Quick Jump Daily Digest
Thank you for your interest in the Quick Jump Daily Digest. Get notified of all new content on QJ in our free Daily Digest. To subscribe, enter your email address below and click the subscribe button.
Swedish Pirate Party Invited to Swedish Gaming Show, Then Banned |
Listed in: News Tags: gameex, piracy, swedish pirate party
The Swedish Pirate Party are the flagship for the power of piracy on an entire country. It is that big and important an issue that they even started a party. In comparison, in Australia there is a party for hunting, boating and fishing, and considering the pro-conservation and youthful vegans in this country, I doubt they will ever be in power, Pirate Party on the other hand, have almost been in power...twice. So our story rings somewhat true of "Party-ism" and prejudice and I shall not stand for it!
The Swedish Game Industry isn't that huge, but it's big enough to host a gaming show to give a bit of advertisement for upcoming games and show off some lovely new tech. The Pirate Party, having some kind of stake in the whole games industry were invited to GameEx and then days before they were meant to turn up for the Expo were turned away and told they were Banned from the entire event.
Pirate Party leader Anna Troberg was told when asking a few questions about the show, from a very stressed representative and said something "vague" about "not wanting any problems." Troberg, like any sane person, thought it was a bit odd and in the afternoon was told by the fair manager, who may have the most wasted awesome name of, Bear Wengse, that they told the party kindly and firmly that they were not allowed to attend the fair.
Wengse said to the party that Gamex was not a "political venue" and expressed worry that the appearance of The Pirate Party could cause problems with some of their planned activities, as they are percieved as criminals to many. Troberg said as a political party they wish to change the laws and not break them, much like the Social Democratic Youth League, who were actually allowed to go to Gamex despite their own support of decriminalisation of non-commercial file sharing.
Troberg ended on a positive note
Nonetheless, Troberg is sticking to the high road in the dispute. She actually thanked the Gamex people for the ban, saying it resulted in more exposure for the party than it would have received through the show. And although the Pirate Party wasn't allowed in, it was well represented anyway: members of the party's Young Pirate group gave away free Pirate Party t-shirts to attendees who wanted to show their support.
Via [TorrentFreak]
|
|
|
| 50% of voters think this story ROCKS! |
|
|
azeri seksi roya | jalbreak | ditigal comics psp | wipeout tv video game | signer | red dead redemption | emualator | leitner flashcard system | mega man psn | videos nds | cube | castlevania los dlc | bmp | windows2 | shell windows vista psp | weewe | new mame | next gen portable | wii homebrew game | custom oe | gat | erotic game homebrew | usb loader for psp | the 3rd birthday | homebrew game | how to use luaplayer | psp skype | psp adhoc file tran | rpg psp | screenshot v13 | animal jam 2011 | psp download meneger | wajid baghdadi | jp18 | djmati11 | wii homebrew emulato | warhawk gamesave | pokedex psp | map editor | psxsp | orcs must die | update controller | cios38 | tvu plyer | fifa 2011free | cerpen ngentot | xplora 2 update 06 | psix exis | ff9 | wkc savegame | azeri seksi | iphone backup | fallout new vegas de | video ngentot | action replay pokem | headshot | twin bee | psp psn free stuff | 10 game design schools | psp photoshop | seqsi | hear | videotheque | resident evil zero | six axis driver for pc | sleep n wake psp | world of war craft | wii apps serevr | pc game on psp | pr shell | disgaea | wii emulatot | av cable | ff 13 | world of warcraft cataclisim | doodle jump ds | sin | netflix | 4tube sasha grey | asian | crack | snes9x wii | sensor bar | psp doc | snes 9xyl | morrowind | wwe smackdown vs raw 2009 | ps3 joystick | free drivers | battlefield badcompany | sega prepping | danmaku | ps3 remote | wipe out pure | windows 7 ds edition box art | cfg | kung fu panda ps3 | s60v2 nds emulator | kung fu panda 2 udraw | download emu | hybrid i5 psp | nds emulator s60v2 | ds moon | gta 3 real | window ds | dead space 2 | tpf | backup launcher gamm | ipad ios 5 beta | popsloader 660 | ps3 cfw download | wad installer | pndra | iso umd | lua editor | psp gens emulator | n64 emulator | neogeo cd emulator | prometheus 3 | gta 4 psp game | motionjoy | ipl installer | ps3 restore | psp chess | fifa 12 update | wake | win ds | ps3 joystic driver | clean psp | cerita ngentot anak smp | how to install homebre games | basketball text base | powersaver | psp demo | gen final | kiri | monster hunter porte | emulador game boy avance | minecraft download | flashplayer | 6 cfw | nintendo d | bawok | loading apps | gpsp unodicial | psp time machine | ironhide | sns9x | daedelusx64 | nintento 64 emulator for psps | kamapisachi actress | nimbuzz psp | dump wii games via wifi | xboxbackupcreator | tyga | without custom firmware | psp homebrew software | m33 on 3000 | vnc homebrew | rpg game | msn messenger | burning xbox 360 games | m33 psp | audio boost plugins | wpa psp | action replay xbox 360 | j416 | ps2 original price | psp mail | install | mev6 | grader v008 | windows nintendo | dsi rom | ri remote |
Comments
Reply
Reply
Reply
Reply
Especially for things like "old school maps" in games like MW2. I own MW1 but I have to pay £11 for FIVE MAPS I already own?! I think not.
Reply
tl;dr You can download games easy for consoles and it's just an excuse not to develop for the PC.
Reply
Its the same in the X..X..X industry. Video sharing websites are killing the industry. Especially homosexual videos.
Reply
Reply
Piracy isn't killing the industry foo, Gamestop and other major used game retailers are the ones that have been affecting the economy of the games industry.
Yes, piracy is also affecting the industry but worst when it is coupled with gamestop like stores.
We all know that the solution is for game publishers lower the ridiculous $60 price tag on their games. This would definitely 'decrease' game piracy but not eliminate it since people will still pirate.
Reply
No its really not and I was being sarcastic in my first post. They're making more money then they ever did. If anything is killing all the industries piracy apparently affects, its the greedy money men. (you sort of touched on) the same people who are saying its piracy.
Reply
Oh what will we do without you
Reply
Reply
Game Companies.
By flooding the market with s*it games. Don't get me wrong, I'm no programmer & I understand a most of games need a lot of time & money, But if all you've managed to produce at the end of the development cycle is some boring turd, don't expect us to still pay £40-£50 for the privilege of finding out. It hurts the industry far more than piracy or "gamestop".
I've got a fine collection of original games on many platforms, and virtually every one of them i pirated first.
I may be a pirate but I 'aint no guinea pig.
P.S. Don't get me started on DLC....
Reply
Reply