“The USA Today,” as Stephen Colbert likes to call it, has an irresponsible story excoriating Nintendo for allowing Rockstar’s Manhunt 2 to be produced for the Wii. The author tries to sensationalize the issue in a manner reminiscent of Jack Thompson’s worst hyperbole.
Entertainment writer Mike Snider is welcome to his opinion, that playing Manhunt 2 on the Wii will corrupt little minds. But I take exception to the factual misstatements.
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Hyperbole and scare-mongering were de rigueur at a weeklong “anti-piracy” conference in Hollywood.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Los Angeles Counterfeiting and Piracy Awareness Week began last Thursday and featured comments by many high-level politicos that could affect how you play. They included: Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa; singer Mary Wilson of The Supremes; California legislators Howard Berman, Diane Watson and Brad Sherman; MPAA anti-piracy lobbyist Mike Robinson; former Dreamworks exec and Los Angeles City Councilmember Wendy Greuel; and Safwat Fahmy of SafeMedia Corp., which produces software designed to break P2P networks. Continued…
