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Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
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Five years ago Carl Johnson escaped from the pressures of life in Los Santos, San Andreas... a city tearing itself apart with gang trouble, drugs and corruption. Where filmstars and millionaires do their best to avoid the dealers and gangbangers. ...
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Rockstar wins quarrel over tittybar
Posted on Thursday, 3 August 2006 by Zwan, source: Gamesindustry
It doesn't happen very often that we can bring you positive news about Rockstar Games, but today we can. An American judge has dismissed a complaint against Rockstar that came from a strip club in LA. They sued Rockstar for basing the design of one of the virtual tittybars in GTA: San Andreas on their real-life one.
Rockstar admitted that their graphics artists use photographs of existing locations -including the Play Pen-, but that they create their own versions, to better fit the GTA setting.
This small victory gives Rockstar some breathing space, before more complaints are filed against the company.
E.S.S. Entertainment - owners of The Play Pen club - filed suit against Rockstar in April of last year. The suit claimed that the strip club in GTA, which is titled The Pig Pen, represented trademark infringement, due to its similar name, logo, awning and 'Totally nude' advertising slogan.
Rockstar admitted that their graphics artists use photographs of existing locations -including the Play Pen-, but that they create their own versions, to better fit the GTA setting.
Judge Margaret Morrow agreed with Rockstar's argument, ruling that, "Defendants' use of the Play Pen trade dress and trademark bears some artistic relevance to the game, and does not explicitly mislead consumers as to the source or content of the game." Rockstar, Judge Morrow said, was therefore entitled to claim a First Amendment defence.
This small victory gives Rockstar some breathing space, before more complaints are filed against the company.
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