Submitted by Jabrwock - February 12, 2008 at 9:08 am -0500139.142.226.178
@MaskedPixelante
"Never gonna happen. We don’t have the DMCA for a reason, you know. We’re much happier with the current system."
Don't be so sure. The Harper government has seemed pretty keen to not only implement the DMCA, but the DMCA as it was originally, before any amendments were put in for stuff like "fair use" and "safe harbour", and "first sale"...
You'd think the ESA would be praising Canada. Afterall, we have NO fair use rights AT ALL. None. The DMCA is being modified to allow breaking encryption for personal backups. The Canadian version would have no such provisions, since regular Canadian law allows no such thing. That's why that stupid "iPod levy" exists.
As for "mod chips", the ESA can get stuffed. What's next, gonna outlaw soldering guns? Just because the industry is so lazy and/or greedy it doesn't want to bring certain games across the pond, doesn't mean I can't break a piece of hardware I OWN in order to "fix" that lack of a feature. Calling me a criminal when I'm trying to use games I legally purchased? Well, now THAT's criminal...
Remember US car dealers who refused to sell to Canadians when the dollar hit parity, even pretended it was illegal to do so, because they were being all protectionist of their industry? Yeah, we have a word for people like that.
@ESA
"Pirated copies of games and circumvention devices have permeated retail markets in Canada"
Give me a number. And it had better not be a number you made up, sent to the RCMP, and then quoted them a source to give it legitimacy. That's MPAA type lying...
Posted 07/23/08 at 10:13pm GRIZZAM PRIME: Lunatic: Nope. Ever fading if I'm not mistaken.
Posted 07/23/08 at 08:05pm LuNaTiC: is there a way to view old shouts? sorry if its a noob question.
Posted 07/23/08 at 07:07pm gamepolitics: momma didn't raise no sock puppet
Posted 07/23/08 at 06:15pm Rodrigo Ybáñez García: Jack is a repressed man. Don´t be surprised...
Posted 07/23/08 at 06:07pm GryphonOsiris: So Jack admitted paying for gay porn... all I can say is wow... just wow...
Posted 07/23/08 at 05:09pm lumi: to the case, and he's been on 60 minutes once!
Posted 07/23/08 at 05:09pm lumi: GP, you should mention you'll be filing a legal injunction against him if he doesn't comply. Phoenix Wright will be attached
Posted 07/23/08 at 03:32pm Alteffor: You should add a section to the site for anything Jack CC's to you. It's always entertaining to read the stuff he writes.
Posted 07/23/08 at 03:31pm Matriculated: Does anyone know when the Supreme Court reaches their decission?
Posted 07/23/08 at 03:04pm Freyar: I demand to see this letter! (Not that I have any grounds to demand on.)
Posted 07/23/08 at 02:53pm gamepolitics: JT called me a "sock puppet" in an e-mail to Hal Halpin... i gave him 24 hours to retract it, LOL
Posted 07/23/08 at 02:46pm Haggard: Might want to take a look at what Anthony Horowitz wrote about GTA IV in the Telegraph, article seems to have been taken down
Posted 07/23/08 at 01:05pm Silencets: Beutiful. I always did wonder about Jacko Wacko
Posted 07/23/08 at 10:24am Matriculated: So Jack (an anti-gay activist) PAYED for gay porn
Posted 07/23/08 at 10:22am Matriculated: [i]...and purchased membership.[/i]
Posted 07/23/08 at 10:21am Matriculated: [i] few months later, as part of his ongoing campaign against Kent, Thompson followed links to gay porn on Kent's website[/i]
Posted 07/23/08 at 07:40am sortableturnip: Jack's at it again: http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/riptide/2008/07/jack_thompson_faces_permanent.php
Posted 07/22/08 at 11:22pm PHOENIXZERO: Ugh, that CNBC program "Play to Win" is it? Is on again...
Posted 07/22/08 at 09:34pm ZippyDSM: todayin zippy land:after spending 8 hours working on my AC unit yesterday it finally died today. theres go 300$ I don't have...tin trailers are ovens in the summer >>
Posted 07/22/08 at 09:17pm Cheater87: http://www.gameplanet.co.nz/news/132121.20080723.Saints-Row-2-uncensored-in-Australia/
"Never gonna happen. We don’t have the DMCA for a reason, you know. We’re much happier with the current system."
Don't be so sure. The Harper government has seemed pretty keen to not only implement the DMCA, but the DMCA as it was originally, before any amendments were put in for stuff like "fair use" and "safe harbour", and "first sale"...
You'd think the ESA would be praising Canada. Afterall, we have NO fair use rights AT ALL. None. The DMCA is being modified to allow breaking encryption for personal backups. The Canadian version would have no such provisions, since regular Canadian law allows no such thing. That's why that stupid "iPod levy" exists.
As for "mod chips", the ESA can get stuffed. What's next, gonna outlaw soldering guns? Just because the industry is so lazy and/or greedy it doesn't want to bring certain games across the pond, doesn't mean I can't break a piece of hardware I OWN in order to "fix" that lack of a feature. Calling me a criminal when I'm trying to use games I legally purchased? Well, now THAT's criminal...
Remember US car dealers who refused to sell to Canadians when the dollar hit parity, even pretended it was illegal to do so, because they were being all protectionist of their industry? Yeah, we have a word for people like that.
@ESA
"Pirated copies of games and circumvention devices have permeated retail markets in Canada"
Give me a number. And it had better not be a number you made up, sent to the RCMP, and then quoted them a source to give it legitimacy. That's MPAA type lying...