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Take-Two Files Lawsuit Against the BBC for its Upcoming TV Movie About Rockstar Games

Take-Two Files Lawsuit Against the BBC for its Upcoming TV Movie About Rockstar Games - News

by Jared Katz , posted on 21 May 2015 / 3,735 Views

Take-Two Interactive has filed a lawsuit against the BBC (British Broadcasting Company) on the grounds of trademark Infringement in its upcoming television movie Game Changer.

The 90 minute film dramatizes the real life conflict between Rockstar president Sam Houser and anti-gaming poster boy Jack Thompson.

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Rockstar issued the following statement to IGN when asked about the lawsuit: 

"Take-Two Interactive has filed suit against the BBC for trademark infringement based on their movie currently titled ‘Game Changer’ as it relates to Rockstar Games’ Grand Theft Auto video game series. 

While holders of the trademarks referenced in the film title and its promotion, Rockstar Games has had no involvement with this project. Our goal is to ensure that our trademarks are not misused in the BBC's pursuit of an unofficial depiction of purported events related to Rockstar Games. We have attempted multiple times to resolve this matter with the BBC without any meaningful resolution. It is our obligation to protect our intellectual property and unfortunately in this case litigation was necessary."


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9 Comments
JazzB1987 (on 22 May 2015)

Oh really? Get of your high horses lol. Its a documentary you idiots.

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NinjaFox JazzB1987 (on 22 May 2015)

"Dramatizes" makes it sound like it's a movie "based on true events" more than a documentary, though. A documentary would have input from those involved.

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Mr.Playstation (on 22 May 2015)

All I can say is LOL.

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xboxonefan (on 25 May 2015)

Lol

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Skratchy (on 22 May 2015)

Wow. So the company that sold 52 million games last year is suing a television station that MAY paint them in a bad light. Jesus, talk about insecure and petty.

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aLkaLiNE (on 22 May 2015)

I hope this results in nothing. As far as I'm aware you can't infringe upon copyright laws if its for the sake of education or satire. Clearly this would be educational as it's a documentary

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