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Listen To Your Game Boy Advance
filmsmith writes "It looks like Nintendo may be interested in using the GBA to enter the PDA market and even considering itself competition for the Apple iPod. It smells of DMCA pandering, though. 'It looks like protection will be in place to ensure that even content recorded by users (through the use of a special adapter) will not be able to be shared with other users.' Planet Gamecube has the article here."
I know it makes for good headlines, but nowhere does it say Nintendo is endorsing this.
They have never been much for sharing, even their old games. They can still profit from them and so still want to sell everything to users.
Imagine that. A company wants to profit from the product they create. Fuckers.
They currently still sell even their ancient NES games as playable on the GBA through the use of the e-card reader.
Thus, the ancient NES games are playable. If the makers of the game can turn a profit, why shouldn't they be allowed to do so? That's what they were made for in the first place.
Or should NES games enter the public domain after 10 years, because you want to play an emulator? Come on. It's not abandonware. Nintendo has all the right in the world to prevent the illegal copying of their games.
Just because Nintendo has a great line of games and (in my opinion) a great line of consoles, doesn't mean they are a morally correct company.
Bunk. It's like you listen to Lessig but you're not really hearing him. The creators of the work have the right to be compensated for their work, for a reasonable window of time.
They have done everything from price fixing to scamming the government...
This I know nothing about, but I'd be curious to read more if you've got links.
Sorry. It sounds like I'm picking on you here, which is not the intent. I'm just bothered by your sense of entitlement.