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Nirolak · Apr 10, 2013

Here's Edge as an example of who he is referring to: http://www.edge-online.com/gallery/batman-arkham-origins-assets-go-live-see-them-here/

https://twitter.com/GI_AndyMc

Dabanton · Apr 10, 2013

I was wondering how and why EDGE had posted them.

And I see they still have them up

EscoBlades · Apr 10, 2013

To be fair, he's right

TacticalFox88 · Apr 10, 2013

I've always wondered why GAF didn't allow scans...

Guess I know now.

>.>

Massa · Apr 10, 2013

They get mad when people simply post the news that comes from that articles. You don't own information, GI

RPGCrazied · Apr 10, 2013

I subscribe to GI. So I guess Edge didn't get permission to post them on their site or what?

Nirolak · Apr 10, 2013

EscoBlades said:
To be fair, he's right

I doubt many will disagree with him, at least from the perspective of their legal rights.

From the perspective of just wanting the info though and being opposed to the concept of magazine exclusives, I could see that.

Cheebo · Apr 10, 2013

He is 100% right. I love Edge but it was pretty shitty on their part to post those scans.

Massa said:
They get mad when people simply post the news that comes from that articles. You don't own information, GI

Edge didn't post information from Game Informer, but actual scans of their magazine. Big difference.

Demoncarnotaur · Apr 10, 2013

It is such BS when major sites post them knowing they are "scans". I wonder if in the future GI will do more to stop this.

Dany · Apr 10, 2013

Which sites beside Edge posted them

EDIT: Woah, why does EDGE stil have the screens?

sunnz · Apr 10, 2013

Do I read from the top first, or bottom first?

Confused.

Dabanton · Apr 10, 2013

Massa said:
They get mad when people simply post the news that comes from that articles. You don't own information, GI

But they own the pictures at least until their deal is up.

JustProgress · Apr 10, 2013

Massa said:
They get mad when people simply post the news that comes from that articles. You don't own information, GI

No, it was screens.

DaBuddaDa · Apr 10, 2013

As a consumer of information, I'm not sure why I should care. I don't mean this flippantly, I'm genuinely confused as to how this affects me.

Nirolak · Apr 10, 2013

sunnz said:
Do I read from the top first, or bottom first?

Confused.

Bottom first.

Twitter works newest first.

antitrop · Apr 10, 2013

Thanks for making a thread about this. I saw someone mention his displeasure in the Batman thread, but didn't want to bother dealing with Twitter.

kittens · Apr 10, 2013

Don't blame him.

Paches · Apr 10, 2013

Nirolak said:
I doubt many will disagree with him.

We already have one!

PopeReal · Apr 10, 2013

I approve this rant.

Corto · Apr 10, 2013

A video games enthusiast forum has more integrity than professional outlets.

Dabanton · Apr 10, 2013

Demoncarnotaur said:
It is such BS when major sites post them knowing they are "scans". I wonder if in the future GI will do more to stop this.

Not much they can do once the digital copy hits it's up the site in questions moral compass.

Borman · Apr 10, 2013

I've had sites steal shots from my small blog and watermark them. Especially my Star Wars Battlefront III stuff.

legacyzero · Apr 10, 2013

Well said Andy Mac. Cant believe that happened.

ElectricKaibutsu · Apr 10, 2013

I thought EDGE would be better than that.

Reiko · Apr 10, 2013

I consider Edge the ultimate opportunist. That's why they posted those scans.

Danny Dudekisser · Apr 10, 2013

Dude's saying what needs to be said. I can respect that.

tolkir · Apr 10, 2013

At least, Edge keeps the watermarks in the image. Other webs don't and they write theirs.

Diddy Kong · Apr 10, 2013

He isn't wrong.

vic2020 · Apr 10, 2013

Whatever. No one cares about game informer anyway, and only receive it due to it coming alongside a subscription to gamestop's card

Camp Lo · Apr 10, 2013

Are tweet timelines descending? The 2HR doesn't help

Superflat · Apr 10, 2013

11 consecutive tweets is a bit excessive, but it's about a rule that should be followed. It's pretty shitty when other sites steal from you and use it as their own.

AndrewDean84xX · Apr 10, 2013

This does suck. Running a story from another article is one thing(but the source should be named as well), but stealing scanned images is just wrong. Call it lack of integrity, call it theft, how ever you look at it, it shouldn't happen.

EscoBlades · Apr 10, 2013

vic2020 said:
Whatever. No one cares about game informer anyway, and only receive it due to it coming alongside a subscription to gamestop's card

You should probably stop posting now.

SneakyStephan · Apr 10, 2013

Who are they to steal our PR materials!
The audacity.

Shaanyboi · Apr 10, 2013

I agree with him. That's pretty shitty.

Data West · Apr 10, 2013

But people on Gaf said Edge is the only credible review source.

Also, haven't they done this before? He's completely right.

Dysun · Apr 10, 2013

I just want to see the pics, gimme

Jaded Alyx · Apr 10, 2013

Weird, as EDGE said 'thanks to Game Informer' on their gallery.

lantus · Apr 10, 2013

I would care Andy, but the nature of exclusives in the games media biz is already pretty fucking stupid. So it makes pretty much any point you have moot.

jediyoshi · Apr 10, 2013

SneakyStephan said:
Who are they to steal our PR materials!
The audacity.

Content is content is content.

TheSeks · Apr 10, 2013

EscoBlades said:
To be fair, he's right

Agreed. He's not in the wrong, but to be fair sites like Kotaku (*Jason signal*) and other "blog"/sites "steal" articles or copy-paste articles from other sites without crediting at times. I know Jason's going to come in and say Kotaku doesn't do that anymore and to be fair, to my knowledge: he's right. But that doesn't mean it hasn't happened in the past and isn't a common thing for game sites to do.

Holy Crap said:
Are tweet timelines descending? The 2HR doesn't help

Twitter 101: Read from the bottom up for the "sense" posting. Twitter posts the latests tweets (now->1second->1 minute->1 hour) at the top and the older (2 hours before that last tweet... 3 hours before that 2 hour tweet....) under it.

Rebel Leader · Apr 10, 2013

Corto said:
A video games enthusiast forum has more integrity than professional outlets.

but don't we actively try to fool the press?
----

[I kinda agree with Andy

Jaded Alyx said:
Weird, as EDGE said 'thanks to Game Informer' on their gallery.

I saw that too

Corto · Apr 10, 2013

jediyoshi said:
Content is content is content.

We should expect Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon early reviews from video games outlets using the "leaked" version from uPlay then. It's just content.

Salsa · Apr 10, 2013

it's weird when big sites do it, I guess

but it's inevitable, im sure there are plenty of forums or smaller sites that love the hits they get each time a new game info comes out and everyone googles [gamename] + gameinformer scans

ElFly · Apr 10, 2013

lantus said:
I would care Andy, but the nature of exclusives in the games media biz is already pretty fucking stupid. So it makes pretty much any point you have moot.

It's pretty hard to feel bad for them if these images mean that game informer has to give at least a 9 in their future batman review.

MYeager · Apr 10, 2013

Massa said:
They get mad when people simply post the news that comes from that articles. You don't own information, GI

They don't own the information, but anyone who claims to be professional journalist should site their sources and give credit.

Pie and Beans · Apr 10, 2013

Digital magazines really muddied the water of this whole "please dont steal our magazines exclusive screenshots" dealio.

Not saying its right, but when that shit is crystal clear and just... out there... it becomes pretty hard to claim any ownership or "no scans!!" beyond going for total full image sized watermarks, which nobody wants.

GetemMa · Apr 10, 2013

lantus said:
I would care Andy, but the nature of exclusives in the games media biz is already pretty fucking stupid. So it makes pretty much any point you have moot.

What are talking about?

They got the story first. Warners gave them the content first because they worked to get the story. That is known as journalism.

When Edge takes that content and posts it on their site, it is stealing the man hours game informer put into getting that story.

This is exactly why nobody takes games journalism all that seriously because it is basically considered fair play to take other peoples work and make it your own for your own monetary benefit.

Im_Special · Apr 10, 2013

God I hate Twitter, can never tell if I'm suppose to read top to bottom or bottom to top.

Omikaru · Apr 10, 2013

Oh lawd. Even better is in the Edge article linked in the OP they thank Game Informer and All Games Beta. It's like, "Oh cheers for doing all the work GI. And thanks to All Games Beta for buying the digital copy and stealing the content for us to in turn steal for hits."

How dreadful. A few years ago I'd expect better from Edge, but it seems to be a trend in the UK games press to just be completely fucking awful.

And I know the US games press does this shitty stuff too, but UK outlets, to me at least, seem so much more slimy and awful in this respect and others. And I say this as someone living in the UK. I'd definitely rather be part of the US enthusiast press than what we've got over here, RPS notwithstanding.

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