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, 06:32 PM
#11
nateman2323
Boston Celtics 2008Champs
Originally posted by iWarrior
Isn't this the exact same as what GTA do with cars?
Good point, my man
08-03-2010, 06:49 PM
#14
FlutterShy
Big Daddy
It's EA they are only possible of one good product; Fifa, and still that isn't the best so :L
08-03-2010, 07:09 PM
#16
DiXiEnOrMoUz28
A.K.A Daboss1288
this is just a way broke retired NFL players to get some money b/c they ran out of it people these days are just stupid who cares what they used their name wasn't on it so stop crying about it get a job and stop looking for easy money what bumbs
08-03-2010, 08:19 PM
#18
FuzzaMuzza
NGU Master
Originally posted by iWarrior
Isn't this the exact same as what GTA do with cars?
Cars arent people though
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