'Grand Theft Auto' makers fight $246M lawsuit
 

'Grand Theft Auto' makers fight $246M lawsuit
By Duncan Mansfield, The Associated Press

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. ? The creators of the video game series "Grand Theft Auto" want a federal judge to dismiss a $246 million lawsuit filed by the families of two people shot by teenagers.
Rockstar Games and its New York City-based parent, Take-Two Interactive Software, said the victims' families are trying to hold them liable "based on the expressive content of the video game."

Retailer Wal-Mart and marketer Sony Computer Entertainment America are also named in the lawsuit.

Aaron Hamel, 45, was killed and Kimberly Bede, 19, was seriously wounded when their cars were hit June 25 by .22-caliber bullets while driving along Interstate 40.

Stepbrothers William Buckner, 16, and Joshua Buckner, 14, were sentenced in August to an indefinite term after pleading guilty in juvenile court to reckless homicide, endangerment and assault.

The boys told investigators they got the rifles from a locked room in their home and decided to randomly shoot at tractor-trailer rigs, just like in the video game "Grand Theft Auto III."

Responding Oct. 29 in U.S. District Court, Rockstar and Take-Two contend that such ideas and concepts as well as the "purported psychological effects" on the Buckners are protected by the First Amendment's free-speech clause.

A lawyer who represents the victims dismissed the claim, saying he would seek to move the case back into state court for consideration under Tennessee's consumer protection act.

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Yeah there's something wrong about those games... It does have an effect on you after so many hours playing... After gone in 60 seconds (the movie) i stole 20 cars in one night.

I have GTA 3 and Vice City and have played it for over 500 hours.. or way more and never did I go out an kill people or steal cars.. All of this is just another way to make money from something you do not own and know it made a fortune.. Fucking bullshit if you ask me.. If kids go out and do crimes it's not cuz of a video game.. Christ, I've been playing games since I was like 8 years old and I've never did anything I could do in a game when it comes to violence or crime..

only in America!

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