ESA Releases Annual Report For Public Consumption

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Thursday July 31, 2008 @08:19AM from the demand-transparency dept.

For the first time ever, the ESA has released their annual report for public consumption. Highlighting the details of how the massive amounts of publisher money was spent, the report covers: "federal work, a state-by-state breakdown and goes into other initiatives, like anti-piracy and general research endeavors. There are no answers to why organizations like Activizzard and LucasArts left, but it does give a fairly comprehensive understanding of what the lobby group does to protect its clients."

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No story... by rtechie · 2008-07-31 12:57 · Score: 2, Interesting

The big question is:
Why did Activision/Blizzard, id, and Lucasarts (and others) quit the ESA?
The report doesn't address this at all and Activision etc. aren't talking. The only hints I've heard have been complaints that they didn't like the way ESA was spending their dues. Releasing the report is consistent with that, but that doesn't seem like enough to quit.