Kotaku Games Blog Sued By Jack Thompson

Reacting to Kotaku's coverage of comments Thompson made last week about the VA Tech incident, Thompson has sued Kotaku and their parent company Gawker media. He also tried to sic the FBI on them (getting as much success there as he did with the Penny Arcade gents). From GamePolitics' coverage: "Thompson's ire was apparently raised by Kotaku reader comments which the attorney maintains are threatening. He also alleges in the complaint that Kotaku and Gawker declined to remove the menacing posts. The messages in question stem from Kotaku's coverage of Thompson's claims that video games prompted last week's Virginia Tech massacre. The Gawker suit is actually an amendment to an action Thompson filed on March 13th against the Florida bar. On April 11th he amended it to include the members of the Florida Supreme Court. And now Gawker joins the list of defendants."

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Re:Legal Precedent

[drinkypoo]

I prefer the Army of Darkness bit, "You ain't leading but two things right now: Jack and shit, and Jack left town." It even uses the name Jack. He hasn't left town yet, but suing the bar that accredits you is a good way to get a swift ass-kicking. If he is disbarred there will be parties at gamers' houses across the world, let alone the country. For good or ill, and whether the rest of the world will admit it or not, the American media has a huge effect damned near everywhere, and JT has been huge in our media.