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Originally Posted by Caligari
If your "alarm bells" only go off because you're not making money, you may want to re-think that...
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Any "alarm bells" that go off for me are based on my years of experience in this business.
I've seen and read and heard "the sky is falling" many, many times over the years.
But it really DID fall over the last few years with piracy. It's destroying everything.
If people want to argue over an updated law that replaces the current DMCA law that is far, far behind what is happening...then I would suggest you turn your arguments toward the PIRATES.
It's not the honest hard working guys like me who work hard for a living and take risks, etc. that are causing these new "restrictive" laws to come into place.
Nope.
It's the greedy fucking pirates and thieves who are going to end up being the end of your perceived "freedom" (and as I read this thread...it appears that "freedom" translates into youtube, message boards, and facebook for most of the video game playing generation).
For me..."freedom" means the freedom to create and work and not have to worry about spending half my time dealing with thieves who steal everything.
I guess it's all a matter of where you're standing that determines your perspective on it. And from where I'm standing...this industry has been raped by piracy.
Not that the govt. gives a shit about us. But since pirates have also turned their greed and corruption towards mainstream business and fucked them too...now it's time to pay the piper.
Fuck pirates and thieves.