Government vs Internet
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30 Oct 2009, 17:08
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Over at GamesIndustry.biz Jas Purewal has posted an interesting analysis of recent developments within the European Parliament, with new laws set to go through which could see national crackdowns on piracy of all kinds, with the introduction of "3 strikes and you're out". Jas muses on their possible ramifications for the internet as a whole; be it gaming, p2p or online piracy. As ever, unwanted government intervention into the private lives of its citizens could have much farer reaching consequences than allegedly intended.
Despite intense pressure from industry and government, nations such as France have the judicial strength required to protect internet users from a far-reaching state, but, as Jas Purewal notes, the United Kingdom, and this Labour government in particular, generally act on the whims of big business, especially those with shared interests - with Business Secretary Lord Mandelson making moves on yet more authoritarian legislation to police the internet earlier this week.
Read more over at GamesIndustry.biz.
This intrepid news writer urges you to contact your local parliamentarian to tell them to back the fuck up.
Despite intense pressure from industry and government, nations such as France have the judicial strength required to protect internet users from a far-reaching state, but, as Jas Purewal notes, the United Kingdom, and this Labour government in particular, generally act on the whims of big business, especially those with shared interests - with Business Secretary Lord Mandelson making moves on yet more authoritarian legislation to police the internet earlier this week.
Read more over at GamesIndustry.biz.
This intrepid news writer urges you to contact your local parliamentarian to tell them to back the fuck up.
Isn't it a good thing, all the user-generated content, the awesome mods. Isn't it beneficiel to the game itself? I guess they don't make enough money from it.
ask valve
VERY AFRAID
I HAVE FEELINGS ASWELL
JUST BECAUSE IM TURK IT DOESNT MEAN THAT I CANT FEEL ANYTHING
THATS FUCKING HARD FOR ME MAN
I CANT HANDLE ALL THE FLAME ANYMORE
IM GONNA BREAK UP WITH EVERYTHING
:'(
But tbh I would rather play against bots than go to prison for all that other shit.
pressure equals campaign donations aka legal bribery?
for example a level for a game which uses resources in from the game is fine if its distributed without those resources forcing users of the level to own the game
tho this doesn't stop money loss through piracy which i think is what business is really bothered with! maybe they'll do something similar to what they did with music and create different internet products which are cheaper and people want..