January 13, 2012 by Mikael | Category: As the online conversation rages, we needed to voice our opinion as an indie game developer.
It is understandable that SOPA and PIPA mostly effect American citizens, but we have had similar changes in Finland and all over the EU.
We live only by the games that we create.
We understand the issue that is piracy.
But this is no excuse for someone to step in to break our internets.
In a brighter future, we hope to see freedom from censorship everywhere.
And that developers like us can talk directly to their customers for an open conversation and the mutual support that we all need.
Thank You.
-Mikael
That’s right! People are not stupid…I recommend to visit http://americancensorship.org/
Comment by Asgoth — January 13, 2012 @ 6:20 pm
Thanks for publicly stepping up against SOPA! We need everyone to be informed and act on this!
Comment by Durry — January 13, 2012 @ 7:18 pm
Your statements dear Frozenbyte collides with your doings.
http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/01/13/sopa-protests-minecraft-firefall-reddit-going-dark-next-week-nvidia-runic-and-frozenbyte-come-out-against-the-bill/
Well, there are many ways to do things, but fact is, that if every one does something for it self, you get nothing than a fart.
Comment by Peter — January 13, 2012 @ 8:39 pm
@3 I’m really confused. Both our video and your link states we are against SOPA, as does the title of this blog.
If there is a way to oppose SOPA more, tell us, and we are in.
Comment by LauriFB — January 13, 2012 @ 9:13 pm
Nice!
Comment by Urfoex — January 13, 2012 @ 9:45 pm
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Frozenbyte, you guys are awesome. Thank you for being such a great games studio and standing against SOPA.
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There will always be people that will pirate everything. They are determined. Screwing up DNS will NOT stop them.
Then there are people like me. Yes, I have pirated games, from old nintendo ROMS to new releases.
But guess what? I’ve bought over 50 games on Steam. I support the video game industry more than most non-pirates. I’ve bought Trine, and I intend to buy Trine 2, because they are quality games that I wish to support in hopes to see more installments. Keep up the goods work!
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@12 Supposedly, the DNS provision has been removed. This still does not make SOPA a good bill, however. I fear that PIPA could actually be much, much worse…
Comment by Sunit — January 17, 2012 @ 9:34 am
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Also… I see Splot in nearly every frame of the video.
It is no longer 2011 any more, as I’m sure you are aware, but his website is not…
When is he going to be freed to the general public?
Comment by Sunit — January 25, 2012 @ 3:29 am
Ah, phooey. You fixed it, never mind…
So, it says “2012″… is that *any* time during 2012, or a time closer to now?
Comment by Sunit — January 25, 2012 @ 3:31 am