Monday, February 28, 2005

Some folks must have a lot of time on their hands

Game maker sues over nude volleyball:
Game publisher Tecmo announced Wednesday that it has sued users of an Internet message board that distributes hacks for its games, including several that remove the bikinis from players in a popular volleyball game.
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Some of the most popular game hacks circulating on the site were for "Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball," which features scantily clad women. The hacks created new "skins" for the characters, rendering them naked.
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Tecmo, a Torrance, Calif.-based subsidiary of Japan's Tecmo, said it has launched an investigation "to find and identify all offenders in this case." The lawsuit charges the defendants with violating the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and seeks unspecified damages.
I'm a tad puzzled as to how their copyright is being violated but lawsuits aren't about logic, in the USA at least. On the other hand, who's got nothing better to do than "spice up" the characters in some Xbox game?