ESA stands behind proposed SOPA legislation, issues statement

@FreakSheet

I dont think it is. Many references to the control of information are in pop culture. Most of the time it's people up top who are already part of their secretive associations/ aware of the goals of secretive associations who come up with the ideas for games centered around these types of issues. Not just in gaming, but in all forms of pop entertainment.

Look up Illuminati: Facts and Fiction by Mark Dice. and Proofs of a Conspiracy by John Robison; first revealing of the Illuminati, includes major writings from the founder Adam Weishaupt.

@Adhesive
You would have rather had Palin in the White House? Seriously?

@Adhesive Oh come on, like a Republican stooge will be any better? The problem in the US is the two fold, first the two party system which prevents true vocal discussion and a false dichotomy and it's the corrupt pork barrel lobbiest structure that allows for corporations to essentially use "payolla" to get their agenda pushed through. Can't say Canada where I live is much better but at least we have a multi-party system and national health care. Small blessings but we're circling the same drain as the US so it's just a matter of time for us too. :-(

@Adhesive

Republican is the right foot, Democrat the left. Both are walking towards the same goal, just under the mask of opposition, to fool the majority of the public.


Bush was a horrible president right? A conservative, yet he spent more money than all previous combined with his bailout right? Obama is a democrat and came in, passed a bailout, more specifically Congress passed it, that wasnt even read by a single Congressman. Seriously, it was passed twelve hours after it was published. Over 1100 pages long.

The result? The government gained control of more banks and financial institutions, along with more control over major corp like some of the auto makers in the US. This gives even more control over the primary medium of exhange: money.

But the majority of the population will continue to think that their view is superior and continue to attack the other view, while being unaware or unconcerned about what is really going on.

in 04, Bush ran against Kerry. Demo vs Republican right? How many people knew that Bush AND Kerry were part of Skull & Bones, a subsidiary org of the Illuminati(the actual historical Illuminati)?

"Nothing is true, everything is permitted" wasn't just a saying made up for Assassin's Creed. It is the basic philosophy of the Illuminati and all its subsidiaries.

@teppoudo: I applaud you actually trying to make your voice heard, but I'm disappointed your narrative didn't address the main problem with the bill, which is its vagueness. Good job in trying to make the point that the bill won't actually stop piracy, but the most concerning issue with the bill is its potential for power abuse by those in charge.

Under SOPA, as it is worded right now, any site could be blocked or taken down with a vague charge such as "copyright infringement". God only knows whether or not those "copyright infringements" could extend to an honest review warning consumers against a bad product, or a news story that brings an unfavorable side of a company to view in the public eye.

Sure, SOPA may not have been meant to be used in such a manner, but as the bill is presented RIGHT NOW, it potentially COULD. That's the true danger.

@teppoudo

Nice letter. Im going to write one to, but to the individual companies listed as members. Im also going to start a petiton as well and ask the major gaming media sites to support it and let their audience know about it. We'll see where it goes!

@AxelSteelBMX

I did touch a bit on it but I didn't focus on it because I honestly don't think the ESA cares about that. I do agree its a valid concern and considering in the past sites like 1up wee blacklisted by ubisoft it is quite possible this will be abused.

The core of the letter is designed to show that publishers aren't being responsible parties. For all the complaining they do about piracy they offer no solution, instead they just create useless efforts like online pass to try and squeeze more money out of legitimate consumers.

Also I do tell its the death of net neutrality which means censorship across the board. The death of net neutrality means the death of opinions on the internet. If you look at Microsoft forcing NeoGaf to take down the Mass Effect 3 beta information leaked, we already see strong business presence in our internet freedom.

I hope you are going to write your own letter and address the points you out layed in detail. I thank you for your reading and agree with all your points.

@OGC

Nice, let me know when your petition is up I'll gladly sign it. I should forward the letter to the individual companies as well, thanks for the idea.

@Crzycracka
You don't understand.

@abercrombieco2

You are a consumer why are you taking the side of business? Are you saying consumers are foulable but business is not? You aren't just talking about piracy with this bill you are talking about censorship which has nothing to do with piracy.

If SOPA was a bill for a task force to be created to specifically track down and arrest pirates I would support that. How does censoring my rights stop piracy, I just don't see the connection.

@teppoudo i'm against censorship , which is why i'm saying this bill is geared towards pirating (music , movies , games , sofware, ect) and will end up hurting every one because people abuse the system. but lets be realistic there has to be something for both sides , not just one side , for them or for us. because while if it wasn't for us there would be no business, but with out business's that support people threw jobs and putting product for people to enjoy , it effects more then just the people who make all the money. do you condone stealing? say this , one person downloads hundreds or thousands of movies music and games , they have their house broken into and have everything they ever owned stollen they would want soemthing to be done about it, yet they are crying when something is being done about them stealing music movies games ect. like they say don't do the crime if you can't do the time.

@Gooblechev Also, I have no doubt the government would block any websites it wanted to with or without the bill, if disreputable actions are what people are worrying about.

@Gooblechev
It isn't the concern that the government can block websites, but that corporations can tell the government to block certain website. Its the issue that this bill gives corporations more power to stifle creativity in the name of "protecting IP". You really don't have the right to call anyone hotheaded over the subject when you haven't even made the attempt to read the bill yourself.

@xHotPotatox I can't? Even if I agree with hotheaded persons, I still call them that. Don't have to know everything about arguers' arguments to observe behaviors. And anyway, I didn't mean these people I've heard are hotheaded. I was generalizing internetians and politicians, tongue-in-cheek.

I wonder how many people have read the bill themselves anyway, or whether they've just taken the circulating info videos at their word.

I never was one to get up in arms about the current copyright laws, but I might be biased as a content creator who wouldn't like to see his creations compromised. I can understand the issues people take with the setup though, so I'll leave it at that.

To be clear: I still don't have a strong stance either way!

@xHotPotatox So you know, gave it a once-over and do not support it in its current form. I wouldn't necessarily mind legislation regarding piracy, but not the way they want to do it.

Also, Joystiq needs to make replying from email links possible.

@OGC The president of the ESA is one Micheal Gallagher, see if you can find his email http://www.gamespot.com/news/6171036.html

@therandomizer

yea ive been looking for his email. Cnt find it anywhere.

@Martin C
It's both. The bill is so vague that any site could be blocked for any complaint, with or without any proof.

@s256
If this does pass, let's get the ESA website blocked

@Tizlor Oh, how ironically hilarious that would be.

@DuPrince3
I'm sorry, but I pirate trees. I take acorns from government owned trees and cultivate and grow them myself and there's nothing you can do about it!