CEA, EFF announce the “Digital Freedom Campaign”
(From blogcritics.org)
The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), in connection with the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and several other groups, today announced the launch of the Digital Freedom Campaign. The stated goal is to kick start a grass roots effort to restore balance to copyright law, which they believe has swung too far in favor of protecting the interests of publishing agencies at the expense of consumers, creators, and manufacturers. The initial funding will come from the CEA, with the hopes of encouraging grass roots support as the advocacy effort gains momentum in its aggressive campaign.
Friggin’ yay. On this lazy Sunday, with nothing but copious levels of nothing to do, two fancy Cocco’s strombolis, and two Gamez ‘n Flicks games ready to be played (FIFA 06 & Ninety-Nine Nights, my roommate and I decided to spin up some 360 goodness. I downloaded the Tony Hawk Project 8 demo first (EXCELLENT demo, btw, for those of you with working 360s; everything I wanted American Wasteland to be). Upon launching the game, my 360 froze. Thinking it was a buggy demo, I restarted my console. Once getting back in there, we spun up THP8 one more time. About 5 minutes into the demo, the 360 froze again. This isn’t how I thought Sunday was going to go…