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FTC and Rockstar Settle Hot Coffee Dispute

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the angryness dept.

kukyfrope writes "The FTC and Rockstar/Take-Two have reached a settlement surrounding the 'Hot Coffee' mod for GTA: San Andreas that will serve to prevent future incidents. The FTC has stated that Rockstar and Take-Two must disclose all content to the ESRB when rating games, or face an $11,000 fine per violation if undisclosed content is discovered. 'Parents have the right to rely on the accuracy of the entertainment rating system. We allege that Take-Two and Rockstar's actions undermined the industry's own rating system and deceived consumers,' commented Lydia Parnes, Director of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection."

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  1. So doing it again... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    So doing it again would only cost them $11.000? That's quite cheap for such a lot of publicity.

  2. the whole thing is silly by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    The entire thing is crazy. The scene wasnt' actually "in" the game. You had to mod it in.

    I don't want to know the amount of code that gets commented out in a program of that size. It must be huge. Does a software company need to destribute a total list of all the code in the game, whether or not it's actually veiwable by a person who plays the game as it was made?

    The issue that arose with Oblivion was equally insane. Someone discovered they could take a female wireframe and map a flesh colored skin onto it....Oh no! the Horror! It seems that the ERSB and the news organizations really have no idea of how programs actually work. In a game that is designed to be modified, it's impossible to prevent this stuff...especially when it's fairly obvious on how to do it.