i think that you're missing the point again 'duck... the copyright laws are generally to protect intellectual property from unlicensed and unauthorized exploitation... sales are but a single point of contention here, and would be difficult at best to gather fact based data to support your stance...
... as a matter of fact, it might be argued that piracy aids sales of some intellectual property in fact.
regardless, and quoting from the very links you yourself providied, it seems as if anti piracy efforts are just a single aspect of their 'activities'...
i don't understand your sudden call to arms against this rising 'evil' in our midst... could you explain a little...
--Mike
... as a matter of fact, it might be argued that piracy aids sales of some intellectual property in fact.
regardless, and quoting from the very links you yourself providied, it seems as if anti piracy efforts are just a single aspect of their 'activities'...
welcome to elspa
ELSPA(the Entertainment & Leisure Software Publishers Association) was founded in 1989 to establish a specific and collective identity for the British computer and video game industry.
Since then, the membership has steadily grown from 12 to nearly 100 companies, including almost all the major companies concerned with the publishing and distribution of interactive leisure and entertainment software in the UK. ELSPA works to protect, promote and provide for the interests of all its members, as well as addressing issues that affect the industry as a whole through:
Industry Promotion
Sales Charts & reports
Conferences & Seminars
Anti piracy enforcement
Reviewing proposed Legislation
Content ratings
Research reports
Careers promotion
ELSPA(the Entertainment & Leisure Software Publishers Association) was founded in 1989 to establish a specific and collective identity for the British computer and video game industry.
Since then, the membership has steadily grown from 12 to nearly 100 companies, including almost all the major companies concerned with the publishing and distribution of interactive leisure and entertainment software in the UK. ELSPA works to protect, promote and provide for the interests of all its members, as well as addressing issues that affect the industry as a whole through:
Industry Promotion
Sales Charts & reports
Conferences & Seminars
Anti piracy enforcement
Reviewing proposed Legislation
Content ratings
Research reports
Careers promotion
i don't understand your sudden call to arms against this rising 'evil' in our midst... could you explain a little...
--Mike