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Jack Thompson Files Take-Two, Rockstar Lawsuit
rtt writes "Jack Thompson is back on the video game scene and has followed through with his threat to file a law suit against Rockstar, Take-Two and Walmart for Rockstar's upcoming "Bully" title. bit-tech was sent a copy by the man himself which started as follows "Take-Two has until five o'clock p.m., Eastern time, Monday, August 14, 2006, to inform me in writing that it will forthwith provide me with a copy of Bully so that I and others can analyze it to determine whether it still poses a threat of copycat violence in our schools.""
Imagine the hours of fun playing the GCN version on the Wii, smacking Jack Thompsons in the head with the Wii-mote..
Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, START
Why doesn't he just buy one himself?
Seems easier on everyone's behalf.
Breaking Into the Industry - A development log about starting a game studio.
So that I and others can analyze it to determine whether it still poses a threat of copycat luxury car driving in our schools.
Awsome - Rockstar have a new game - might check it out
I think he just wants a free copy. I mean, who wouldn't?
when I invite Jack to take a nice vacation in the Sun. I mean physically inside the generally accepted diameter of the star.
It was a joke! When you give me that look it was a joke.
"Take-Two has until five o'clock p.m., Eastern time, Monday, August 14, 2006, to inform me in writing that it will forthwith provide me with a copy of Bully so that I and others can analyze it to determine whether it still poses a threat of copycat violence in our schools"
At the risk of sounding AOL:
Oooh - Me too please!
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Remember that old story about some tech support guy who, upon asking a user to send him a copy of a floppy disk, received a piece of paper with the floppy disk photocopied on it?
Rockstar should do that.
Takes a serious ego to think you have the right to make such a demand from a company, simply because you've set yourself up as the one to make sure video games aren't too violent.
I'd love to see Take-Two to tell him to take a flying leap.
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"me with a copy of Bully so that I and others can analyze "
Assumeing that A means one.. did he just publicly emit that he plans on comitting copyright violation by either making copies and passing them out OR conducting a public preformace of a copyrighted work.
me things someone needs to send him a nasty gram
'...if only "Jumping to a Conclusion" was an event in the Olympics.'
smacking Jack Thompsons in the head ...
No, no -- you need to aim for a vital organ.
His mouth is in his head.
Here's your copy. It'll be $54.95.
Money orders and credit cards only please.
Really? I coulda swore he was communicating out of the other end... :-)
Erotic is when you use a feather. Exotic is when you use the whole chicken.
So if I threaten to sue game companies I can get free prerelease copies of their games? Bring in the lawyers!!
Wait, you mean he's the bastard who has been keeping Duke Nukem from me for the last decade plus?
String him up boys!
I can read a graphic description of horrible bestiality gang bang child rape and decapitation with a chain saw without having to show ID.
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I think he just wants a free copy. I mean, who wouldn't?
Yeah, seriously, what an ass. Bastard should get it off Bittorrent like the rest of us.
I thought he was talking about the bible untill I saw the chainsaw bit... perhaps the talkmud.
no, he just recently took over delaying the release of dnf, before him came his father, and his father before that...
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Thompson had grown so asinine, he wanted to retire. He took me to his office and he told me his secret. 'I am not the Dread Jack Thompson' he said. 'My name is Ryan; I inherited the annoying lawyer habit from the previous Dread Jack Thompson, just as you will inherit it from me. The man I inherited it from is not the real Dread Jack Thompson either. His name was Cummerbund. The real Thompson has been retired 15 years and living like a king in Patagonia.