Jack Thompson Off Of Alabama Case

Game Politics reports that Jack Thompson has removed himself from the Alabama court case against members of the games industry. From the post: "Thompson's flamboyant profile, take-no-prisoners style of communication, and frequent press releases and media appearances were the subject of a defense motion on behalf of video game industry clients to revoke his Pro Hac Vice (visiting) admission to the Alabama bar. The motion to remove Thompson from the case occupied much of last Thursday's hearing before Judge Moore in Fayette County. By day's end the judge asked both sides to submit opinions on the Pro Hac Vice revocation motion as well as another defense motion to dismiss the case on a summary judgment for lack of merit." Gamespot has commentary as well.

Comments

Everything2 gets it right.

[Xenex]

E2 is close to the hearts of many people here, so:

"Jack Thompson Off Of Alabama Case"

Here's the 'off of' node.

Re:Everything2 gets it right.

[Anne_Nonymous]

Yeah. "Jack off."

Everybody does it.

Here's to hoping

[WormholeFiend]

that Rockstar parodies him as a character into the next GTA game.

say what?

[Red Flayer]

FTA: "'If we won one motion or the other, we wanted to win [the summary judgment] by a factor of a million to one,' Thompson said."

Yes, because that's how the Alabama court system issues judgements.

JUDGE: I (and my 700 other personalities) find in favor of the plaintiff, by a factor of 700 to one. As soon as we figure out which one of me dissents, I will have that personality removed from the bench.

Even funnier...

[Alizarin Erythrosin]

I noticed an article on Ars Technica about the same thing... went to read it, and the ad on the page was for GTA: Liberty City Stories for the PSP.

Sweeeeet...