Dennis, jeeze man, take a break.

Five articles already and it isn't even noon central.

Go have a coffee. *nods*

It's probably going to have to be 52 for 52 before certain people learn that the First Amendment applies to things they DON'T like, too.

"If only one would appeal to a higher court, then we could have faster resolution. But hey, why waste the effort, it was only to get re-elected anyway…"

These DO get appealed to the Supreme Court, and the SC always denies cert, since there's no reason for them to hear it. They will probably continue to refuse to hear these cases unless one of the federal circuits ultimately rules that the law IS constitutional. Then they would take the case in order to resolve the circuit split.

@Kadamon: ...he's had a coffee- that's the problem. ;P

/b

I keep wonderign why they keep even trying to get these laws passed its like they don't learn from current history or realize that freedom of speech is worth more than its weight in gold to judges(if words can have weight.....dont ask).

@thefremen

I find it odd that they keep fighting to kill piracy givin the fact they put the games ina medium thats easily pirated to begin with(then againa true pirate can kill any protection you can put ona game even the high end 7 million number encryptions are cake)what bothers me is they go afetr folks pirateing games that are long past thier popularity and sales(like megaman X2 for example)instead of the ones really hurting the industry(ones that pirate current on the market games.

Ill admit right now yes i have a large collection of nes and snes roms(and not care if the esa reads this)not becuase i want something for nothing ,more to the fact i cannot find any of these games anywhwere for sale and the fact the companies are not making any money from these old titles(excluding capcom which pumps out the same crap for decades at a time).

If you ask me having a copyright on a single game for 20+ years is just insane not only does it block creativity and improvements but no copying of the game past its lifetime(meaning yes some games will dissapear forever like how i cant find a cart for ring king or caveman games from data east nor can i call them to buy a copy )means some will no longer be avialible to the next generation to enjoy.

In eiether case im relitively safe as are most people with roms as companies normaly go after much bigger fish(that and i have no money to really take :p)normaly folks who mass produce and sell the games.

ps:beena long time since i posted here.good to be back

of course it's going to be ruled unconstitutional. Jack Thompson penned it.

@cyn1c42

While most of these bill are pretty much the same (which explains why they keep failing), didn't this one mix things up a little by punishing the buyer?

@Siftr

No, I think you're thinking of the Lousiana bill.

Yet another victory for us. This bill was the worst of them all as it would have even fined parents for buying their 14 or 15 year old teen son/daughter who they fell were mature enough to handle it, the games. Not to mention the wording in the bill was so vague and overtly broad no retailer would have any fucking idea which games would fall under the restrictions or not.

I'm ashamed to be an Oklahoman.

I really wish I didn't have to say that so often.

Another one bites the dust.