What the hell are you talking about? Besides, homicide games actually just rips assets from other sites, puts them together and calls them complete.

So... you defend we shouldn't be able to talk about anything without the creators express permission. Do you know what that is called? Fascism. Look at the word "copyrighted". I'm sure Jim isn't copying their "work" and i doubt its illegal to show footage of a game thats been released to the public already.

This is a battle about freedom of speech. Homicide games should be made an example of that. I hope the judge and jury make this a result to be remembered.

Alright, you've got my attention. State your case for why these particular videos are not fair use.

That makes no sense.

Hmmm. Did you just shoot yourself in the foot with this?

Any critic's review can technically harm a game's sales or the IP but yet it's still fair use. 

So.....freedom of speech isn't a thing anymore? I don't like people being dickholes anymore than anyone else. But that's part of the free speech package, is that OTHER assholes are also allowed to say whatever they want. The "so long as they're not hurting anyone" bit is a blurry line, and not always easy to sus out.

But regardless which side you stand on this......America is ridiculous. Suing someone for MILLIONS of dollars, far far more than your little Steam games will ever make, because they and their dickhole fans make comments that upset you? Harassment I get. And that shit needs to stop. Bullying is not okay, if you don't like something, then fuck off and go like something else. But what does suing for MILLIONS of dollars, or any dollar amount really, actually accomplish?

I've always wondered this. Especially with truly fucked up cases like lawsuits over deaths. Like......is getting MILLIONS of dollars, going to bring your loved one back from the dead? Or is it just that suddenly being rich will help you find "piece of mind"? Because to me, there is no "justice" being attained by basically getting rich off of the death of someone you supposedly cared about. If anything, it seems like you're taking advantage of the situation and dishonoring their memory. *shrug*

Sounds more like the AVGN has a case against this guy than these devs.

If my understanding is correct libel applies to lying, not giving a negative opinion.

Its clear you don't understand what you are talking about. In the United States 'freedom of speech' has many limitations created by either court rulings or federal laws. One such limitation is commonly known as copyright law. I am talking about legal definitions here not webster dictionary. When an entity creates a creative work it is automatically protected and they get to control all rights to that work. Creating a video "work" based on another's work becomes known as a derivative work. You cannot do this without the expresss premission of the origional copyright holder, else that is considered copyright theft. There are a few builtin exceptions to copyright law such as fair use. In the US fair use has been very narrowly defined by court precedent & federal law. You can make a review of something and that's fair use. You can make parody/satire of something and that's considered fair use also. But you cannot make a video of anything for any other purpose without the IP holder's OK. The fair use exception also goes away entirely when a copryrighted work is harmed in any way by that fair use. Stearling is in very big trouble with this as there is massive court precendent for this and he has no legal defence.

I took the liberty of striking through any thing which I did not say or anything that I did not address.

I am not an "armchair lawyer". I have had legal training, what do you guys know on the matter other than the "freedom of speech" phrase?

And lol since when is youtube the law of the land or the decider on copyright matters?

I am not doing your work for you but here is a link of interest:

http://copyright.cornell.edu/policies/docs/Fair_Use_Checklist.pdf

You will see that the video in question fails almost all the tests for fair use.

Just when I thought things were calming down between them...At this point I hope Jim countersues and successfully sorts them out for a good long while. If nothing else this should be entertaining.