Perturabo -> RE: I was curious (11/2/2012 3:59:11 PM)
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ORIGINAL: flanyboy What is Matrix/Slitherine's stance on the Senate Bill S-978. It has the potential to put hundreds of you tubers out of jobs but more than that I was wondering what the take of a gaming company for something like this is. It makes sense for movie and tv producers but for game developers streaming of content basically provides free advertisements and games like Minecraft have certainly seen a benefit in sales due to exposure because of online streaming and commentary, I know I never would have seen or heard of Minecraft if it wasn't for Youtube. Further even for Movies and TV shows it does raise dubious concerns for those who make legitimate reviews of content. What then is considered creative commons and what isn't will be another big concern. S-978 Why watch a gameplay video when you can read a magazine review (mandatory 9,5) paid by the publisher and written by a person who doesn't even have journalist education? quote:
ORIGINAL: Iain McNeil No position whatsoever - I've never heard of it but streaming videos is not of any importance to us at all. Well, technically, people showing off the stupidity of mainstream games is undermining your competition[:D]. Some wargamer could want to buy some mainstream game and then watch a video that would expose all the fake hype and then decide to spend money on some wargame that he wasn't waiting for instead.
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