Brazilian Court Bans Sale of Gay Tony But Not For What You Think

[SnootyEnglishman]

This is absolutely bollocks. Is this kid going to be emotionally scarred because he didn't get any money?

 

[darkszero]

The capacity my country has to find new ways of making itself look like shit never ceases to amaze me.

Thank you for saving me the trouble of posting that.

 

[Virgil]

anc[is]um.... wow. Worldwide? Cant they just patch it out?

Probably not, or at least not for the retail versions. The song would still be on the game disc, even if a later patch disabled or deleted it. They could update the digital versions and remove the song from the download entirely, but that still leaves all the retail copies as invalid.

 

[Slavik_91]

So patch the damn thing and remove the song, plain and simple. Frankly I think this ruling is wrong. Rockstar obtained the legal permission needed to feature the song in the game but apparently Brazil is willing to side with some greedy parent because the companies (they obviously must have made some form of contract with to distribute the song) didn't go and ask them personally if it could be used in the game. Hope Rockstar opts to never sell their wares in Brazil again because we now see that doing so ruins things for the rest of the world.

GG Brazil, way to be a copyright troll.

We can still buy or dl it pirated (don't troll me for that, thats's how things work here)

 

[Cousin_IT]

Should have sued them in the Texas. They'd have got a lot more money out of it.

 

[ImprovizoR]

So by enforcing that stupid law, they hurt a legitimate business and justify piracy. And the worse thing is, they don't even realize it. Stupid people wont get smarter over night I guess.

 

[obisean]

Isn't Brazil one of the pirate capitols of the world? Why should the world care about their copyrights when they don't care enough about anyone else's to stop pirated games being sold next to their legit counterpart at retail?

 

[Stabby Joe]

This is a huge stretch. It probably is due to the content (gay references), this is just a loophole.

 

[cobra_ky]

why not just cut a deal with the kid? make a god father offer like $100,000 or something. It can't cost as much as a worldwide recall.

 

[Professor Cubbage]

Nearly every CD, DVD, games etc in Brazil is pirated. How dare they file a lawsuit over copyright.

 

[The Austin]

Weird

Took the word right out of my mouth.

 

[BenzSmoke]

Huh, That's isn't what I thought at all. Well played.

 

[ark123]

Well apparently it has to deal with international copyright. So any nation that agrees to it, which is most first world nations, has to follow it.

All ten or so of them?

This is just a moneygrab law suit, like most of them. Someone didn't clear a song in RS, and now they're going to pay. It's a newbie mistake and it's strange that a company this big and experienced made it. Btw "worldwide recall" is what they're being sued for, like when people try to sue apple for infinity dollars because their iPhone's screen broke. It's just the starting point, it basically has no impact in the real outcome of the suit.

I find it hilarious that some people take a strong stance against piracy but call this guy a whiny ***** because he wants to be paid for a song he created.

 

[Kryten1029a]

This has been out for almost a year and they're just now getting around to this?

 

[InnerRebellion]

Well, I thought this would be about Tony, well, being gay. This is unexpected and stupid.

 

[zirol]

I have never been so ashamed of being brazilian.

 

[BabySinclair]

Well it's the Brazilian court system so I don't give them due process on the accuracy of their assessment for authenticity. Rockstar isn't going to be stupid enough to falsify documents showing their permission to use the song so I'm under the impression that their annalists failed and what Rockstar should do is get a professional handwriting annalist to conduct the evaluation of both the kid and his father.

If they don't do the above, settle with them and keep it on the shelves, problem solved.

 

[qbanknight]

And so the day has come that Rockstar actually got sued for something totally legitimate and not by psycho ultra-conservative group. Still disappointing however, and hope that Rockstar can negotiate a fat deal with the kid

 

[Gralian]

"Update: A Rockstar spokesperson responded to our inquiry, telling us that the company has not received any notice from the court about this matter and are looking into the news reports from Brazil."

I read that and i lol'd. It can hardly be as serious as they're trying to make it out to be if the developer hasn't even been informed about the ruling. Did they even get to put their own case forward in defence?

I reckon this is just another silly money-grubbing PR panic that frankly won't result in "the ban of sales of Gay Tony worldwide". I remember when Manhunt was "banned", i saw that in my local Gamestation the very next week after i'd heard of its supposed ban on the news because it encouraged some kid to suffocate his friend with a plastic bag, and you know what? You can still buy it today. Any "ban" is completely laughable; retailers and private sellers will either find a way around it or ignore it. Rockstar will just give the kid a nice wad of money to shut his mouth and we'll probably never hear about this agin.