Tuesday, March 23, 2010

EA Games

EA games is planning on filing a lawsuit against the amazing show South Park. Why you ask?? Because South Park had an episode involving Tiger Woods. The episode was called "Sexual Healing." This episode aired after the infamous Tiger Woods admitted to having numerous affairs with women that weren't his wife. This episode was making fun of the EA game "Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11" and adding Tiger and his wife fighting in it which looked like Street Fighter IV. I think if EA games really goes through and sues the makers of South Park they are seriously stupid. EA games stated that South Park violated their copyrights. South Park has entertained the deranged minds of America for years.....and if EA Games tries to take that away they are cruel. Don't get me wrong, i love EA Games....they have entertained my mind on XBox 360 and Wii and tons of games they have created are amazing, but they should not go toe to toe with South Park. If they do, i can see many of South Park fans boycotting their products. Allheadlinenews.com stated that "Legal experts however have said that South Park is likely protected under a parody fair-use defence as the episode was a satire." If this is true, i don't believe that EA Games should file this law suit. I love the show South Park and i would hate to see it have to get canceled because of EA Games.
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  1. kurtMarch 24, 2010 at 10:11 AM

    I think that EA games needs to shut the hell up. They are a major game producer and need to understand that from time to time parodies will be aimed at them. If Tiger Woods can take it, so can EA.

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  2. ChadMarch 24, 2010 at 10:20 AM

    It's all about the damn money. Those fuckers make enough money off their games already but they're money hungry. Kurt's right....if Tiger can take it, why can't EA Games? You didn't see Kanye West suing them for making fun of him. You didn't see John Travolta suing them when they constantly made fun of him being gay through the whole show. Who cares....it's a cartoon.

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  3. StephanieMarch 24, 2010 at 3:23 PM

    I think the audiences for the two would definitely collide/overlap. Interesting point, Ali.

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