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Sega Pushes ISONews, and They Push Back

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the sounds-like-they-got-a-good-lawyer dept.

ttol writes "Take a look at our announcement at iSONews.com. Sega of America is trying to censor our freedom of speech by claiming our news service infringes on their copyrights on their Dreamcast system. We've got Ms. Jennifer Stisa Granick representing us (she spoke at DefCon). Sega has been sending out these notices for to other sites as well. It's time that someone can stand up for our constitutionary rights, and not let Big Business bully us around." ISO News doesn't distribute ISOs, so Sega is being very uncool. I think they're just pissed that only like 9 people bought dreamcasts *grin*.

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  1. Re:Quiz time by emgeemg · · Score: 5

    Question: is it really a case of "free speech"?

    Yes, it is a case of free speech. As far as I can tell, ISONews does not distribute any illegal games themserlves. They simply report on what's out there. This is not and should not be a crime. If someone comes up to me on the street and asks if I know where he might find some crack and I tell him that the crackhouse down the street might be a good place to start should I be arrested as a drug dealer?

    Warez fascinates me I guess, because people that wouldn't steal anything material - ie wouldn't walk into a shop and steal one of these games, feel totally justified in downloading them.

    Agreed.

    don't want to start a fight, I'd just really like to see some other opinions on this. Is it ethical?

    It may not be ethical but "ethical" and "legal" are two very different things.

  2. Why does the Dreamcast get so much flak? by Bedemus · · Score: 5

    I don't know why the Dreamcast always gets such a bum wrap... They've been on the market for over a year now, while the PS2 isn't even in the US market yet, but even a year ago people were saying they didn't want to spend 200 bucks for the best system out at the time because the PS2 would beat it when it came out.

    Besides, Sega tries stuff in the states that there's no way Sony would even think of doing... Seaman, for instance, is an awesome "game" that does some truly innovative stuff that sega took a chance with and released in the states.

    Anyway, I'm not a huge console gamer, but if any next-gen console survives, I hope it's Sega's.
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