ferret1094 on 02 June 2008
At the end of the day it's their choice. It's an unfortunate but necessary part of freedom and I wouldn't want to see laws enacted to stop it. Reviewers have the power to stop it without running to the law. Any arbitrary rules a company sets for reviewers to follow are not legally enforcable unless a specific contract is signed to that end. All it would take is the top sites to come to an agreement and tell companies where to stuff their rules. No company is going to try to enforce rules if it means no one will cover their product. The power lies with the reviewers, it's up to them to grow a pair of bollocks and exercise it.
