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STAND TOGETHER: Anti-SOPA/Anti-PIPA Protest @ E3

ZeekZeek
edited January 2012 in General Chat
For those of you that don't know, the ESA supports the Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect IP Act. The two bills have been criticized as potentially killing the internet as we know it.

Some members of Capital Hill see the ESA's support as symbolically representing THE ENTIRE VIDEO GAME INDUSTRY. This is simply not true. Not everyone in the video game industry supports SOPA/PIPA, and several members of that industry are making it known.

The ESA gets most of their funds from E3. By pulling out of E3 and refusing to cover it, the video game companies and press will be sending a message that the ESA does not represent their views on SOPA/PIPA.

Telltale Games should join them. More information can be found here: http://extra-credits.net/episodes/stand-together/

Comments

  • divisiontendivisionten
    edited January 2012
    Zeek wrote: »
    For those of you that don't know, the ESA supports the Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect IP Act. The two bills have been criticized as potentially killing the internet as we know it.

    Some members of Capital Hill see the ESA's support as symbolically representing THE ENTIRE VIDEO GAME INDUSTRY. This is simply not true. Not everyone in the video game industry supports SOPA/PIPA, and several members of that industry are making it known.

    The ESA gets most of their funds from E3. By pulling out of E3 and refusing to cover it, the video game companies and press will be sending a message that the ESA does not represent their views on SOPA/PIPA.

    Telltale Games should join them. More information can be found here: http://extra-credits.net/episodes/stand-together/

    What you're saying isn't entirely true. Extra Credits and others are threatening to withdraw from E3 UNLESS the ESA stops supporting SOPA/PIPA. They aren't "not going" outright.
  • Shadowknight1Shadowknight1
    edited January 2012
    You do realize that most video game companies, with Microsoft being the most notable exception, support the anti-piracy bills, right?
  • Rather DashingRather Dashing
    edited January 2012
    Shadowknight1 wrote: »
    You do realize that most video game companies, with Microsoft being the most notable exception, support the anti-piracy bills, right?
    If you actually check, SOPA is not supported by any single member of the ESA, and I think you'd be hard-pressed to find a video game company that supports SOPA. Even EA refuses to state a position on it.
  • MusicallyInspiredMusicallyInspired
    edited January 2012
    ActiVision opposes it, I was incredibly surprised to learn.
  • RetroVortexRetroVortex
    edited January 2012
    AND WE'LL ALL STAAANDDD!!! TOGETHER!!!
  • ZeekZeek
    edited January 2012
    Rather Dashing wrote: »
    If you actually check, SOPA is not supported by any single member of the ESA, and I think you'd be hard-pressed to find a video game company that supports SOPA. Even EA refuses to state a position on it.
    EA supports it, but some of the companies they own aren't supporting it. Basically, there's a civil war within the EA family going on from what I last saw.
  • Rather DashingRather Dashing
    edited January 2012
    Zeek wrote: »
    EA supports it, but some of the companies they own aren't supporting it. Basically, there's a civil war within the EA family going on from what I last saw.
    Perhaps you are thinking of the ESA? EA has come out as having "No Position" on SOPA.
  • Gman5852Gman5852
    edited January 2012
    And with that, the whole school I go to is against SOPA. Maybe tomarow Ill tell them what it actually does instead of saying "Yeah facebook and youtube will be killed if this passes".
  • ZeekZeek
    edited January 2012
    Gman5852 wrote: »
    And with that, the whole school I go to is against SOPA.
    Your school and the schools these students are attending.
  • AlcoremortisAlcoremortis
    edited January 2012
    Zeek wrote: »
    Your school and the schools these students are attending.

    My brain died reading some of those tweets.
  • Secret FawfulSecret Fawful
    edited January 2012
    Zeek wrote: »
    Your school and the schools these students are attending.

    Read a book if you need info for school papers, you shits.
  • FalancaFalanca
    edited January 2012
    SOPA effectively has no way of actually stopping piracy; it only forces them to find workarounds, as always. The bill however will completely cripple internet, which has been a wonderful marketing opportunity for basically all video game developers and publishers up until now. I don't think it's "SURPRISING" to see companies taking a stand against dem bills.
  • OzzieMonkeyOzzieMonkey
    edited January 2012
    I feel compelled to share this to anyone I can, wherever I can. This is what's REALLY going on.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MU9lxDcvNw8
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