Posted on 05/06/2008 3:11:24 PM PDT by Baladas
The publisher of "Grand Theft Auto" says the Chicago Transit Authority interfered with its free-speech rights by allegedly removing ads for the latest version of the hugely popular video game.
Take-Two Interactive Software wants a federal judge to stop the CTA from taking down ads for "Grand Theft Auto IV." The New York-based company made that request in a lawsuit filed in Manhattan.
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That’s why TTWO stock whent up today. Hadn’t had a chance to check.
I prefer the Vice City incarnation. Partly for the soundtrack on V-Rock.
What a disgusting company.
they are pretty low. Sad form of entertainment.
But this does happen in a free society.
Breach of Contract ... sounds like a legit suit to me.
Were they shocked that the game was violent and sexually suggestive? Duh. I buy that about as much as I buy Obama being shocked at what he heard from Wright at the National Press Club.
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I'll have to check my old con law files for precident here, but CTA may have more leeway than normal among governmental entities if it is acting like a business (advertising). (Trying to remember that South Dakota case dealing with state protectionism). That's not dealing with 1st amendment, but could be part of an argument on CTA's part.
I'm not sure what will happen on this one.
You sounds like an attorney - are you one?
I am in the legal profession, but I am not a licensed attorney. I am working on changing the second part of that sentence.
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