'Grand Theft Auto' Makers Fight Lawsuit
Tue Nov 11, 8:19 AM ET
By DUNCAN MANSFIELD, Associated Press Writer
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - The creators of the video game series "Grand Theft Auto" want a federal judge to dismiss a $246 million lawsuit filed by the families of two people shot by teenagers.
AFP/File Photo
Rockstar Games and its New York City-based parent, Take-Two Interactive Software, said the victims' families were trying to hold them liable "based on the expressive content of the video game."
Retailer Wal-Mart and marketer Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc., are also named in the lawsuit.
Aaron Hamel, 45, was killed and Kimberly Bede, 19, was seriously wounded when their cars were hit June 25 by .22-caliber bullets while driving along Interstate 40.
Stepbrothers William Buckner, 16, and Joshua Buckner, 14, were sentenced in August to an indefinite term after pleading guilty in juvenile court to reckless homicide, endangerment and assault.
The boys told investigators they got the rifles from a locked room in their home and decided to randomly shoot at tractor-trailer rigs, just like in the video game "Grand Theft Auto III."
Responding Oct. 29 in U.S. District Court, Rockstar and Take-Two contend that such ideas and concepts as well as the "purported psychological effects" on the Buckners are protected by the First Amendment's free-speech clause.
A lawyer who represents the victims dismissed the claim, saying he would seek to move the case back into state court for consideration under Tennessee's consumer protection act.
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This is the most bullshit thing!. I mean i thought thats why we had video games in the first place. so we can do the things we can't do in real life? I mean Thats why i play GTA cuz i will never run through a city draggin people outta there cars and beating up people and women and shooting people...no i wont... Thats why i bought a xbox and a ps2 so i dont have to worry about that shit... and what makes me even more mad is that these people are sueing the gaming company not the parents WIth FUcking guns in there houses...wow... Trust me i play video games everyday and i will never do the shit i see on GTA or doom or half life or anyother game like that...
Tue Nov 11, 8:19 AM ET
By DUNCAN MANSFIELD, Associated Press Writer
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - The creators of the video game series "Grand Theft Auto" want a federal judge to dismiss a $246 million lawsuit filed by the families of two people shot by teenagers.
AFP/File Photo
Rockstar Games and its New York City-based parent, Take-Two Interactive Software, said the victims' families were trying to hold them liable "based on the expressive content of the video game."
Retailer Wal-Mart and marketer Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc., are also named in the lawsuit.
Aaron Hamel, 45, was killed and Kimberly Bede, 19, was seriously wounded when their cars were hit June 25 by .22-caliber bullets while driving along Interstate 40.
Stepbrothers William Buckner, 16, and Joshua Buckner, 14, were sentenced in August to an indefinite term after pleading guilty in juvenile court to reckless homicide, endangerment and assault.
The boys told investigators they got the rifles from a locked room in their home and decided to randomly shoot at tractor-trailer rigs, just like in the video game "Grand Theft Auto III."
Responding Oct. 29 in U.S. District Court, Rockstar and Take-Two contend that such ideas and concepts as well as the "purported psychological effects" on the Buckners are protected by the First Amendment's free-speech clause.
A lawyer who represents the victims dismissed the claim, saying he would seek to move the case back into state court for consideration under Tennessee's consumer protection act.
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On the Net:
Take Two: http://www.take2games.com/
This is the most bullshit thing!. I mean i thought thats why we had video games in the first place. so we can do the things we can't do in real life? I mean Thats why i play GTA cuz i will never run through a city draggin people outta there cars and beating up people and women and shooting people...no i wont... Thats why i bought a xbox and a ps2 so i dont have to worry about that shit... and what makes me even more mad is that these people are sueing the gaming company not the parents WIth FUcking guns in there houses...wow... Trust me i play video games everyday and i will never do the shit i see on GTA or doom or half life or anyother game like that...
