Yea, I noticed that you had the scoop. You should consider giving a hand over at FreeCultureNews. http://freeculturenews.com/2008/09/08/spore-gets-bad-ratings-on-amazon-because-of-drm/ Just let me know and I'll give you an account.
~Conley Fred Benenson wrote: > Yeah, I blogged about this the day of (arguably had the scoop) and ended > up with 15,000 uniques on my blog: > > http://fredbenenson.com/blog/2008/09/07/spore-drm-and-disorganized-activism/ > > F > > > On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 5:30 AM, Parker Higgins <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > I know for a long time an anti-DRM sentiment has really been > becoming mainstream, but this is one of the funniest examples I've > seen to date. > > > http://www.amazon.com/review/product/B000FKBCX4/ref=cm_cr_dp_all_helpful?_encoding=UTF8&coliid=&showViewpoints=1&colid=&sortBy=bySubmissionDateDescending > > <http://www.amazon.com/review/product/B000FKBCX4/ref=cm_cr_dp_all_helpful?_encoding=UTF8&coliid=&showViewpoints=1&colid=&sortBy=bySubmissionDateDescending> > > Granted, a couple of thousand of people on the internet (especially > talking about Spore) doesn't quite constitute the mainstream, but > it's more than just a handful of geeks. I'd be interested to see > how this develops, because even for a super-hyped game like Spore, I > imagine such a low Amazon rating could legitimately affect sales. > (Especially because the game is mainstream enough that Amazon sales > will make up a significant chunk of overall.) > > /parker > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss -- office: Torgersen 3180 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cell: (540) 597-8820 xmpp: [EMAIL PROTECTED] aim: vtconley sip: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss
