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Posted: Jan 3rd 2012 10:07AM copa said

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Good job, Nathan. I hope Joystiq keeps the discussion going as well, nailing companies down on what their position is.

It's getting harder to tell which companies genuinely oppose SOPA, and which ones are crafting press releases saying they don't support it, while continuing to funnel lobbying dollars trying to get it passed.

Posted: Jan 3rd 2012 12:27PM Hunter141072 said

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@copa


The funny thing of all this is that for some weird reason people thinks that SOPA is not really supported by all the game companies, and that they are going to change their way of thinking just because people knows that this stupid law is censorship and that´s why the companies are going to be with the people??? yeah right, do you really believe that companies like EA are really against it??? and i was born yesterday, games companies are going to say: "we support you!! say no to SOPA" but under the desk they are giving all their support to it, they want it to be approved, they just not say anything about it because if it´s approved they will simply say: "it´s a sad day in history, oh!! BTW your a$$ belong to us now... but we are sorry" i don´t know why people actually thinks that games companies are not really run by corporate guys who don´t give a damn about anything else but making money, and now they want to make more using stupid laws like this one to "fight piracy" the oldest excuse in the book, piracy has existed for more than 20 years, and all those companies have grown to levels that nobody really thought possible, the game industry is bigger than Hollywood, ooohhhh but they are going to "die" if piracy is not stopped, and they need this laws to do it.... the only reason they want this law is the same reason why they say stupid things like "second hand is killing us" they want more money, and i´m not talking about small amounts they want to squeeze every last penny from our wallets, idiotic things like online passes were created to "stop second hand" something that has existed since the day that cartridges were created... but only now is something evil that is "killing" the companies, DLC is reaching such stupid levels of exploitation that now we have to pay for a new costume something that was unlocked for free in the old times, why this happened?? well, because internet allowed them to have this kind of control, very soon you are going to need a connection and authorization just to turn your console on, and that only means more control, so don´t be surprised if we see another crash of the industry very soon, but this time won´t be thanks to E.T. its going to be because we are simply not going to have enough money to keep paying, because at the end that´s what they want us to do.... to pay even for an extra life............
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Posted: Jan 3rd 2012 10:10AM copa said

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Good job, Nathan. I hope Joystiq keeps the discussion going as well, nailing companies down on what their position is.

It's getting harder to tell which companies genuinely oppose SOPA, and which ones are crafting press releases saying they don't support it, while continuing to funnel lobbying dollars trying to get it passed.

Posted: Jan 3rd 2012 10:11AM copa said

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@copa

sorry
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Posted: Jan 3rd 2012 2:40PM darkinchworm said

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@copa
Don't sweat it, clearly you just wanted to drive the point home, and that's admirable. ;)
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Posted: Jan 3rd 2012 10:13AM Luciano said

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Only borderline?

Posted: Jan 3rd 2012 10:19AM koehler83 said

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Gamers are NOT represented by the ESA. Game PUBLISHERS are.

As a (potential) member of the ESA, Mr. Fouts is absolutely right to ask them to withdraw their support and to encourage game makers to do the same.

Asking gamers to do so is completely irrelevant. They are not on your side. They are against you.

SOPA is EXACTLY the kind of thing the ESA represents. To withdraw their support of it would be hypocritical to their core philosophy. So don't hold your breath.

Posted: Jan 3rd 2012 10:54AM (Unverified) said

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Does Mr. Fouts ever specify why he thinks SOPA would be bad for Video game publishers? I mean, if I were a developer how on earth am I supposed to convince my publisher that SOPA would be bad for their bottom line?

Keep in mind that most publishers are business suits who know very little about video games.

Posted: Jan 3rd 2012 12:10PM Dooliss said

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I say we follow his lead. Only way to make it known that you oppose something is to say it. MAIL THEM ALLL

Posted: Jan 3rd 2012 12:11PM SomethingElse said

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See, this is how to do it. Polite, not aggressive. Respecting of other people's point of view. Using the already existing, widespread opposition to SOPA as effectively and vocally as possible without going nuts and creating a backlash. Lots more of this please.

Posted: Jan 3rd 2012 6:52PM SomethingElse said

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@BillyBongThornton Are we really that cynical now? He's hardly the first or most prominent person to come out against SOPA and I don't see this move spawning a flood of sales of Serious Sam: Double D. In the games industry, controversy is usually the far better route to stardom.
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Posted: Jan 3rd 2012 3:23PM NecroSen said

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Beg pardon, but while I agree with Mr. Fouts's sentiments, I must point out that we gamers aren't represented by the ESA: we're represented by the ECA, and their stance is fairly clear:

http://action.theeca.com/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=5006

Anyway, as you were.

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