Christian, Writer, Gamer. Jesus is Lord, and Creativity is a gift from God. Praise be to the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. MAGA Patriot too. Considering VTubing
Frankly, if the quarterly data misaligns with public sentiment at this point, we should consider it a red flag of Sony fudging numbers and ledgers to suit their narrative. That could result in legal fallout.
You’re looking at the potential for caustic brand name erosion potentially turning into one of the worst cascade legal defeats a major tech company has faced in the past two decades at least.
Did @Sony learn nothing from the pushback that forced MICROSOFT to do a 180 in 2013? MICROSOFT! XBOX! We as a consumer base didn’t have nearly the organization and regulatory support then that we do now!!!
Main lesson there: If the customers overwhelmingly say they dont want it, that doesn’t magically go away within less then a fifth of a century just cause you imagined it did.
And that’s where you failed. Shareholders. Are you paying attention? Consumer sentiment is a very real metric you gotta pay attention to. Defy it, and you can kiss your margins and bottom line goodbye. We’ll hit you in the wallet, then come for you en masse, globally, in legislative and judiciary arenas.
YOU ARE NOT INVINCIBLE! I’m not typically one to promote fear in the hearts of others, but for corporate sleezebags, I’ll make an exception.
@Sony@Ubisoft@Microsoft@XBOX@EA@bethesda And all you other major gaming oligarchs:
LEARN TO FEAR US. It is the only way at this point that you’ll start making smart, sustainable, consumer-friendly decisions. If you don’t fear us, your consumers, and show it with policy decisions like these, you’ll feel our wrath at the banks and in the courts. NO EXCEPTIONS. “Too big to fail” is more than just an illusion at this point. Ya’ll have turned it into a DELUSION. And you WILL learn that it is, one way, or another.
You have thus been warned. Get with the program, or fade into irrelevance.
#NoDiskNoBuy #Sony #Xbox #ConsumerRights #DigitalOwnership #StopKillingGames
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In a verbatim legal frameworks and purely literalistic, restrictionist interpretation, you’re right. But that’s not how American Copyright law works in the context of fair use, not in practice. Judicial and cultural precedent and the will of the people carries substantial weight.
Academic and personal use provisions for fair use exist verbatim within Copyright law and in precedent set by Fair Use courtroom victories within the context of fan art culture.
Again, I quote fair use, which is even acknowledged by Grok as a valid counterpoint if asked, I will say, and laid out explicitly in fair use clauses. Primary, secondary, and tertiary sources affirm this.
As long as it’s not being commercially redistributed or resold, modifications are perfectly legal in this context, especially since the character’s IP lies with the buyer/commissioner.
There’s also the fact that AI regeneration of an art piece doesn’t count as “resale,” unless it is sold. According to the established laws, resale is one of the few things a commissioner is restricted from doing unless the artist agrees to let them do so explicitly, which is a typical arrangement anyway.
I may not like AI art generation for a variety of reasons, but even I find it silly to assume the IP holder doesn’t have the right to modify a purchased art commission. So long as it’s not being resold, there’s no toeing of the line here.
Plus, if the hardline restrictionists had their way, fanart would not exist as the cultural phenomenon it is today, so… @voodoo_by … Look up “fair use” rules. And do some actual NON-AI-assisted homework.
AI has a chance of missing the mark. The actual legal documentation is far more accurate.
@FloraLuzz_ One, go retake basic grammar. Two, quality of women supersedes quantity. Is she’s too dumb to think for herself instead of letting echo chamber hacks like most Liberals are dictate her thoughts, she ain’t quality enough for me.
@Zack_magaig Fuck off. This is America. And I will not cater to the cultural restrictions of a centuries old death cult masquerading as an Abrahamic Religion.
There are many known names, but the most prominent ones I know of are “Yaweh” and “Adonai.”
(Not Allah, that’s an artificial name assigned by a death cult started by a man who did NOT have an encounter with an angel or God, beings who are known to bring the fear and unease DOWN in direct encounters. No, Muhammed encountered a being that made him feel such unease as to feel sick. First red flag. Islam is a false religion and a Death Cult by objective definition. Their name for God is NOT accurate.)
Other designations throughout history include “Holy Trinity” coined to account for the uniquely “one-and-three” nature of God in the “Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.”
And then there’s the most prominent name in the Bible of all, Jesus Christ.
Hell no. People don’t know just how much of a damaging traitor she would be. That woman was in the same political bed as the Clintons, Bidens, Pelosis, and Obamas (A collective group increasingly proven guilty of multiple counts lying under oath, illegally spying on the American people, deftauding the United States, and oh, HARDCORE TREASON!)
@Djarum42@Soniabrwg Unlikely. With their current policies and policy makers, Cali’s already suffering a mass exodus. If you dont got the workforce to stay dominant, you won’t be.
Texas is the current front runner. Guess where all the folks leaving Cali are going.
@DonaldTrumpfe This is a free country, and that request is, frankly, unreasonable to begin with.
That, and Muslims need to convert to something else or leave the United States. Islam is on its way to losing its legal status as a “religion” and being labeled a terroristic death cult.