Anyone Else Want To Sue Over Grand Theft Auto?
from the we've-got-just-about-everyone dept
It's no secret that family groups and folks like Jack Thompson like the idea of suing Grand Theft Auto publisher Take Two Interactive. However, in the last few weeks, it seems that people everywhere are lining up to get a piece of the action. Last month it was the city of Los Angeles -- which isn't exactly known for its high moral stance on things. However, now we've got prostitutes and class action lawyers going after the company as well. The class action lawyers are trying to drum up interest in a lawsuit on behalf of shareholders, suggesting that those shareholders lost money due to the controversy. Like most shareholder class action suits, this one seems unlikely to get very far, and is clearly about trying to make the lawyers some money, rather than actually represent the interests of the shareholders. As for the prostitutes, at least they're just asking for a boycott of the game. Apparently suing is going too low. Of course, with each lawsuit, the company gets more publicity for its games, as more people wonder what all the fuss is about.
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Greed
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13-year-olds enjoy GTA & Prostitutes
yes, my evening of playing GTA for 6 hours straight just wouldn't be completely without ending it by going to the corner to pickup a hooker, to have violent intercourse with her...
i wonder how often this was happening before this first prostitute stood up and said something about it - or one better, I wonder how many prostitutes this had happened to in the past, for this claim to come about. possibly its well know that in the "prostitute business", that most people look to pickup hookers right after playing GTA... especially all the under-age males who are playing GTA as claimed in other lawsuits - and what are these underage males driving around in? they obviously are "not old enough" to be playing this game, so who is giving these 13-year-olds driver's licenses... and a car... and the money to pickup these prostitutes.
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It has nothing to do with me being a bad person. Everything is OK if it makes ME feel good...as long as I have SOMEONE ELSE to blame.
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Art imitates life, Life imitates art...
...and if video games had any effect on us, we'd all be running around in dark rooms, listening to repetitive music while gobbling down little pills...
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Go Gamers
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SUE
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Free Marketing Campaign
What ever happened to... "If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all" ?
Guess all these people throwing a fit had bad parents.
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Sueing laws in the states are absolute BS
People who sue right and left should be sued for all their money. Lawyers who waste a court's time like this should be debarred.
Sueing laws in the states are absolute BS. People do not deserve to be rewarded for being greedy, mindless idiots.
I do find that the prostitute's stance is the most sensible one in this case and merits it's share of attention, but the lawyers mentioned should be dealt with accordingly.
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Not Gonna Buy the Game
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Sue Grand theft auto is Wrong
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THIS IS CRAP
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why not ban arnold swartz movies too, why not ban student from interacting with each other so they dont fight..and induce more violence....geez
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DO NOT BUY GTA
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So stupid......
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