Comment Re:Boycott (Score 1) 771
Dear Sirs,
Your recent action using the DMCA against bnetd.org is wrong. I think you need to re-think your actions.
If you publish a game and then attempt to prohibit people who legally purchase your game from making their own "add-ons" or modifications to the game via the DMCA, your going to end up hurting your own sales. For example look at the wildly popular game "Half-Life" if it where not for the mod "Counter-Strike" the game would have died off long ago. But because Valve and Sierra had the foresight to allow user to add modifications and even game servers, IE: the Linux version, the games is one of the most popular games of all times.
I would suggest that you check some of the negative press your are not getting for your actions.
http://slashdot.org/articles/02/02/21/0136256.sh tm l?tid=127
As one of the co-owners of www.amatuer-hour.net, I have already called for a limited boycott of all of your products from our Admins. If by February 25th, 2002 you have not reversed your position, I will call for a general boycott of your products and services.
By using a poorly written law to stifle innovation and creativity, you have shown that your company is not someone I want to be associated with,
Denis Dimick
denis@dimick.net
Cc: slashdot.org, admin@amateur-hour.net
Your recent action using the DMCA against bnetd.org is wrong. I think you need to re-think your actions.
If you publish a game and then attempt to prohibit people who legally purchase your game from making their own "add-ons" or modifications to the game via the DMCA, your going to end up hurting your own sales. For example look at the wildly popular game "Half-Life" if it where not for the mod "Counter-Strike" the game would have died off long ago. But because Valve and Sierra had the foresight to allow user to add modifications and even game servers, IE: the Linux version, the games is one of the most popular games of all times.
I would suggest that you check some of the negative press your are not getting for your actions.
http://slashdot.org/articles/02/02/21/0136256.s
As one of the co-owners of www.amatuer-hour.net, I have already called for a limited boycott of all of your products from our Admins. If by February 25th, 2002 you have not reversed your position, I will call for a general boycott of your products and services.
By using a poorly written law to stifle innovation and creativity, you have shown that your company is not someone I want to be associated with,
Denis Dimick
denis@dimick.net
Cc: slashdot.org, admin@amateur-hour.net
