About the Bill

The Gamer's Bill of Rights is the brainchild of Stardock

Stardock

Stardock Corporation is a software development company founded in 1991 and incorporated in 1993 as Stardock Systems. Stardock initially developed for the OS/2 platform, but was forced to switch to Windows due to the collapse of the OS/2 software market between 1997 and 1998...

 CEO Brad Wardell

Brad Wardell

Bradley R. Wardell , commonly known as Brad Wardell, is an American businessman, programmer and author residing in Michigan...

 and lists a set of rights gamers should have. The rights are designed to improve the relationship between gamers and game companies by making games easier to use, likely to increase sales. The concept is similar to a marketing approach created by the blog Techdirt that they refer to as CwF+RtB which refers to connecting to your fans and then providing a reason to buy. Here the connection is to create a pleasant environment within which to use the games which also gives a solid reason to buy the games of the companies that make these games over games made by other companies. They also hope to make it easy for gamers to buy games through multiple streams and get replacement digital copies if the original is lost or damaged, which they hope will help create an environment in which gamers are more willing to purchase games which would help end their war on copyright infringement.

Reactions

"This is an awesome framework for the industry to aspire to, and ultimately so that we can provide our customers with the gaming experience that they have wanted for years, and really deserve." - Chris Taylor

Chris Taylor (game designer)

Chris Taylor is a computer game designer and entrepreneur most famous for developing Total Annihilation and the Dungeon Siege series and for founding Gas Powered Games...

, CEO and founder of Gas Powered Games

Gas Powered Games

Gas Powered Games is a video game developer located in Redmond, Washington. The development studio was started in May 1998 by Chris Taylor, creator of Total Annihilation, and several other ex-Cavedog Entertainment employees....

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