Is It Time To Enforce a Gamers' Bill of Rights?

adeelarshad82 writes "The SimCity launch debacle is only the latest in an increasingly frustrating string of affronts to gamers' rights as customers. Before SimCity, we had Ubisoft's always-on DRM (that the company only ended quietly after massive outcry from gamers). We had the forced online and similarly unplayable launch of Diablo III. We had games like Asura's Wrath and Final Fantasy: All the Bravest that required you to pay more money just to complete them after you purchase them. And let us never forget the utter infamy of StarForce, SecuROM, and Sony's copy protection, which installed rootkits on computers without users' knowledge. As one recently published article argues, maybe it's time for gamers to demand adoption of a Bill of Rights."

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Yea... no.

[CanHasDIY]

Sorry, but I could give two shits about your little pissing match with EA. Wait... no, sorry, couldn't give even a single shit, let alone a matched pair.

I'm far more concerned about the possible implications of an unfavorable SCOTUS decision in John Wiley & Sons, Inc. v. Supap Kirtsaeng, AKA the "First Sale Doctrine" case.

Srlsy, you kids and your fucked up priorities...