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Judge Clears Bully For Publishing

Posted by ryuzaki0 on

stupid_is writes "The BBC are reporting that Judge Ronald Friedman has cleared Bully for publication in Florida. Jack Thompson is, predictably, critical of the decision, stating "You did not see the game, you don't even know what it was you saw." after Take-Two gave him the game, along with someone to play the game for him to watch before he made a decision." This is a follow-up to our story last week about Take-Two handing over copies of Bully per court order.

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  1. Re:good comment by EmperorKagato · · Score: 4, Informative
    "I'm not so sure. Such an argument seems to imply that if the violence were worse than what you'd see on TV, there would be some grounds to have this game forcibly prevented from sales. So while I do agree with the judge's statement, I find it a very dangerous thing to be including such a statement in defense of the game from a legal standpoint."

    If you remove Bully from publishing, you would also have to take every TV/MA TV/T show off the air.
    I find the judge's defense is sound: The judge basically identified that the level of violence in this game is already approved by society.

    Let's also not forget children cannot buy this game on their own nor rent it as well as parents still have the right to pre-view before purchase.
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  2. Re:good comment by BlueCodeWarrior · · Score: 4, Informative

    Children can buy or own the game. Game ratings are a reccomendation, not enforced by law.

  3. Thompson's response letter to the judge... by NC-17 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Pretty good reading, if you'd like to get a better sense at just how crazy JT really is:

    http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/jack-thompson/thompso n-verbally-attacks-judge-207578.php