ESA gets behind SOPA

Where's Anonymous when you need them?

If there's a group you should support, it's the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

If somehow, this passes, if somehow, Obama signs it in, there will be so much outrage, I can't even. Imagine all of the hacker groups, the DOS attack groups, etc, who would go into 150% overdrive mode if this passed. I dare you to pass this bill.

Seriously?

well they just signed that one bill that means they can hold us in prison just for thinking we are a terrorist with no evidence and for however long they want this does not seem so far fetched that it will pass.

Even if by some miracle this passes, I would be astonished if Obama didn't veto it without a second thought.

this wont stop piracy it will more than likely increase it

this will destroy the internet and it won't just affect the usa, it will affect the whole world. seriously protest against this bullsh** bill.

I hate SOPA mostly for the fact that it can ruin Let's Plays and other fan-based content, especially on YouTube, but surely corporations can understand that passing SOPA really won't hurt piracy that much?

I love how Nintendo, Sony, and EA pull their support...and the ESA jumps in. Seriously? Anyone who's for SOPA either doesn't understand it--or intentionally spits on the grave of our founding fathers. SOPA is nothing but a mask for internet censorship, a promise of security at the cost of liberty, and a fallacy that would have been laughed out of congress 12 years ago while its writers were tried for treason. I can't believe this is even an issue. Kill SOPA now!

The thing that pisses me off is that it's all because they're trying fight the simplicity of being able to copy and distribute something with newer digital technology.

What a way to start off 2012. 2012. Just typing that gives me the willies. I feel like something big is gonna happen this year that's never happened before.

Of course gaming companies support SOPA, they don't want their stuff being stolen anymore. They don't care if it means the destruction of the internet

come on ESA; Sony, Nintendo, and EA realized it was a bad idea to support it so why do you step in?

SOPA-the end of youtube,if this gets passed good bye Let'plays,montages etc i'm NOT behind this bill 100% kill this please?

If the kind folk at gamespot and it's sister sites would have a chat with the higher ups at CBS and tell them that they're morons that would be awfully great of you guys. Although perhaps be slightly more diplomatic than this commenter :).

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Cmon ESA, you have always been about freedom of expression and yet you support something that will systematically stifle that very thing? Shame on you

........why would the National Football league even care about this?

This SOUP needs to end!

This will affect the internet as a whole which will affect the world not just the USA. How they can think they have the right to pass this is unbelievable, anyone outside of America can't have a say so how can they tell if this is in the peoples interest? This bill could destroy the internet as we know it, as its made up of copyright infringement this site for instance could cease to exist, everything that we take for granted as an internet community will be destroyed. The internet will just be turned into another platform for misrepresented news.

So, they support crushing all internet culture and arresting little kids?

No wonder there was no mention of SOPA&PIPA on most game review sites. You guys are owned by the same money grabbing moronic media companies that support the bill in the first place. And to the rest of you; open your eyes and think. This bill has little to do with piracy as it will have no effect on it but it will limit your rights and control the (legal!) content you get from the internet. Edit: Even news sites and sites like Gamespot (even if owned by the supporters of the bill) could potentially die out as most of the content they display is copyrighted but they can do so under the fair use bill. All the screenshots, videos etc... potentially infringe copyright under SOPA/PIPA

@RealFabioSooner you mean the professionals like the original engineers of the internet and said that this bill will break it OH WAIT... @billlabowski [url=<< LINK REMOVED >>]See here.[/url]

Yes, let us use draconian and impractical laws in order to stop people who probably would never have bought our products in the first place, while we're at it we will empower ourselves to block anything at all on the pretense of copyright infringement, that could in ABSOLUTELY NO WAY WHATSOEVER WE PROMISE be used to silence opinions we didn't like, especially regarding our products.

@RealFabioSooner i can't say i never pirated stuff but that's not the reason i'm against SOPA the reason i'm against that is i'm sure they won't stop at only pirated stuff... If SOPA is accepted do you know america will be able to close any sites they want even if the sites is not based in america ? If SOPA is really only for sites with pirated stuff i don't have any problem with that but i really doubt they will stop with that only...

"Polarizing"? Polarizing means that there's an almost equal divide on any one issue. The vast majority of human beings are SOPA. On top of that, one need look no further than the fiasco with Naughty Dog's "The Last of Us" and Viacom taking ND's trailer for it down just because it aired on their crappy awards show first and felt they owned the trailer because of it, to see how SOPA would be abused even further. Don't let this bill or Protect IP pass without a fight.

@RealFabioSooner Or you could read the bill yourself and come up with your own opinion.

Let's be realistic. This probably will have little to no effect on piracy, as there are many, many counter measures that pirates can take. All this will do is make the internet a really crappy place for legitimate users.

Games will keep being made without SOPA or PIPA. Anybody who thinks otherwise clearly doesn't know what they're talking about.

Hmmm. So, who should I believe in when it comes to what SOPA really is about? Thousands of random angry Internet entities who most probably have pirated lots of stuff, or the professionals who back that bill up?... Considering that I want games to keep being made, it's an easy choice.

I'm sorry but how could anyone like SOPA? inb4 thumbs down from ESA.

ESA steps in just as Nintendo, EA, and Sony step away from support SOPA. Whats wrong wtih you ESA? Oh well, the bill wont pass.

INTERNET MAD AT ESA!!!!!

You know marshal law would cut down on crime quite a bit, but it doesn't mean that we want it.

im going to be a indie game game company. and NO WAY ill ever want to be part of the ESA EVER or ANY group that supports laws that takes rights away just so those big time greedy companies can make a quick buck!

SOPA=Death to the internet

If this bill is passed they will not see a dime from me, I will not buy another video game, I will put my money towards a hobby like scuba diving. SOPA will just hurt people and make our beloved internet into a chaotic network. Oh and if Gamespot thinks that it's cool, just wait til they accidently use someone else's video or link something that someone owns without permission. I'm sure they haven't read the entire bill. I've read about 80% of it and it will define what it means to be miserable.