This isn't going to hurt EA in the slightest. I've lost faith in us 99%'ers being able to sue EA out of existence despite their MOUNTAINOUS crimes against their customers.
Angry PS3 Gamers Sue EA Over Broken Battlefield Promise
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http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2008/05/blizzard-attempt-to-kill-wow-bot-bad-news-for-copyright-law.ars
An older case of absolutely ridiculous logic trumping an American court.
"All connections to the Game and/or the Service, whether created by the Game Client or by other tools and utilities, may only be made through methods and means expressly approved by Blizzard."
"So you see, any program which creates a "copy" of itself in your system's RAM?and that's every program on your computer?makes you guilty of copyright infringement unless you have a license allowing you to do so."
So according to Blizzard, you can't actually own computer software, only license it (and I know a LOT of people hate this if they hear about it) and the American Law System actually AGREED with this.
Expensive Lawyers trump logic everytime.
An older case of absolutely ridiculous logic trumping an American court.
"All connections to the Game and/or the Service, whether created by the Game Client or by other tools and utilities, may only be made through methods and means expressly approved by Blizzard."
"So you see, any program which creates a "copy" of itself in your system's RAM?and that's every program on your computer?makes you guilty of copyright infringement unless you have a license allowing you to do so."
So according to Blizzard, you can't actually own computer software, only license it (and I know a LOT of people hate this if they hear about it) and the American Law System actually AGREED with this.
Expensive Lawyers trump logic everytime.
Yeah, but in this case it's "Free gift A for something you were already getting."WaruTaru said:
Or else what? I'm bringing up a completely valid point, and unless you have something better than the latest buzz from Conspirators Weekly, you aren't doing much against that.arealperson said:
Except that they've already lost the Get Out of Jail Free Card. You think EA cares about the lawsuit? They don't. So they'll have to make a few cuts here or there, but the company isn't going to suffer for it. At least not on a level that anyone in charge is going to care. You know what they care about? That this got out. The simple fact that they reneged on a deal making the press is what they care about. The lawsuit is just a bothersome itch in a hard to reach part of the back. After finding a nice corner to scratch it against, they'll forget it was even there in the first place.SelectivelyEvil13 said:
Which is my point exactly. By all means the people should get the deal they were promised, but at this point they're getting it by taking it out of the pockets of legitimately hard-working developers. It's a real case of wondering whether the ends justify the means, though of course the people in the class action lawsuit will say that it does.
The elispsis was meant for effect, to make the allusion that as far as game publisher's go, EA might as well be the devil himself. That's hyperbole, obviously, but when I see and hear about all the poor practice that the company makes, I have a tough time supporting the decisions of anyone who decides to work for them. Decimated studios like Bullfrog, Origin, and Westwood; their silly marketing schemes with Dante, Dead Space and Battlefield; their terribly tight development schedules, project $10, online pass; publisher exclusive servers even for things like Mirror's Edge high scores (which they obviously don't monitor for cheating); losing access to your games if you don't maintain your Origin account; bringing down servers after only a couple years; the highest paid exec in gaming (despite years of "losses"); and finally (because you get the point) their entry into the skinner box known as social gaming. No conspiracy (har har).WhiteTigerShiro said:
Heck, a game dying might just be one step closer to ending EA, and I don't think I'd have any issue with that. Of course you have a point that the hard working and good folks would take the brunt of it, but EA's revenue has to come from somewhere. There are other bad publishers and not every move EA makes is the wrong one, but I'm pretty much on the verge of boycott (meaning not buying games I do want) with these guys.
P.S. I tried to avoid calling out sports games, because I don't hate the practice of yearly releases, but I do think it's high time they modernized their release pattern. Allow the import of older or newer rosters, lower the price of a yearly entry compared to other games, anything to recognize that maybe their releases are a bit samey compared to other genres of games.