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Chazore on 08 June 2018
KManX89 said:

And as you might've guessed, Valve's new Steam policy has Social Justice Whiners getting their panties in a wad: 

No more censoring those "evil, secksust, mesahginest boobie games!" Anita on suicide watch. 

Literally no pleasing anyone no matter what they do.

 

People who want quality control their way don't seem to understand that they too would earn a good chunk of backlash. 



Mankind, in its arrogance and self-delusion, must believe they are the mirrors to God in both their image and their power. If something shatters that mirror, then it must be totally destroyed.

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KManX89 on 08 June 2018
Chazore said:
KManX89 said:

And as you might've guessed, Valve's new Steam policy has Social Justice Whiners getting their panties in a wad: 

No more censoring those "evil, secksust, mesahginest boobie games!" Anita on suicide watch. 

Literally no pleasing anyone no matter what they do.

 

People who want quality control their way don't seem to understand that they too would earn a good chunk of backlash. 

SJWs are NEVER satisfied. They cried about "not enough inclusion!" when Dr. Who introduced the series' first ever lead female character FFS:

And of course, Anita had her infamous tirade against butts in games:

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VAMatt on 09 June 2018
Bofferbrauer2 said:
VAMatt said:
I think they have to do this. And, I doubt that it has very much to do with offencive content. It's probably really about IP theft.

If Valve claims that they are controlling what content can and cannot go up in their Marketplace, then IP Theft games make it through, they have likely opened themselves up to some liability in that regard. Or, at least, one could argue that way in court. But, if they claim that they are not moderating the content, then they have at least some grounds to argue in that same court that they simply operate a Marketplace, and are not responsible for what people sell there.

That's not how it works, Valve is liable for anything illegal that can be bought on their store.

It is not that black and white.  If you want to get an accurate picture of how confusing it is, research the legal challenges Ebay has dealt with due to the sale of counterfeit goods on their marketplace.  Youtube has also been involved in tons of this stuff.  There are countless companies over the last couple of decades, and countless routes those companies have taken to avoid liability.  Arguing that they simply provide a marketplace is one of the most common arguments these companies make.  



Bofferbrauer2 on 09 June 2018
VAMatt said:
Bofferbrauer2 said:

That's not how it works, Valve is liable for anything illegal that can be bought on their store.

It is not that black and white.  If you want to get an accurate picture of how confusing it is, research the legal challenges Ebay has dealt with due to the sale of counterfeit goods on their marketplace.  Youtube has also been involved in tons of this stuff.  There are countless companies over the last couple of decades, and countless routes those companies have taken to avoid liability.  Arguing that they simply provide a marketplace is one of the most common arguments these companies make.  

Is it really that easy to get a get out of jail free card in the US? Because in Europe, that doesn't work nearly as easy for them.



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VAMatt on 09 June 2018
Bofferbrauer2 said:
VAMatt said:

It is not that black and white.  If you want to get an accurate picture of how confusing it is, research the legal challenges Ebay has dealt with due to the sale of counterfeit goods on their marketplace.  Youtube has also been involved in tons of this stuff.  There are countless companies over the last couple of decades, and countless routes those companies have taken to avoid liability.  Arguing that they simply provide a marketplace is one of the most common arguments these companies make.  

Is it really that easy to get a get out of jail free card in the US? Because in Europe, that doesn't work nearly as easy for them.

It doesn't always work.  But, it is often argued.  



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lightningfunk on 09 June 2018

they better classify things correctly otherwise its going to be a mess



Immersiveunreality on 18 July 2018

Never had the problem being tricked into buying crappy games, whenever a game comes out there's mostly information to read about it before you need to buy.



Aeolus451 on 18 July 2018

Good. One giant step for mankind towards being sensible.