| Darc Requiem said: I've lost respect for a lot of people in this thread. Rockstar stole from the guy. He's in he right period. If he was the jackass you all are pretending he is. He'd demand an immediate cease and desist and R* would really be screwed. It amazes me how quickly people are willing to throw the law when it pertains to something they like. Side note: How would patching out the songs help the situation? I swear fans are worse than a companies enemies. By patching out his songs they'd be admitting they stole them in the first place. His lawyers would have a feel day. |
I'm not sure if this also applies to IP law, but generally actions intended to remedy the harm after the harm was brought to light ("subsequent remedial measures") are inadmissible for most purposes. Makes sense: if you're suing because the defendant's stairs were so dangerous they caused you to break your arm, it's better for society that the defendant repair the defect ASAP and sort out the mess later, rather than discourage such a remedy by making the repairs create the plaintiff's case for him.
Anyways, $4,000 seems rather low to me.
| czecherychestnut said: If you think about what is in this game and the history of its predecessors, do you not think this game would have gone through scores of legal reviews? |
Things slip through the cracks all the time, especially with huge productions live GTA. I sincerely doubt there was ever any malice on the part of Rockstar, but I'm inclined to believe the rapper's complaint is legitimate.
