Obviously, it's not a good thing if these bills get put through. On the other hand, if SOPA or PIPA got through, what would be stopping every Tom, Dick and Harry from filing and avalanche of SO/PIPA notices against the *AAs and their constituents in a huge, continual onslaught that would take years and years to be sorted out in the courts? That would at the very least inconvenience them greatly (from an advertising point of view), if not cripple their distribution channels. I would also be deliciously fitting if they were to meet their ends at the hands of their own "weapons".

I think in this situation, it's more like you buy a new car and you get a tank of petrol thrown in. You buy a used car, and you have to look after the petrol yourself. From what I've read, it's more like that analogy. They're apparently giving away for free something that they were going to charge for to people who buy the game. Like the DLC with Dead Island. Having no interest in the game, and then having played the demo, I think this would be a game worth investing in.

There seems to be a point that many people are overlooking. The used car business is actually quite good for car manufacturers for another reason: spare parts. When a car (inevitably) wears out, parts need to be replaced. Where do you go to get car parts? Back to the manufacturer of the car, of course! Then, they sell those parts at a large mark up, and benefit from it. They may even manufacture defects in to parts to get them to wear out faster, and thus make more parts sales. From a certain point of view, this is where the games industry is going now with online passes. They're trying to make money off of used sales by forcing "wear" and making people buy replacement parts to get things working properly. The car analogy still fits rather nicely for the current state.

And of course, no one lives in any part of the world other than North America. Australia, where I live, usually gets left out in the cold in cases like this. Our internet connections aren't the best, plus servers are rarely if ever put in locally. This means that latency is a huge problem for all of us here.

I've had both Windows Mobile Phones and (currently) a Windows Phone 7 and have been happy with them all. Capacitative touch screen is obviously superior to stylus navigation, but the range of software for Windows Mobile was fantastic.

Hi there, I'm a long time reader, but first time commenter. I know this thread is kind of old, but after the parent comment, I felt that I should bring attention to the excellent book "The Resurrected Man" by Sean Williams, which deals with the near-same situation as the post above details. The book's a few years old now, but well worth the read!