Poll: Should "The Escapist" stop covering E3 while the ESA still supports SOPA/PIPA?
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who in their right mind would want to give those companies MORE power
who in their right mind would want to give those companies MORE power
Definitely.
Actually, I think we, as the consumers of the medium, should also boycott watching any coverage of E3 in protest too. If there's no one watching the stuff, there's no point in covering it and the ESA will ultimately lose out.
Actually, I think we, as the consumers of the medium, should also boycott watching any coverage of E3 in protest too. If there's no one watching the stuff, there's no point in covering it and the ESA will ultimately lose out.
No.
How could it possibly be good for a gaming website to not cover the most relevant gaming event of the year? To do so would cause far more harm than good.
SOPA would essentially eliminate or change how gaming coverage is presented to us going forward. How is boycotting gaming coverage sending a proper message as to why we want this bill to fail?
How could it possibly be good for a gaming website to not cover the most relevant gaming event of the year? To do so would cause far more harm than good.
SOPA would essentially eliminate or change how gaming coverage is presented to us going forward. How is boycotting gaming coverage sending a proper message as to why we want this bill to fail?
The Escapist should decline to cover E3, yes, BUT ONLY as part of a larger effort by the game/new media journalism industry.
The thing is: alone, the site alone wouldn't matter. However, with the big players in game journalism like IGN firmly owned by SOPA-supporting corporations (News Corp, in IGN's case), only an effort from many smaller (Blistered Thumbs, PennyArcade) and more general new media-related sites (Escapist) together will be able to really get their attention.
And even then, people might still tune into IGN's coverage, and the effect of it would be lost, instead hurting the boycoters more than ESA.
The thing is: alone, the site alone wouldn't matter. However, with the big players in game journalism like IGN firmly owned by SOPA-supporting corporations (News Corp, in IGN's case), only an effort from many smaller (Blistered Thumbs, PennyArcade) and more general new media-related sites (Escapist) together will be able to really get their attention.
And even then, people might still tune into IGN's coverage, and the effect of it would be lost, instead hurting the boycoters more than ESA.
i think that the ESA may get a nasty surprise at E3 this year... please, dont go this year escapist. make a stand.
They did? Wow, I'm behind on my news. Thanks for the update.brainslurper said:
Weird, I could have sworn they were owned by News Corp, who famously support SOPA quite vocally...
My point still stands though: Only a concerted effort like the one today could really hurt ESA and drive the point home.
I have done what I can as an non american citizen.
I wrote all companies I could find suporting SOPA and PIPA and told them I will stop buying any of there products and will spred the information to my friends and family so they can do the same and they will spred information to there friends and family.
I hope you can do the same, if they get enough loss in sales they might rethink or go broke and there opinion dosent matter any more
I wrote all companies I could find suporting SOPA and PIPA and told them I will stop buying any of there products and will spred the information to my friends and family so they can do the same and they will spred information to there friends and family.
I hope you can do the same, if they get enough loss in sales they might rethink or go broke and there opinion dosent matter any more
I am begging The Escapist to NOT cover E3 this year!
The ESA still supports SOPA/PIPA. And if you cover E3, you will be supporting that bill that threatens the free internet that you as a major gaming website rely on to even function.
Seriously, why would you support something that could destroy you?
The ESA still supports SOPA/PIPA. And if you cover E3, you will be supporting that bill that threatens the free internet that you as a major gaming website rely on to even function.
Seriously, why would you support something that could destroy you?
no one should cover E3 while the ESA is supporting SOPA/PIPA,
thus The Escapist should skip it as well
thus The Escapist should skip it as well
It does make an interesting situation for TheEscapist, not only a few months ago there was open talk of revenue problems in this company. Staff changes, content changes etc etc.
Will TheEscapist hold onto it's quite vocal anti-regulation mentality and boycott and potentially lose income? Or shall they bow to the will of larger companies that know other media will be in attendance and just go with the flow holding their head in their hands sobbing 'we had no choice'?
Will TheEscapist hold onto it's quite vocal anti-regulation mentality and boycott and potentially lose income? Or shall they bow to the will of larger companies that know other media will be in attendance and just go with the flow holding their head in their hands sobbing 'we had no choice'?
