Hello I am sorry for any spelling mistakes, also I am not very well known on the forums infact this is my third post, but I think I should bring this to mind. So without further to add here it is.
First I am going to start with a link that sparked this post:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHOZcHkvkvs&feature=g-u&context=G2fbe378FUAAAAAAACAA
The matter in the clip is that the ESA, the lobying part of the Gaming Comunity or to be most precise companies like Capcom, E.A., Konami, Microsoft and many, many others, are supporting SOPA. They are in their right to support a bill that will restrict Software Piracy, but the fact of the matter is that SOPA isn't that bill. SOPA is a brute, totalitaritan and horrible responce to this, it infrindges on basic humanity needs, stops and/or restricts the flow of information is a danger to the software industry. It gives power to the big companies and makes it even harder to get your ideas and concepts in the market, when you are not one of them. I am not going to speak about the bill, because I know you know very well what it supports.
It is known that E3 is one of the biggest events in the industry. The revenue from them is one of the biggest for the industry, but the E3 is supported by the ESA. I personally don't want to give the people, who want to restrict the gaming comunity more money. So I think that TheEscapist shouldn't cover E3. I don't want coverage from there because every view, every dollar we hand out to the ESA isn't going to make them stop supporting SOPA. This is my form of boycot, it may not be in a grown man fashion, it may not be taken seriosly but this is the only thing I can do, and as a regular and long time viewer of TheEscapist this is my opinion.
Thanks to anyone who votes on the poll. Please discuss.
Tl;dr: SOPA is supported by the ESA. ESA=Big Gaming Companies. ESA makes E3. Boycot the ESA, until they withdraw support from SOPA.
First I am going to start with a link that sparked this post:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHOZcHkvkvs&feature=g-u&context=G2fbe378FUAAAAAAACAA
The matter in the clip is that the ESA, the lobying part of the Gaming Comunity or to be most precise companies like Capcom, E.A., Konami, Microsoft and many, many others, are supporting SOPA. They are in their right to support a bill that will restrict Software Piracy, but the fact of the matter is that SOPA isn't that bill. SOPA is a brute, totalitaritan and horrible responce to this, it infrindges on basic humanity needs, stops and/or restricts the flow of information is a danger to the software industry. It gives power to the big companies and makes it even harder to get your ideas and concepts in the market, when you are not one of them. I am not going to speak about the bill, because I know you know very well what it supports.
It is known that E3 is one of the biggest events in the industry. The revenue from them is one of the biggest for the industry, but the E3 is supported by the ESA. I personally don't want to give the people, who want to restrict the gaming comunity more money. So I think that TheEscapist shouldn't cover E3. I don't want coverage from there because every view, every dollar we hand out to the ESA isn't going to make them stop supporting SOPA. This is my form of boycot, it may not be in a grown man fashion, it may not be taken seriosly but this is the only thing I can do, and as a regular and long time viewer of TheEscapist this is my opinion.
Thanks to anyone who votes on the poll. Please discuss.
Tl;dr: SOPA is supported by the ESA. ESA=Big Gaming Companies. ESA makes E3. Boycot the ESA, until they withdraw support from SOPA.