Submitted by Diceman - May 28, 2007 at 12:41 pm -0500
The underlying argument is "pirates are teh evil"it"corporations pull capcom's at ever single outlet"they copyright anything and everything until all ideas are used up and to rub it in copyright laws are so outdated folks can make a weird kind of circle with a 4 directional lines and a triangle in the center and copyright that sign for 30+ years.If someone can tell me how this doesn't hurt creativity then please do tell.

Example:Chrono resurrection,bunch of kids make a very very good rehash of a snes classic with fmv and ps2 quality graphics but since squeenix owns the license to chrono trigger they sent them a cease and desist despite the fact that it was for personal use and demo purposes at the time(not all original artwork based ona 2d game not ripping sprites or anything).

The entire human race depends on one person copying another (we even learn how to do all the current things we do through imitation such as walking,talking,eating even how we go about doing math)the way things are currently going it wont be long until you can be sued for using a mod chip to play homebrew games for your xbox.

Take a good long look at most inventions over the past...i dunno...entire existence of humans and you will see most ideas come from copying other things be it human or made by nature.If the copying of one idea leads to a improvement of the original then why bother trying to stop it?or why do i have to pay Nintendo to make a game for their systems?I don't remember asking ford what tires i can and cannot put on my car did I?are we looking at a future where a "ch-ch-chenyism!"mod for halo 2-3 when you shoot a comrade in the face with the shotgun lead to a copyright infringement lawsuit?

@mickey the racoon yeah because we all know me downloading a copy of silk worm to play on my nes emulator is actually taking food out of the artists mouth(being as the game hasn't sold a copy from the company that made it in over a decade)?maybe pc piracy is a slight problem but console piracy is quite a different story altogether.

ps:I wonder if SE will come after me if i cosplay as robo from chrono trigger?the way things look it may be a resounding yes a few years from now.

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