ECA Plans Games-Related DMCA Showdown

Gamespot is reporting that the Electronic Consumers Association (ECA) has picked its first legal fight since vowing to step up lobbying efforts. The organization is going head-to-head with the Electronic Software Association (ESA), a long-time backer of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), by coming out in favor of H.R. 1201 (also known as the Fair Use Act of 2007). "If it became law, the Fair Use Act would create a variety of exemptions to the DMCA's prohibitions on circumventing anti-piracy measures. The Fair Use Act would make it legal to bypass anti-piracy measures in a handful of situations, for personal archiving; for researching, critiquing, or reporting on works of substantial public interest (if that is the sole reason for the circumvention); or to skip commercial or personally objectionable content. It would also create an exemption in copyright law for people who make and distribute equipment used to bypass copyright protection (like modchips), provided the device 'is capable of substantial, commercially significant non-infringing use.'"

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[UserGoogol]

Yeah, one of these days I need to get off my ass and start killing people for real.

Damn Straight!

[Godman]

You are so entirely correct. In fact, just this morning as I skydived from a plane into the middle of a battle and single handedly defeated the enemy with nothing but a pistol and a medkit I was thinking something similar.

The thought began to grow when I left the battle in my car, cruising 200 mph around the streets of downtown manhattan and shooting policemen. I think there were hookers.

But alas, I had to put this thought on hold... ALIEN INVASION!

I jumped into my 1000 pound battle suit and charged up my shields and start blasting away with my rifle. Later when I was jumping out of orbit and crashing into africa I had a few minutes to think...

Why don't more people lead the kind of life I do?

I didn't have too much longer to worry about it though, because out of no where a giant meteor began to fall towards earth. As I journeyed to the north pole to figure out the source, I stumbled upon the answer....

Everyone is lazy! Why aren't they leading the normal mundane outside life I am? Is there something about video games that's more awesome than this? I think NOT!