Fuck Tecmo

[Tecmo]: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/02/10/tecmo_sues_xbox_game_hackers/
[suing]:http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/02/10/0347222&from=rss
[their]:http://news.com.com/Tecmo+sues+for+video+game+hacking/2110-1047_3-5569683.html?tag=st_lh
[customers]: mailto:PublicRelations@tecmoinc.com
[theft]:http://bigpicture.typepad.com/comments/2005/02/debate_on_downl.html
[right]:http://www.eff.org/IP/DMCA/
[comment]:http://games.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=138960&cid=1162829
Wow, in a stunning bout of stupidity [Tecmo][] is [suing][] [their][] [customers][]. Before everyone comments in chorus like good little Americans that piracy is bad, they are not being sued for piracy. They all went out and bought Tecmo's product. What they did was extend the time of enjoyment by modifying the game to add new content or changing textures on the models. The thing that gets me is that the IP people not only argue that when I download a mp3 its [theft][] but if I buy the product I don't have the [right][] to play with it like actual property. IP has become some sort of super property, it now has the protections of actual property but consumers have none of the rights. Its great. Here is a great [comment][] on slashdot:

>And for the game companies: attack your customers at your peril... We don't care about IP, we don't care whether you are too puritanical for nude skins, or whatever. A new game is a toy to us that will be used as we see fit. If you want to clamp down, many people simply won't buy from you. I sure as hell won't. And furthermore this makes me feel like I have made the right decision in avoiding the console market altogether.

So in conclusion, Tecmo has now been added to my list of companies I hate. Good game Tecmo, Good game.