joebear15 said:
1. the suing thing now my memory might be fuzzy but wasn't the reason the RIAA stopped because that campaign failed miserably and even if the lawsuits works it would only solve the problem in the US(no other country would allow it that I'm aware of on a scale big enough to make a difference).
edit even in the US imagine the 60 min report on Joe and Jane losing their home because 11 year old Timmy downloaded a game would cause a PR backlash so sever it might cripple the gaming industry by itself. as for the evidence don't even get me started if anon were smart they would drive around and hack everyone wifi and download a whole bunch of shit making the trials impossible to win.
2. the more draconian measures thing, the company's share holders would have to be willfully ignorant or being lied to if they demanded that because the fundamental way in witch data works makes protecting it from duplication impossible, programmers are well aware of this and just keep making DRM because companys are dumb enough to pay for it(I don't blame them for it money naturally flows out of the hands of the rich and stupid and into the hands of the cunning)
3. the gaming dies thing, for that to be the case then games would have to be not truing a profit and piracy would have to be the soul cause, now I dont think that this has ever happened and I think that if it ever gets to the point where piracy stops anything from making money then we are already passed the point of no return.
i respect your opinion but I believe you are wrong, that freedom and people rights to their property no mater what the EULA says is much more important then the war on piracy, a loss of freedom is like a bolder losing height rolling down a mouton, once the bolder starts its does not tend to stop.
Point is there are a lot of things we can't stop. Doesn't mean people shouldn't try. I just used an extreme case because everybody is allowing themselves to be overcome with hysteria and automatically defaulting to the worst case scenario without carefully considering the causes. Honestly, you can't grab the attention of hysterical people without resorting to extremes yourself.
1. The RIAA hasn't stopped, they've just gotten smarter. They no longer allow lawsuits to reach critical mass. Instead, they wage a quiet war, avoiding criminal courts ( because that's bad publicity ) and sticking to civil cases ( nobody hears about civil cases ). In addition, they sue for absolutely ludicrous amounts that will lead to certain financial ruin, forcing defendants to settle outside of courts. A court case that is settled outside of court is not a case that is reported to news.
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/06/riaa-jury-slaps-2-million-fine-on-jammie-thomas/
Keywords: "Only case to go to court." Read as: "Lawyer X, please give me advice on what to do?" "Settle out of court. My God, settle outside of court."
Also, so you're just going to throw Americans under the bus so you can enjoy your freedoms? Some defender of the people you are. I thought you were supposed to be a good guy.
Speaking of people that got thrown under the bus: Atticus Finch.
2. Other people have tried other tactics. None are working. Nothing trumps free. Gaming is aware of this. See "freemium model" under pornography. In addition, unlike the music industry which has associated alternative industries like live performances, gaming doesn't. At least not in everywhere else in the world but South Korea.
3. Halo, Halo 2, Halo 3, Halo Wars, Halo: ODST, Halo: Reach.
Gaming is already getting there. What's the straw that will break the camel's back?
Additionally, by choosing to live within a society, we have already given up a lot of our rights. Freedom is not defined as doing whatever you want. Freedom is defined as the maximum tolerated deviance from what society accepts as the norm. In exchange, we gain security.
Last part: than we're cool?
