Comments on: Unlockable Pack DLC released

By: IdolNinja

IdolNinja — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 04:32:46 +0000

For negative criticism? Really? You live in a fantasy world that is completely divorced from reality.

By: But it's true.

But it's true. — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 03:42:16 +0000

No-one has a “right” to buy the game. The shoe is on the other foot: businesses have the right to deny you service.

There is no law against THQ taking action to prevent someone from buying or playing the game. Xbox Live denies people service all the time, I just did a quick google search and found out that Steam can also lock accounts.

The key phrase is “assuming they could figure out who you were”. It’s easy for Xbox Live and Steam. Just because it’s harder for THQ doesn’t mean that they don’t also have the right to do it.

By: IdolNinja

IdolNinja — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 04:55:09 +0000

That is quite different from your assumption in the last comment that THQ can deny someone the right to buy their game because of negative criticism.

By: But it's true.

But it's true. — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 02:25:14 +0000

It’s true, read the constitution some time.

Freedom of Speech only applies in relation to the government.

“The amendment prohibits the making of any law respecting an establishment of religion, impeding the free exercise of religion, abridging the freedom of speech, infringing on the freedom of the press, interfering with the right to peaceably assemble or prohibiting the petitioning for a governmental redress of grievances.”

The government is not allowed to censor you. It doesn’t apply to private entities such as people or corporations.

For example, you’re allowed to censor this comment, and allowed to block me from ever commenting again. THQ has the same right.

http://www.usconstitution.net/const.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution

FYI: I’m not from the USA.

By: IdolNinja

IdolNinja — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 12:11:43 +0000

That has to be the most ridiculous thing I have ever read.

By: Kiriai

Kiriai — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 05:50:07 +0000

At least in the USA, “Freedom of Speech” only grants you to the right to speak freely against your government without fear of reprisal or reprimand by the government, any official, or affiliate. A privately or publicly owned company such as THQ is within their rights, assuming they could figure out who you were, and regardless of any freedom of speech you believe you have, deny you access to their products and/or services based on the defamatory public remarks you made.

Just an FYI.

By: Machine

Machine — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 01:19:36 +0000

*cough*Unlockable Pack DLC!!!*cough*

By: Outlaw

Outlaw — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 10:32:59 +0000

Fair enough, but there’s a difference between criticizing and bitching about it

I could also add something about hypocrisy but I’ll leave it alone…

By: Deviancy

Deviancy — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 05:04:50 +0000

Um.. no..

People do not have the right sell whatever they want except slaves in most countries. Kiddie porn, animal porn, automatic machine guns, children, tobacco to minors, alcohol to minors, bootleg merchandise, snuff films, illegal drugs, sex, and the list goes on and on and on and on.

However, THQ does have every right to sell game content they make for their games.

For now..

They may end up swirling the drain and if they do, they’ll find it’s kind of hard to sell dlc when they’re no longer in business.

Oh and one thing many people do have in most countries is the freedom of speech, so if people hate SR3 or the DLC, they have every right to express their dislike, just as you have every right to express whatever opinion you have of the game or the dlc.

By: scanti

scanti — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 02:53:57 +0000

Fair enough people do have the right to sell whatever they want within reason. That means that there is a wide range of quality of goods available. If a person is selling an inferior product don’t you think we have a social responsibility to warn others?

In other words people have the right to sell what they want but we have the right to criticize them for it. You can’t have one without the other.