Brace yourselves because VGH is getting political! In this week’s show, we’re taking on the SOPA debate. Spoiler alert: we’re against it. Also: Paul likes Mario, Randy likes Rayman, and D.J. dabbles in The Troll Class. It burns my ass!
Episode Timeline
Intro: 0:00
Hangover: 2:10
SOPA: 20:00
Last Call: 68:30
Outro: 73:00
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This Week’s Music:
Caught Red Handed and Yummy from the Mighty Switch Force soundtrack. Composed by Jake Kaufman.
Links:
Follow Edgar Allan Poe on Twitter
Penny Arcade and Extra Credits anti-SOPA video
Find out if your Senator supports SOPA
Contact your Senator and voice your opposition to SOPA
Sources:
All of our info on SOPA/PIPA for this episode came from these great resources:
http://momsla.com/2012/01/why-sopa-and-pipa-matter-say-goodbye-to-the-internet-as-you-know-it/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_Online_Piracy_Act
http://www.jacehallshow.com/blog/sopa-for-dummies-a-simple-explanation-of-the-truth/
http://www.blogworld.com/sopa/
http://mommysbest.blogspot.com/2012/01/convince-esa-to-drop-sopa-support.html
http://www.gameranx.com/updates/id/4092/article/sopa-will-pass-unless-you-help/
There’s no online co-op in Rayman: Origins, sadly. 🙁
Really? That freakin’ stinks. It’s couch co-op only?
Unfortunately, yeah. Couch co-op only.
I’m with Paul on this. I’ve bought every book in Terry Goodkind’s Sword of Truth series and some of those multiple times (lost in the move overseas) and have had no problems downloading the eBooks. I just don’t see why I have to pay again for the same product on a different ‘platform’. Same with Prodigy’s – Fat of the Land CD (4 times). 2 Broke, 1 Lost. I’ve downloaded the tracks because at this point I feel that they’ve had my cash.
I also spend a chunk of my monthly income on the entertainment industry but I feel the distribution methods/selling models/ownership models are flawed right now.
P.S. – SOPA is bad. (And soup in Spanish)
Actually that’s a good point about the distribution methods being completely out of wack right now. I wish I could purchase some sort of “season pass” for select shows. Sort of buying access to them piecemeal. I’d gladly pay $5/mo for a show like Parks and Recreation or Breaking Bad.
I don’t like having to pay $70/mo to purchase access to their cable packages and end up only watching 5% of the product I’m paying for.
It’s funny, every April since I’ve moved to the states I pony up like $180 over a few months just to watch NHL playoffs because it’s the only way I can watch the games in HD. I have to buy extremely expensive cable packages just gain access to 2 channels…. bleh.