Game maker sues over nude volleyball...

[Zim Hosein]

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.

The lawsuit, filed in a federal court in Chicago, accuses Web site administrators Mike Greiling of Eden Prairie, Minn., Will Glynn of Davie, Fla., and others of knowingly infringing on Tecmo's proprietary software for the games, which run on Microsoft's Xbox console.

Greiling could not be located for comment, and Glynn was not immediately available. The site in question, www.ninjahacker.net, appears to have been abandoned.

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.

"On behalf of the game industry, the gamers and all future innovations in gaming, the protection of intellectual property is a serious issue that affects everyone in the game industry, and can no longer be ignored," John Inada, general manager for Tecmo, said in a statement. "Ignoring the situation will ultimately hurt future gaming experiences for both casual and hardcore gamers, which is why Tecmo must take action to protect our intellectual property."

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.

The publisher posted a warning on its main Web site last year vowing action against those distributed the hacks. "We're watching you very closely!" the notice read. "Please do not post anything about nude patches and other hacked information or you will be punished to the fullest extent of the law...So far we're tracking one suspect, anybody care to be the second?"

Tecmo's parent company won a similar case in Japan two years ago in which it sued distributors of a naked hack for the action game "Dead or Alive II."

Reuters contributed to this report.

Game maker sues over nude volleyball. 🙁

 

[rudeguy]

lol...just...lol

 

[Juice Box]

pics?

edit: NM, i guess I should READ before posting that! 😛

 

[DainBramaged]

hahaha

 

[Abix]

How pathetic. Next thing you know, theyll start suing people that make mods.

 

[DurocShark]

Wwwaaaaahhh..........
Some guys are getting more enjoyment out of our product.
Let's sue!!!!

 

[rudeguy]

Originally posted by: Abix
How pathetic. Next thing you know, theyll start suing people that make mods.

thats what they are doing....????!!!!!

 

[jamesave]

Originally posted by: DurocShark
Wwwaaaaahhh..........
Some guys are getting more enjoyment out of our product.
Let's sue!!!!

you worked at tecmo?

 

[UbiSunt]

They're just doing this to take attention from the fact that they MADE the product so that they don't get the cr@p sued out of them when some mommies walk in....

 

[moshquerade]

Tecmo's parent company won a similar case in Japan two years ago in which it sued distributors of a naked hack for the action game "Dead or Alive II."

rut roh... somebody might be in trouble.

 

[RedRooster]

Have you guys played that game?
It's a veritable jiggle fest, every chick in the game has a couple of double d hammers hanging out every which way. Tecmo is crying because people are perverting a game? What a bunch of wankers Tecmo is.

 

[OverVolt]

Hm..... skins? not a big deal. online cheats for pay to play games? diaf.

 

[DT4K]

Originally posted by: GoodDad

Originally posted by: Abix
How pathetic. Next thing you know, theyll start suing people that make mods.

thats what they are doing....????!!!!!

Yep. That is what they are doing.
Adding custom skins is a mod.
Basically, they are saying that people cannot do anything that alters the game.
If Valve had the same attitude, there would be no Counterstrike.

 

[vood0g]

fvcked up.

 

[dquan97]

ok, who here already has it? 😉

 

[jiwq]

Originally posted by: GoodDad

Originally posted by: Abix
How pathetic. Next thing you know, theyll start suing people that make mods.

thats what they are doing....????!!!!!

no, they're just suing people who make mods that they dont like.

 

[intogamer]

old I have the wma video of dead or alive beach volleyball nude. It is the intro of the game when the girls play nude.

 

[UbiSunt]

Yeah, this is like the owner of a strip joint suing customers who pay the strippers to strip.

 

[TheNinja]

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein

Greiling could not be located for comment, and Glynn was not immediately available. The site in question, www.[b]ninjahacker[/b].net, appears to have been abandoned.

Hmmmm, perhaps I shouldn't have been so obvious with my name. Oh well, no phear.

 

[Beau]

Originally posted by: DT4K

Originally posted by: GoodDad

Originally posted by: Abix
How pathetic. Next thing you know, theyll start suing people that make mods.

thats what they are doing....????!!!!!

Yep. That is what they are doing.
Adding custom skins is a mod.
Basically, they are saying that people cannot do anything that alters the game.
If Valve had the same attitude, there would be no Counterstrike.

Definitely fvcked up.
Don't know what damage the company thinks it is suffering for mods. If anything, it should be boosting sales of the game.

 

[oogabooga]

DOA beach volleyball in my opinion is now preverse and offends my in their portrayal of women. I refuse to buy further product from that company.

(that is probally what they are afraid of hearing if they dont take action, though anyone who has already seen the game knows that's %^#!%#!%!*#%. BTW: EGM had a great April Fools joke where they claimed there *was* a code to remove clothing. They got a ton of emails asking for it if i recall correctly.)

 

[Baked]

Apparently some people don't take off their clothes when they shower or have sex.

 

[Abix]

Originally posted by: Beau

Originally posted by: DT4K

Originally posted by: GoodDad

Originally posted by: Abix
How pathetic. Next thing you know, theyll start suing people that make mods.

thats what they are doing....????!!!!!

Yep. That is what they are doing.
Adding custom skins is a mod.
Basically, they are saying that people cannot do anything that alters the game.
If Valve had the same attitude, there would be no Counterstrike.

Definitely fvcked up.
Don't know what damage the company thinks it is suffering for mods. If anything, it should be boosting sales of the game.

To me, a Mod is a fully changed dealy majig. Like Half-Life to Counterstrike, etc. All those kids did was make a skin, and while a skin is a modification to the game, it is not a Mod. To me anyways. *shruggles*

 

[piroroadkill]

I'm buying stocks in whoever mirrors the nude cracked version... 😉

 

[jiwq]

Originally posted by: piroroadkill
I'm buying stocks in whoever mirrors the nude cracked version... 😉

i've seen the nude vball patch. it makes the game fun for about another 5 minutes... then you move on and play another game.

just look in the usual places and you'll find the patch. (you'll need a copy of the game and a modded xbox of course)