idaruishinee
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- Posted: Fri, 13 Mar 2015 14:42:51 +0000
I'm pretty sure everyone knows the story about TekTek being taken down, so I will not touch on that either further.
Now on to my main subject. I mostly lurk around the Site Feedback, but these past few days, it's been unbareable for me to even go in some threads. I try to see the point on both sides, but the Anti-Gaia side has been getting more hostile day by day. I'm not 100% satisfied with Gaia either, but, in my opinion, I think the Anti-Gaia side is taking things way too far. I've seen some people saying that they have reported Gaia to companies such as Nintendo and other companies where Gaia has made some homage items (most likely done because other Gaians requested them) - This excludes the sponsor items. Basically this whole thing started because in the letter to Tekton/Bluealaris' response mentions copyright infringement/usage of intullectual property.
I love this site, I want it to do better, but I don't think trying to take the site down is the way to go. Imagine if Gaia were to take away all the homage items, how many more Gaians will be angry because of that? "We" (in quotations because all of us) were the one to request these items, so how fair will that be.
However, I do understand why people are angry. TekTek has been with us for a very long time, and it is sad to see it go. I do wish an agreement will be made so that we get to continue using TekTek, but sadly, it looks like there will be no agreement. (I do beleive Tekton has a week and 5 days to respond. Who knows? Something might be done.)
This whole thing is making me see the worst in people and it's making me feel a tad bit uncomfortable. Most of these rages are misinformed and do not want to look at the other side and just continue to hate Gaia based on one side of the story. (Some of the Pro-Gaia people aren't any better either.)
I would like to hear you guys' side:
♦ Are you against what Gaia is doing, or do you side with Gaia? Why or why not?
♦ Do you think that reporting the homage items is the right way to go, or is it just a waste of time?
♦ What do you think will happen if Gaia was to get into legal trouble with these companies?
♦ Do you think the rage is justified, or are people going overboard?
Now on to my main subject. I mostly lurk around the Site Feedback, but these past few days, it's been unbareable for me to even go in some threads. I try to see the point on both sides, but the Anti-Gaia side has been getting more hostile day by day. I'm not 100% satisfied with Gaia either, but, in my opinion, I think the Anti-Gaia side is taking things way too far. I've seen some people saying that they have reported Gaia to companies such as Nintendo and other companies where Gaia has made some homage items (most likely done because other Gaians requested them) - This excludes the sponsor items. Basically this whole thing started because in the letter to Tekton/Bluealaris' response mentions copyright infringement/usage of intullectual property.
I love this site, I want it to do better, but I don't think trying to take the site down is the way to go. Imagine if Gaia were to take away all the homage items, how many more Gaians will be angry because of that? "We" (in quotations because all of us) were the one to request these items, so how fair will that be.
However, I do understand why people are angry. TekTek has been with us for a very long time, and it is sad to see it go. I do wish an agreement will be made so that we get to continue using TekTek, but sadly, it looks like there will be no agreement. (I do beleive Tekton has a week and 5 days to respond. Who knows? Something might be done.)
This whole thing is making me see the worst in people and it's making me feel a tad bit uncomfortable. Most of these rages are misinformed and do not want to look at the other side and just continue to hate Gaia based on one side of the story. (Some of the Pro-Gaia people aren't any better either.)
I would like to hear you guys' side:
♦ Are you against what Gaia is doing, or do you side with Gaia? Why or why not?
♦ Do you think that reporting the homage items is the right way to go, or is it just a waste of time?
♦ What do you think will happen if Gaia was to get into legal trouble with these companies?
♦ Do you think the rage is justified, or are people going overboard?