EA, Sony and Nintendo Withdraw SOPA Support - UPDATED

[RA92]

This has very little to do with piracy.

Look at Valve. Not only does piracy of their own games hurt them, piracy of every PC game available on their store potentially hurt them as well. And they aren't behind this.

And Sony? Are you asking for another bumrape?

Actually, piracy of their own games does not in fact hurt them. Neither does piracy of any other game. Please do some research on piracy and its actual effects before spreading more misinformation.

Article about Valve CEO Gabe Newell explaning why piracy isn't an issue for them.
http://games.ign.com/articles/121/1213357p1.html

And this backs up his point.
http://games.slashdot.org/story/11/02/17/0526200/valve-beats-google-apple-for-profits-per-employee

OT: At this point I kind of want SOPA to pass. The rage that will be unloaded on the entertainment industry will truly hurt them, before SOPA ultimately gets reversed.

By the way, if you didn't know, it was the entertainment industry itself that made it so easy for us to pirate their crap.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJIuYgIvKsc&feature=g-all-f&context=G29b77d1FAAAAAAAABAA

Oh wait, we're up to pedantry here? You might wanna read a closer.

I said...

... piracy of every PC game available on their store potentially hurt them as well.

 

[FalloutJack]

I am not surprised by anyone who's on the list.

Popcorn, anyone?

Chuck us some Doritos and a comfy chair.

The comfy chair?!


Alright then, here you go. They had cool ranch and nacho Doritos available. Which do ya want?

 

[HyenaThePirate]

This means nothing. They did it so they can OPENLY say to all their gaming customers "We didn't want this! We're on your side! Continue to buy our products!"

All the while, they know the ball is now rolling, the proper palms have been greased. Thing is, they don't need their "Open" support anymore. That was just to get things going. Now they can back off, save face, and pretend to be a wounded party.

 

[Spartan448]

Has anyone actually looked at some of the names on that list of supporters? Is anyone sure it isn't just a list of random associations? Reasoning:

Minor League Baseball and MLB : What business do they have supporting internet legislation?

Phizer: They are a pharmacutical company and therefore have no more right to support internet
legislation than Umbrella did to make zombies.

Tiffany & Co.: Need I say more?

National Narcotics Offers' Associations' Coalition: They were probably the ones who gave the drugs to the people who drafted SOPA in the first place.

The NFL: Given that the Super Bowl's commercial lineup includes commercials from many groups that would be negatively effected by SOPA, this is also a strange endorsement.

L'Oreal: Come on. A Skin care company should not be saying ANYTHING about the internet.

International Brotherhood of Teamsters: Yes, let's have the truck drivers decide everything.

ESPN: See my reasoning for the MilB, MLB, and NFL.
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Need I say more?

Also, surprised that with MLB, MiLB, and NFL presences on that list, I'm surprised the NHL and other sports are dissenting with the ranks.

 

[chadachada123]

There's a common saying for this. "A few bad apples are ruining it for everyone else".

So, get rid of the bad apples, then we'll talk.

So you honestly believe that if you live in a neighbourhood where someone was murdered, you deserve by default to be treated like a murderer?

Come now. Turning Americans into felons without appeal is not something justified under the punishment of a "few bad apples."

If the murder could occur anonymously and was prevalent throughout the neighbourhood, damned straight. I've said it before, I'll say it again. Give the industry reason to trust you and they will. They aren't going to take all the risk in creating a product and just roll over when people don't buy it. If people are enjoying the creation, they'd have better paid for it.

Maybe if they had affordable prices for games without DLC that was clearly made SOLELY to soak money from suckers, people would be inclined to actually pay for games. MW3 is one giant DLC pack, and is absolutely not worth $60 by itself, let alone with the $15 DLC they'll be having basically every other month. That's the reason that no one gives a rat's ass about the qualms that publishers have, because they're too greedy to realize that their greed is the cause of their troubles to begin with.

 

[KingsGambit_v1legacy]

I don't understand how such a law could possibly pass in the USA. Isn't America supposed to be a nation where freedom to do anything and everything is a "God given right" and trumps everything else? Government censorship of the web in America...wow. Maybe "United States" should become "People's Republic".

BTW, has noone told the USA about the existence of proxy servers?

 

[Erttheking]

EA withdrew their support from SOPA? Good, now I can buy Mass Effect 3 without feeling guilty.