Keller Lawsuit On ESPN OTL

[Eski33]

I saw a story of the Keller lawsuit against EA Sports and the NCAA on Outside the Lines. I hate to say it but the suit holds some water. Hopefully it won't impact future iterations of NCAA.

I am going to buy a used copy of NCAA 10 (took my original back on trade in) and get hooked again just in case EA Locker and real numbers can no longer be utilized....

[Macc24JR]

Wow. I'm speechless. I guarentee the money that WOULD have been invested into this game (pfft yeah right) goes to the lawyers for paying their legal bill. If this games goes under I will lose my gord.

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Quote: Originally Posted by Macc24JR

Wow. I'm speechless. I guarentee the money that WOULD have been invested into this game (pfft yeah right) goes to the lawyers for paying their legal bill. If this games goes under I will lose my gord.

I wouldn't worry about it. The game will remain the same, even if they lose this lawsuit, which they won't. All these clowns are looking for is to make a little bank off this. IMO.

[Solidice]

if anything, it'll just make EA make the default roster more random that it already is. I don't see why it'll make them stop the roster sharing feature. if that somehow breaks the law, then pretty much every game that has sharing of custom content will have to be banned/changed.

[mrsaito]

Considering Tyler Hansbrough's likeness in last year's NCAA basketball game I think EA is going to be safe. (Looked like a 6'9'' Nick Nulty with a perm).

[Eski33]

Based on the information in the story, EA went to great lengths to include a player's hometown, height, weight, race and accessories. They are also piling on with ratings. It doesn't have to be specific names to be considered "likeness". Based on the story it could be an interesting case.

I have no issues with generic rosters as long as EA Locker stays in tact. Even so, gameplay is all that really matters....

[moylan1234]

Quote: Originally Posted by Eski33

Based on the information in the story, EA went to great lengths to include a player's hometown, height, weight, race and accessories.

isn't most of that info usually incorrect though?

[Potatoes002]

Quote: Originally Posted by moylan55

isn't most of that info usually incorrect though?

This year pre-patch, well sorta post-patch too. But from editing the cougars I have noticed they have the hometowns and everything correct which isnt going to help EA's case.