...they're texts will become free and no one will have to pay them.
I thought that for something to be copyrighted, a copy needed to be maintained in the library of congress. If it's there, shouldn't it be available from a local library?
This is just another example of legislators usurping parents' roles.
How is this "usurping the parents roles"? If anything this is forcing the parents to fulfill their role as parents. The bill makes it illegal to sell the games to children under 18 so a parent (or other adult) would have to buy it for them. This would force the parent to at least look at the box which clearly shows the ESRB rating/justification, then the parent can decide if their children can have the game or not.
Did banning minors (under 17) from watching NC-17 movies stop the parents from being parents? Did forcing parents to watch rated R movies with their children stop the parents from being parents?
They act like the only way to own multiple consoles is to buy them both right when they come out.
This is something that I've never understood.
I've always waited until at least the first, and sometimes the second, price drop to buy a console. By then, most of the bugs in the system can get resolved, I'll get it for less, and I'll be able to avoid the tech demos in the launch titles.
...who happens to be related to the business partners of our president.
This has always bugged me. Why should Bush's business partner's relatives have ANYTHING to do with him. Say me and your father go into business and open a restaurant. Then you go and nuke Los Angeles. Would that make ME a bad person?
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...they're texts will become free and no one will have to pay them.
I thought that for something to be copyrighted, a copy needed to be maintained in the library of congress. If it's there, shouldn't it be available from a local library?
This is just another example of legislators usurping parents' roles.
How is this "usurping the parents roles"? If anything this is forcing the parents to fulfill their role as parents. The bill makes it illegal to sell the games to children under 18 so a parent (or other adult) would have to buy it for them. This would force the parent to at least look at the box which clearly shows the ESRB rating/justification, then the parent can decide if their children can have the game or not.
Did banning minors (under 17) from watching NC-17 movies stop the parents from being parents? Did forcing parents to watch rated R movies with their children stop the parents from being parents?
...from the first Pong console, we all called it "playing a game", not "watching a (interactive) movie".
You haven't played a Final Fantasy in while have you?
They act like the only way to own multiple consoles is to buy them both right when they come out.
This is something that I've never understood.
I've always waited until at least the first, and sometimes the second, price drop to buy a console. By then, most of the bugs in the system can get resolved, I'll get it for less, and I'll be able to avoid the tech demos in the launch titles.
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Adobe's PDF viewer is the devil.
If parents don't want their kids checking out what they view as "distasteful" or "offensive" CDs from the library...
I think what he's trying to say is the CDs wouldn't be checked out AT ALL, they'd just take up space on a shelf.
...who happens to be related to the business partners of our president.
This has always bugged me. Why should Bush's business partner's relatives have ANYTHING to do with him.
Say me and your father go into business and open a restaurant. Then you go and nuke Los Angeles. Would that make ME a bad person?