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Take-Two Loses Another Round in Court

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the messy-day-for-coffee dept.

IntelliAdmin writes "A federal judge refused a request from Take-Two Interactive Software to immediately dismiss some claims in a lawsuit accusing it of selling Grand Theft Auto videogames containing sexually explicit images under the wrong content label." From the article: "Take-Two and its subsidiary, Rockstar Games, had argued in the motion to dismiss parts of the lawsuit that the plaintiffs could only file claims in the states where they resided, not in all 50 states. But U.S. District Judge Shirley Wohl Kram denied Take-Two's motion and said she would reconsider if class-action status were granted in the case."

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  1. Dear Government, by tomstdenis · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If seeing polyboobies is REALLY a significant problem for our children I think we screwed up long before then.

    Sincerely,
    Crying For Society....

    --
    Someday, I'll have a real sig.
    1. Re:Dear Government, by Arcane_Rhino · · Score: 3, Insightful

      If seeing polyboobies is REALLY a significant problem for our children...

      Polyboobies were never really the issue. It has always been about political opportunism and legal extortion (otherwise know as frivolous lawsuits). Look at anyone who stands to benefit from this lawsuit and one sees this is the case.

      There are reasons to be distressed about this issue, but the issue of concern is a justice system that is driven by, or at least manipulated by, ambition and avarice. The issues surrounding this game are only excuses.

      I am not really disagreeing with you, I just think the problem is much deeper than simple sexual provincialism. Regrettably, I don't have a solution.

  2. For the love! by rehtonAesoohC · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Stop confusing the issue!!

    The problem is NOT that Rockstar included sexually explicit content in their game. The problem is that they released it under a rating that did not include knowledge of the sexually explicit material. Saying something like: "if children seeing polyboobies is a problem then blah blah blah" is a completely misleading statement.

    This has absolutely NOTHING to do with children seeing boobies. It's the fact that Rockstar didn't DECLARE there were boobies to the ESRB. If a parent doesn't care about their child seeing digital boobs, then let the parent make an informed decision about the product up front. But stop saying that there's a problem with society because children seeing digital boobs is causing such a commotion. It's not.

    1. Re:For the love! by spyrral · · Score: 5, Insightful

      That's hardly a fact. That content was not accessible in the game Rockstar released. It wasn't even reachable via cheat codes or easter eggs. It was only through cheat devices like Game Shark or mods in the PC version that you could see it. It was removed the gameplay, but due to technical issues involved with the QA process the files or content was left in.

      That distinction will be hard to explain to the laypeople that will make up the jury in the case, but someone who's posting on "News for Nerds" should be able to grasp it.

  3. Still don't get this... by amuro98 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    So, they're still being sued...over questionable content...that you can't access...unless you violate the DMCA...?

    Why hasn't Rockstar/Take Two launched counter-suits against people who have used the Hot Coffee hack and are outraged by it?