 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] slimerancher@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago That's an interesting point. You are right about that. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] slimerancher@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (1 child) Well, the quote specifically says "a private investigator". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] _cryptagion@anarchist.nexus 15 points 10 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] slimerancher@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago That's an interesting point. You are right about that. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] _cryptagion@anarchist.nexus 15 points 10 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] slimerancher@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago That's an interesting point. You are right about that. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] slimerancher@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago That's an interesting point. You are right about that. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] logicbomb@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago That is simply a generic way of referring to the concept of private investigators, as I've also just done in this sentence. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Anomnomnomaly@lemmy.org 1 point 10 months ago that's not what it means... investigator could mean a single person, investigators could mean they hired a firm to do the job and multiple people work for the firm. People love to look for a reason to be offended by things. permalink fedilink source parent