Post: EA Sports Sued By 6,000 Retired NFL Players
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08-03-2010, 05:07 PM
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America loves two things: NFL and lawsuits. So, when these two meet, you have the ultimate American Dream. The likenesses of the historic teams in Madden 09 were apparently a little too lifelike, as roughly 6,000 former NFL players are taking EA Sports to court over what they allege is the unlawful use of their likenesses in Madden NFL 09.
According to IGN, the lawsuit claims that EA used the stats and positions of past players, but changed their uniform numbers and removed their names in order to get around having to pay licensing fees. One retired footballer, Tony Davis, claims that the publisher used the exact stats of players, including height and weight, but changed the names and jersey numbers to get out of stumping up the cash.
The lawsuit also takes aim at the customization options available, which let players freely edit in the real names and uniform numbers of these classic athletes. "The only significant detail that EA changes from the real-life retired NFL players is their jersey number," the suit claims. "Despite EA's 'scrambling' of the retired NFL players' numbers, the games are designed so that consumers of the Madden NFL video game franchise will have no difficulty identifying who the 'historic' players are."
The lawsuit seeks damages associated with the "deprivation and violation of publicity rights." Lawsuits are THE SHIT, right?
[/B][/COLOR]America loves two things: NFL and lawsuits. So, when these two meet, you have the ultimate American Dream. The likenesses of the historic teams in Madden 09 were apparently a little too lifelike, as roughly 6,000 former NFL players are taking EA Sports to court over what they allege is the unlawful use of their likenesses in Madden NFL 09.
According to IGN, the lawsuit claims that EA used the stats and positions of past players, but changed their uniform numbers and removed their names in order to get around having to pay licensing fees. One retired footballer, Tony Davis, claims that the publisher used the exact stats of players, including height and weight, but changed the names and jersey numbers to get out of stumping up the cash.
The lawsuit also takes aim at the customization options available, which let players freely edit in the real names and uniform numbers of these classic athletes. "The only significant detail that EA changes from the real-life retired NFL players is their jersey number," the suit claims. "Despite EA's 'scrambling' of the retired NFL players' numbers, the games are designed so that consumers of the Madden NFL video game franchise will have no difficulty identifying who the 'historic' players are."
The lawsuit seeks damages associated with the "deprivation and violation of publicity rights." Lawsuits are THE SHIT, right?
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08-03-2010, 05:25 PM
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Originally posted by Jeff
What the hell is a likelesness?
Your appearance, like your face and body. For example, if EA made your fat ass and ugly mothafuking face in the game but didn't use your name and shit...same thing is what happened there but for all them negros :n:.
P.S. I still love your fat ass and face
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08-03-2010, 05:29 PM
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AgentBearJew
そしてそれで剣は再び落ちます
I am with the retired players on this.
That is some horseshit by EA
That is some horseshit by EA
08-03-2010, 06:27 PM
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iWarrior
I Sell Fifa Coins.
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America loves two things: NFL and lawsuits. So, when these two meet, you have the ultimate American Dream. The likenesses of the historic teams in Madden 09 were apparently a little too lifelike, as roughly 6,000 former NFL players are taking EA Sports to court over what they allege is the unlawful use of their likenesses in Madden NFL 09.
According to IGN, the lawsuit claims that EA used the stats and positions of past players, but changed their uniform numbers and removed their names in order to get around having to pay licensing fees. One retired footballer, Tony Davis, claims that the publisher used the exact stats of players, including height and weight, but changed the names and jersey numbers to get out of stumping up the cash.
The lawsuit also takes aim at the customization options available, which let players freely edit in the real names and uniform numbers of these classic athletes. "The only significant detail that EA changes from the real-life retired NFL players is their jersey number," the suit claims. "Despite EA's 'scrambling' of the retired NFL players' numbers, the games are designed so that consumers of the Madden NFL video game franchise will have no difficulty identifying who the 'historic' players are."
The lawsuit seeks damages associated with the "deprivation and violation of publicity rights." Lawsuits are THE SHIT, right?
[/B][/COLOR]America loves two things: NFL and lawsuits. So, when these two meet, you have the ultimate American Dream. The likenesses of the historic teams in Madden 09 were apparently a little too lifelike, as roughly 6,000 former NFL players are taking EA Sports to court over what they allege is the unlawful use of their likenesses in Madden NFL 09.
According to IGN, the lawsuit claims that EA used the stats and positions of past players, but changed their uniform numbers and removed their names in order to get around having to pay licensing fees. One retired footballer, Tony Davis, claims that the publisher used the exact stats of players, including height and weight, but changed the names and jersey numbers to get out of stumping up the cash.
The lawsuit also takes aim at the customization options available, which let players freely edit in the real names and uniform numbers of these classic athletes. "The only significant detail that EA changes from the real-life retired NFL players is their jersey number," the suit claims. "Despite EA's 'scrambling' of the retired NFL players' numbers, the games are designed so that consumers of the Madden NFL video game franchise will have no difficulty identifying who the 'historic' players are."
The lawsuit seeks damages associated with the "deprivation and violation of publicity rights." Lawsuits are THE SHIT, right?
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Isn't this the exact same as what GTA do with cars?
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