Register a SA Forums Account here!
JOINING THE SA FORUMS WILL REMOVE THIS BIG AD, THE ANNOYING UNDERLINED ADS, AND STUPID INTERSTITIAL ADS!!!

You can: log in, read the tech support FAQ, or request your lost password. This dumb message (and those ads) will appear on every screen until you register! Get rid of this crap by registering your own SA Forums Account and joining roughly 150,000 Goons, for the one-time price of $9.95! We charge money because it costs us money per month for bills, and since we don't believe in showing ads to our users, we try to make the money back through forum registrations.
The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Video Games > Games Industry: We have never made a public statement before. That's how badly you fucked up.
 
  • Post
  • Reply
Rebel Blob
Mar 1, 2008

Extinction for our time

 The Saami Council has demanded that Square Enix remove a costume set from Final Fantasy 14.
https://twitter.com/SaamiCouncil/status/1626247612092252162

quote:

This is not about sensitivity or whether the depiction is appropriate. These elements are Sámi cultural property and Square Enix has infringed on our rights, says President of The Saami Council, Áslat Holmberg.

The Sámi people’s position has been made very clear, Holmberg continues, particularly to entertainment companies, specifically in the agreement that the Sámi people have with Walt Disney Animation Studios.

‘It is the position of the Sámi that their collective and individual culture, including aesthetic elements, music, language, stories, histories, and other traditional cultural expressions are property that belong to the Sámi.’

Our cultural property rights are not theoretical. They are protected and protectable under intellectual property laws, which are generally harmonised throughout the world. Square Enix, as a media company, is highly aware of intellectual property laws and has no excuse for this blatant violation of Sámi cultural property, Holmberg continues.

The Saami Council is of the opinion that the issue is particularly damaging because Sámi clothing traditions are not merely aesthetic; they carry the significance of being specific elements of Sámi identity with meaning, content, and context. By creating this product, Square Enix has allowed their 41 million players to dress up as a Sámi people, clothe themselves in the Sámi identity without our consent, and contribute to the erosion of our culture.
They reference an agreement they made with Disney over Frozen, where Frozen 2 will get a Saami dub, give a credit to the Saami people, meet with a Saami advisory group, and so forth.

* # ¿ Feb 17, 2023 18:47
  • Quote
Adbot
ADBOT LOVES YOU

# ¿ May 18, 2024 06:42
  • Quote
Rebel Blob
Mar 1, 2008

Extinction for our time

 Thought this was an interesting little data point.

https://twitter.com/kerrblimey/status/1702043696672235670

* # ¿ Sep 16, 2023 03:56
  • Quote
Rebel Blob
Mar 1, 2008

Extinction for our time

Mr. Locke posted:

a) Invites misunderstanding, which in turn creates liability. Every internet neckbeard and government puddingbowl seems to think that they can read information given to them and leap to incredible conclusions of nefariousness, neglect, and wrongdoing because some critical piece of context wasn't provided with it.
I am very interested in hearing some examples of companies being overly transparent leading to unwarranted government action.

* # ¿ Oct 8, 2023 02:09
  • Quote
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • Post
  • Reply
The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Video Games > Games Industry: We have never made a public statement before. That's how badly you fucked up.