What will these companies do anyway, sue? Let 'em! You can't get blood from turnips, and whenever ethical concerns arise I invariably choose the people over the company. If a beggar is starving, is it wrong for him to steal a loaf of bread or two from a rich man? No--it's wrong for the rich man not to help the beggar, and he pays for his apathy. I wouldn't worry about getting sued though--how many ST games have been made for the blind? Well, PCS made one, then GMA, and finally USA. That's three games, two of which were sold--and they are absolutely loaded with sound effects. The big companies know that it would be more of a waste of time to sue these very small-time game companies than it would be to produce accessible games themselves (not that it would be all that difficult.) That's why I say if there's a game you want, talk to the companies that produce similar sighted games. If they won't give you the time of day, make the game and relax. Ken Downey President DreamTechInteractive!
And, Coming soon, Blind Comfort! The pleasant way to get a massage--no staring, just caring. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2007 10:41 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Illegal activity was: star wars sounds > Hi Che, Liam, and all, > What we are discussing here has some deep ethical concerns I don't think > we can solve. On One hand you have the die-hard SW fans on here that > would do anything for an accessible SW game. On the other hand you have > the major companies with the licenses saying no way buddy show us the > big cash. You then end up with a no win situation. > Che is correct there are plenty of original ideas that can be used. From > what I know of Che he likes new and original things as rather to others > ideas. That is great, and originality is a wonderful thing. > However, not everyone shares that, and wishes to enter some of the > fantacies, stories, and tv shows others have created before. Just > walking through aspce station killing aliens might be enough for some > people. Add a light saber, force powers, and a bunch of storm troopers > and the SW fans will go mad for it. That is just how a really good story > works. > Look at Harry Potter as an example. When the last book came out there > were people waiting in the parking lot for hours waiting for the stores > to open there doors so they could buy the new Harry Potter book. That is > the hold it has on people. > Yes, using sounds trade marks, etc is probably steeling. Steeling is > wrong, but that leaves us with the ethical situation of walking away > from the thing we want most in life. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Gamers mailing list .. Gamers@audyssey.org > To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can > visit > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make > any subscription changes via the web. > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.410 / Virus Database: 268.16.10/625 - Release Date: 1/13/2007 > > _______________________________________________ Gamers mailing list .. Gamers@audyssey.org To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can visit http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make any subscription changes via the web.
