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'Grand Theft Auto' Sues Chicago Transit Authority for Pulling Ads
ABC News ^ | May 6, 2008 | staff

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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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: freespeech; gtaiv; videogames
I've been playing this game, and it is violent, but so were the other three previous versions - the CTA should've never agreed to display these ads in the first place.
1 posted on 05/06/2008 3:11:24 PM PDT by Baladas
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To: Baladas

That’s why TTWO stock whent up today. Hadn’t had a chance to check.


2 posted on 05/06/2008 3:12:07 PM PDT by mnehring
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To: Baladas

I prefer the Vice City incarnation. Partly for the soundtrack on V-Rock.


3 posted on 05/06/2008 3:16:13 PM PDT by wastedyears (The US Military is what goes Bump in the night.)
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To: Baladas

What a disgusting company.


4 posted on 05/06/2008 3:18:10 PM PDT by prolifefirst
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To: prolifefirst

they are pretty low. Sad form of entertainment.

But this does happen in a free society.


5 posted on 05/06/2008 3:28:50 PM PDT by Retired Greyhound
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To: Baladas

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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6 posted on 05/06/2008 3:36:23 PM PDT by SnakeDoctor
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To: Baladas
Very interesting Case. Is this contract or 1st amendment? (keep in mind that CTA is the government).

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.

7 posted on 05/06/2008 3:58:30 PM PDT by Darren McCarty (Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in - Michael Corleone)
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To: Darren McCarty

You sounds like an attorney - are you one?


8 posted on 05/06/2008 4:22:07 PM PDT by Baladas (M)
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To: Baladas

I am in the legal profession, but I am not a licensed attorney. I am working on changing the second part of that sentence.


9 posted on 05/06/2008 5:54:33 PM PDT by Darren McCarty (Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in - Michael Corleone)
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