ok so its 2 words big dead anyway. Who ever said the gaming industry is not creative and included Doom 3 in their argument, obviously has not seen any screen shots from this game. It is graphically stunning, new monsters, great special effects, etc. The thing with 3D shooters is that there is only so much plot you can have. Your a space marine stranded on a planet with thousands of deamons that want your soul. Your on a mission and you space pod get stranded on an enemy planet, kill them all and get off the planet. Ok so the actual story line of 3D shooters usually sucks, but so what I dont play them to be entertained by an interesting story line, thats what i have FFX-2 and the sword of Mana for. Those special effects that the hardware of newer gaming rigs is capable of, are what make the 3D shooter shine. Well that and killing hundreds of thousands of flesh hungry deamons. Man my trigger finger is tired
Unfortunately, piracy and pornography could then become the cornerstones of a "business model." At first, children and students would be tempted to infringe copyrights or redistribute pornography.
People on P2P networks are on them for a reason, "Free Stuff", weather it be the latest hit on the radio, a classic rock song, or a newly released movie. It is no different from burning your buddy a copy of the latest cd, or sneaking a digital movie camera into the theater. These "young people or students" are not being coerced into a shady criminal life, by "Unscrupulous corporations". If people wish to get media without paying for it they will.
Their illicit activities then generate huge advertising revenues for the architects of piracy. Those children and students then become "human shields" against enforcement efforts that would disrupt the flow of those revenues. Later, large user-bases and the threat of more piracy would become levers to force American artists to enter licensing agreements in which they pay the architects of piracy to distribute and protect their works on the Internet.
Senator Orrin Hatch is just being paraniod here. This business model of his is just silly. For the simple fact that since the creation of P2P networks music industry revenues are at an all time high. Me personaly I like to hear a CD before I buy it.
Federal enforcement action is surely warranted if such "business models" are driving the increasing ease of piracy on peer-to-peer filesharing networks. Such business models exploit children, cheat artists, and threaten the future development of commerce on the Internet. There are no "architects of piracy" who wish to force the force the "Artists of America" into some contract.
If this bill were to pass, nothing would change. The only side effect would be that the senate would not have time to work on good bills like the one to Protect the "Association for the Advancement of Mythical and Imaginary Beasts and Creatures" from intelectual rights lawsuits.
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ok so its 2 words big dead anyway. Who ever said the gaming industry is not creative and included Doom 3 in their argument, obviously has not seen any screen shots from this game. It is graphically stunning, new monsters, great special effects, etc. The thing with 3D shooters is that there is only so much plot you can have. Your a space marine stranded on a planet with thousands of deamons that want your soul. Your on a mission and you space pod get stranded on an enemy planet, kill them all and get off the planet. Ok so the actual story line of 3D shooters usually sucks, but so what I dont play them to be entertained by an interesting story line, thats what i have FFX-2 and the sword of Mana for. Those special effects that the hardware of newer gaming rigs is capable of, are what make the 3D shooter shine. Well that and killing hundreds of thousands of flesh hungry deamons. Man my trigger finger is tired
Unfortunately, piracy and pornography could then become the cornerstones of a "business model." At first, children and students would be tempted to infringe copyrights or redistribute pornography.
People on P2P networks are on them for a reason, "Free Stuff", weather it be the latest hit on the radio, a classic rock song, or a newly released movie. It is no different from burning your buddy a copy of the latest cd, or sneaking a digital movie camera into the theater. These "young people or students" are not being coerced into a shady criminal life, by "Unscrupulous corporations". If people wish to get media without paying for it they will.
Their illicit activities then generate huge advertising revenues for the architects of piracy. Those children and students then become "human shields" against enforcement efforts that would disrupt the flow of those revenues. Later, large user-bases and the threat of more piracy would become levers to force American artists to enter licensing agreements in which they pay the architects of piracy to distribute and protect their works on the Internet.
Senator Orrin Hatch is just being paraniod here. This business model of his is just silly. For the simple fact that since the creation of P2P networks music industry revenues are at an all time high. Me personaly I like to hear a CD before I buy it.
Federal enforcement action is surely warranted if such "business models" are driving the increasing ease of piracy on peer-to-peer filesharing networks. Such business models exploit children, cheat artists, and threaten the future development of commerce on the Internet. There are no "architects of piracy" who wish to force the force the "Artists of America" into some contract.
If this bill were to pass, nothing would change. The only side effect would be that the senate would not have time to work on good bills like the one to Protect the "Association for the Advancement of Mythical and Imaginary Beasts and Creatures" from intelectual rights lawsuits.