lolJack Thompson

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

I'm not the biggest Take Two fan out there, but I still gotta salute them for this

Take Two Turns Tables on Thompson
The publisher has filed a motion to block Jack Thompson from attacking its upcoming games.

by Daemon Hatfield

March 16, 2007 - Take Two and Jack Thompson have a long history together. But usually it's Thompson attacking the publisher, not the other way around. The Florida attorney has declared his intentions to try and block the sale of Take Two's upcoming games Grand Theft Auto IV and Manhunt 2. The company has apparently decided it's not going to take Thompson's attacks lying down, and has filed a preemptive motion with the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida to silence Thompson's complaints.

GamePolitics has reported that Take Two filed its petition on March 13. The motion states that Take Two is "seeking declatory and injunctive relief against Defendant John B. Thompson, to enjoin him from bringing suit on behalf of the State of Florida to enjoin the sale of GTAIV or Manhunt 2 as a nuisance."

Take Two presents this action as necessary because "Thompson has a history of making multiple threats of legal action, whether substantiated or not, both against (Take Two) as well as the retailers who purchase the video games and offer them for sale to the public. Thompson has made such threats again in connection with Manhunt 2 and GTAIV…"

The publisher also points out that numerous courts have found complaints similar to Thompson's unconstitutional, and claims his newest intentions are likely to be dismissed on the same grounds.

[Jarre]

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He is a meddling @$$£% Why target games, why not films, internet porn, TV etc etc. He just seems to have it in for that one publisher and their games. Fair play to them to pre-empt his nuisance.

[ItazuraNhomango]

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Is Take Two trying to prevent Jack Thompson from filing suit? Does that not fall under prior constraint? (I'm a total noob when it comes to laws, so probably have something mixed up.)

[LyonheartLakshmi]

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If anything every truly deserved getting a "lol----" moniker, it would be Jack Thompson.

If a player on this game ever annoys you because of how ignorant they are, just make mental comparisons between that player and Jack Thompson. See? That FFXI player isn't so bad now.

[eticket109]

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I stopped caring about Thompson after the whole PA debacle. If two gamers from Seattle can own him as hard as they did, I'm not too worried about Take Two or Rockstar.

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

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Is Take Two trying to prevent Jack Thompson from filing suit? Does that not fall under prior constraint? (I'm a total noob when it comes to laws, so probably have something mixed up.)

Well, the thing is Jack's suits have been so repetitive and debunked by the courts that they've become frivolous lawsuits and nuisance in general. Games are protected speech, the courts dismissed claims of them being otherwise. These suits have lost or rulings have been reversed on their wins countless times now.

The courts have made the issue clear - its protected speech - so now Jack's suits are just harassing Take-Two and wasting the time of courts that could be handling real problems.

[Sabaron]

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Resume padding to be a conservative Federal Attorney/Judge? Knowing shady lawyer-types (not all lawyers are, but this one appears to be), there's probably money involved somewhere (Christian Conservative money most likely).

At any rate, this guy is either too shady or too f'ed up in the head to deserve a Bar Association Card in the US. Too bad he's not Muslim, his stuff would probably work great in someplace like Iran where Church = Government.

All I know is that I've been pretending to kill imaginary things, steal from imaginary people, and otherwise engage in the practices of ne'er-do-wells in the figurative sense since I was a little kid (pre-video game) and I'm not in jail nor have I ever routinely (or even casually or a single time) practiced any of the aforesaid illicit actions on real people, and I think most people who play video games would agree. The only people who are offended and afraid of such devices are weak-minded sheep-types that join together in hatred of others. To stand against justice! To fight against everything they feel even slightly offended by! And to make anything they don't like punishable by Death via Stoning! You go, Moral Majority!

When you actually see this in court (I shot my Grandma because of Video Games) it's usually a teenager with a pre-sociopathic tendencies who is attempting to ride on the same bus as the people who find general media (e.g. still photos, sculpture, video games, music, tv, etc.) to be "corruptive" to try to get out of doing time.

[DakAttack]

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After playing violent video games, I've come to the conclusion that Jack Thompson needs to be hit with an expensive car, then shot with a cheap gun, and stomped until all his money falls off of his person.

That'll show him.

[Feba]

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Wonder if he wants to keep kids from playing Cops and Robbers too.

That said, nobody likes Jack Thompson, he's sort of a joke.