It's a public forum, no reason not to discuss it openly
Hammer wrote:
Let's give the folks at Mobygames the chance to defend themselves. Bill, you know Jim, don't you? I will see if he wants to comment. We're all gentlemen here, and nice guys to boot, and so I'd suggest discussing this amongst ourselves before we start referring to things as "despicable" and "hypocritical" on a public forum.
Matt, In the meantime I respectfully suggest that you take this post down.
PS - I am a member of the IGDA Preservation SIG and I'm pretty sure they have no (or at least a very minimal) budget.
I have no problems with Jim at all and it's certainly never personal from anyone at Armchair Arcade. I like and use Mobygames, and in fact signed up to contribute not too long ago (though admittedly, the process for contributing is not really a smooth one, in my opinion, so I tend not to bother). Though Matt's approach may be a bit over-the-top at times, there's nothing wrong with being hypercritical of something to stir up debate about an anomaly or an issue, of which in this case I can very much see Matt's point and can in no way argue against it (though I may or may not agree with his approach, which is entirely his, as what I do is entirely mine, and you, yours, etc.).
Certainly Jim or anyone else is always welcome to come and defend themselves on here or anywhere else, if they even deem it necessary. Frankly, for an opinion piece, an editorial, it's not up to the author to get a response from anyone or anything that that person is being critical of, particularly since it's not a personal attack. Also, again, since this in a public forum, there is nothing subversive about it. It's an open criticism, much like say, Jason Scott's campaign against Wikipedia. So certainly the way I see it, the ball is in Mobygames or anyone else's court who wishes to defend their unusual position on copyright. Matt has made his opinion clear. I see no harm in that and all rebuttals are more than welcome.
*************************** Bill Loguidice, Managing Director
Armchair Arcade, Inc.
*************************** Bill Loguidice, Managing Director
Armchair Arcade, Inc.
Let's give the folks at Mobygames the chance to defend themselves. Bill, you know Jim, don't you? I will see if he wants to comment. We're all gentlemen here, and nice guys to boot, and so I'd suggest discussing this amongst ourselves before we start referring to things as "despicable" and "hypocritical" on a public forum.
Matt, In the meantime I respectfully suggest that you take this post down.
PS - I am a member of the IGDA Preservation SIG and I'm pretty sure they have no (or at least a very minimal) budget.
I have no problems with Jim at all and it's certainly never personal from anyone at Armchair Arcade. I like and use Mobygames, and in fact signed up to contribute not too long ago (though admittedly, the process for contributing is not really a smooth one, in my opinion, so I tend not to bother). Though Matt's approach may be a bit over-the-top at times, there's nothing wrong with being hypercritical of something to stir up debate about an anomaly or an issue, of which in this case I can very much see Matt's point and can in no way argue against it (though I may or may not agree with his approach, which is entirely his, as what I do is entirely mine, and you, yours, etc.).
Certainly Jim or anyone else is always welcome to come and defend themselves on here or anywhere else, if they even deem it necessary. Frankly, for an opinion piece, an editorial, it's not up to the author to get a response from anyone or anything that that person is being critical of, particularly since it's not a personal attack. Also, again, since this in a public forum, there is nothing subversive about it. It's an open criticism, much like say, Jason Scott's campaign against Wikipedia. So certainly the way I see it, the ball is in Mobygames or anyone else's court who wishes to defend their unusual position on copyright. Matt has made his opinion clear. I see no harm in that and all rebuttals are more than welcome.
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Bill Loguidice, Managing Director
Armchair Arcade, Inc.
***************************
Bill Loguidice, Managing Director
Armchair Arcade, Inc.