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White House Will Not Support SOPA, PIPA

Huffington Post reports: Saturday marked a major victory for opponents of proposed anti-piracy legislation Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and PROTECT IP Act (PIPA), which would target foreign-based websites violating U.S. copyrights.
The White House on Saturday officially responded to two online petitions, "Stop the E-PARASITE Act" and "Veto the SOPA bill and any other future bills that threaten to diminish the free flow of information," urging the President to reject SOPA and PIPA.

"While we believe that online piracy by foreign websites is a serious problem that requires a serious legislative response, we will not support legislation that reduces freedom of expression, increases cybersecurity risk, or undermines the dynamic, innovative global Internet," the statement read in part.

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dc14507d ago (Edited 4507d ago )

yep. It was the right thing to do considering that it would have paved the way for future 'more intrusive' legislation.

JsonHenry4507d ago

Just like the administration wouldn't support the NDAA with a clause that allows for indefinite detention without due process? Right...

PopRocks3594507d ago

Weren't there provisions in the NDAA bill that needed to get through?

Also wasn't the portion involving citizen detention added after the President signed it into law?

SmashBrawler1014507d ago

Good. Now if they can just wake up, smell the coffee, and legalize weed.

LoaMcLoa4507d ago

The people disagreeing with you haven't tried weed.

DragonKnight4507d ago

I haven't tried weed, I don't intend to try weed, but I clicked agree because I know a lot of people who smoke weed and I have yet to see any seriously threatening effects of smoking it. After all, it's been around for centuries, native tribes have been smoking it for just as long, and where's the supposed serious effects of it?

OT: Wow, the government actually listened for once? This really is the end of the world.

SmashBrawler1014504d ago

Yeah. Or they're just a bunch of old farts, still stuck in the reefer madness age.

dark-hollow4507d ago

A friend with weed, is a friend indeed.

Mr-Dude4507d ago

I live in holland... here u can buy weed on every corner in the city... legal! haha

SmashBrawler1014504d ago

You lucky, lucky bastard. :(

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Best GPU for Homeworld 3 - top picks & reviews

Jack writes: "Our guide to the best GPUs for Homeworld 3 talks you through some of today's best options from Nvidia, AMD, and Intel - for various budgets."

Michiel19891d ago

opinion piece? it's an advertisement and these articles shouldn't be here.
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Two Decades Later, the Original Splinter Cell is Still a Masterpiece

They don't make games like this anymore.

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vgvill1d 14h ago

Too dated in my book. The AI is way too unpredictable to be acceptable today. It's definitely a game of its time.

Jingsing1d 11h ago (Edited 1d 11h ago )

Agreed with those sentiments. The quality of the CPU controlled characters make or break a stealth game and they are pretty poor in all the Splinter Cell games by today's standard. This is what led me to playing Spies vs Mercs all the time in later games just to get a better stealth experience from a real person. Arguably Sony are making better stealth games albeit not Tom Clancy stuff.

TheProfessional1d 6h ago (Edited 1d 6h ago )

You should stick with fortnite or one of the countless bloodborne style games then. What a joke.

rlow11d 7h ago

I had a good time with the game. It is a product of its time. But when it came out it was a must have game for a lot of people. I wish Ubisoft would make another game in the series or at least a reboot.

vgvill1d 5h ago

They are making a remake, I think. I loved the original game when it was released, but I tried to play it again in recent years and just couldn't get on with it. The same with the older Hitman games.

PrecursorOrb1d 5h ago

Yeah chaos theory still holds up though I gotta say. If you’re a fan of the series I highly suggest you go back to that one. Ubi has said they are remaking sc for “modern audiences”. I don’t have a lot of faith for the future of that company

Chocoburger21h ago(Edited 21h ago)

Due to the lack of modern stealth games, and me constantly playing the MGS series, I've been looking for alternative stealth games to play, and went back and re-played the SC series recently. I wouldn't call SC1 or SC:PT masterpieces, there are AI issues, they're very much trial-and-error games, and that can lead to a lot of frustration. I also found the stories in this series to be boring, uninteresting, and just sloppily told. Cinematics are also of poor quality for both in-game scenes and CG cut-scenes, the soundtrack didn't leave any impression on me either.

Chaos Theory is better, but there was still a lot of room for improvement, and Double Agent (old gen ver.) was a sloppy mess that ended up a regression from CT. But still, at least they tried back then, these days Ubi-junk doesn't even try to make good games!

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How EA & Xbox Are Defining Gaming's Bleak Future

Xbox and EA have recently made baffling moves that define how bleak the future of the gaming industry is with major companies at the helm. Ryan Bates from "Last Word on Gaming" posits in this op-ed that maybe it's not ineptitude, but intention.

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Profchaos1d 13h ago (Edited 1d 13h ago )

Name someone that isn't trying to look us these days maybe cdpr.

Take two, ubi and yes even PlayStation are pushing us to own nothing and be happy with our live service ad injected games on a sub so they can raise prices at will and take access away when they see fit.

If it keeps up I'll be a full time retro gamer and this industry will be crashing hard

As rediculas as it sounds we need government reforms to defend consumer rights