Jim Brown Receives $600K Settlement Against EA

[Reed1417]

Re: Jim Brown Receives $600K Settlement Against EA

A few have already said it but man some of these comments guys wow......EA used Brown's likeness without his permission! That's the issue here and he was in the right to do what he did. It's quite simple really. EA was in the wrong for doing what they did too but the venom for them from some people is crazy too. C'mon people....

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[noplace]

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Right and 600K ? What a victory !

I would think an extra 600k would be a victory for anyone..

[StL_RamZ]

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Spend my UT money wisely Jim!

[dk6663]

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I would think an extra 600k would be a victory for anyone..

Not for someone with a net worth of 50 Mil. Moral victory ?? Is his individual likeness only worth 600K ? He took the settlement because they probably knew they would get crushed in court. And EA just said here , go away. EA is a 3 Billion dollar company, what is 60K ?

[Reed1417]

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Not for someone with a net worth of 50 Mil. Moral victory ?? Is his individual likeness only worth 600K ? He took the settlement because they probably knew they would get crushed in court. And EA just said here , go away. EA is a 3 Billion dollar company, what is 60K ?

What's your point man? Does it matter if it was 2K,or 5k or 1 million. What side do you stand on cause I can't figure it out. Help me understand your point of view.


Reed is comin' atcha!!

[asantead22]

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I wish EA would sell classic teams in all of their games and pay the players royalties with a contract forbidden them to sue. MUT is cool but I would pay extra for Classic teams and AllTime teams with the real players. I also wish we could use more teams online. The Classic teams would keep people interested for years to come.

[dk6663]

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What's your point man? Does it matter if it was 2K,or 5k or 1 million. What side do you stand on cause I can't figure it out. Help me understand your point of view.


Reed is comin' atcha!!

My point of view is that it was petty. He is petty. Jim Brown is an egotistical maniac. Madden didn't sell X number of games because of his likeness. It would and will sell with or without him. You probably could have taken his height, weight, etc, and that been half a million people with the same stat line. I used the dollar figures just as a frame of reference to show just how petty it was. If not, why didn't they go to court? And really stick it to the Corp. Giant ? Not like he was on the cover and it was "Jim Brown Madden"

[Reed1417]

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My point of view is that it was petty. He is petty. Jim Brown is an egotistical maniac. Madden didn't sell X number of games because of his likeness. It would and will sell with or without him. You probably could have taken his height, weight, etc, and that been half a million people with the same stat line. I used the dollar figures just as a frame of reference to show just how petty it was. If not, why didn't they go to court? And really stick it to the Corp. Giant ? Not like he was on the cover and it was "Jim Brown Madden"

The only thing I'm going to say is that i think your anger is misplaced. As I said before this isn't about Brown being "petty" or whatever word people throw around. EA used his likeness without his permission and that goes against a lot of rules plain and simple.

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[redsox4evur]

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Not for someone with a net worth of 50 Mil. Moral victory ?? Is his individual likeness only worth 600K ? He took the settlement because they probably knew they would get crushed in court. And EA just said here , go away. EA is a 3 Billion dollar company, what is 60K ?

Jim Brown is totally in the right here. And he would easily win this in court. There is precedent for him to win this case. So EA decided to settle because it would cost both of them less money in the long run.


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[Big FN Deal]

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My point of view is that it was petty. He is petty. Jim Brown is an egotistical maniac. Madden didn't sell X number of games because of his likeness. It would and will sell with or without him. You probably could have taken his height, weight, etc, and that been half a million people with the same stat line. I used the dollar figures just as a frame of reference to show just how petty it was. If not, why didn't they go to court? And really stick it to the Corp. Giant ? Not like he was on the cover and it was "Jim Brown Madden"

I just don't get it, EA uses the man's supposedly insignificant likeness after he told them they couldn't, yet he is the one that's petty and an egotistical maniac. If, as you assert, his likeness was so insignificant, for EA to use it anyway after being told no is very petty and them doing so knowing it was illegal is very egotistical. Spare me any claims of they didn't know it was illegal because aside from the fact they have been proven habitual offenders of illegally using players likenesses, they went and asked Jim Brown could they use in the first place. I guess in your mind if someone asks you to use or borrow something and you say no, them using it anyway isn't anything severe as stealing, it's just harmless borrowing without permission.

Also you keep mentioning Brown settled because he must have known he would lose in court, either you are just ranting or you're serious, either way you should consider that this isn't some one off case, ea has been losing these types of suits in various courts.

[BezO]

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I was about to respond similarly until I saw your post.

...Also you keep mentioning Brown settled because he must have known he would lose in court, either you are just ranting or you're serious, either way you should consider that this isn't some one off case, ea has been losing these types of suits in various courts.

To add on, it takes 2 sides to settle. Each side settled for similar reasons. They didn't want to spend the time or money to go further and agreed $600K was fair.

[dk6663]

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The only thing I'm going to say is that i think your anger is misplaced. As I said before this isn't about Brown being "petty" or whatever word people throw around. EA used his likeness without his permission and that goes against a lot of rules plain and simple.

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Reed1417, it was good dialogue. I see and understand your point as well and have since relaxed my view of the situation. NCAA is gone, and I just don't want Madden to end up in a vault someplace. I need my outlet !

[redsox4evur]

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Reed1417, it was good dialogue. I see and understand your point as well and have since relaxed my view of the situation. NCAA is gone, and I just don't want Madden to end up in a vault someplace. I need my outlet !

We aren't going to lose Madden. It's going to stay like it is. You won't see anymore legend teams just certain legend players that EA can get the approval for likenesses. The reason we lost NCAA was because EA would've had to pay every single college for ball player. So the two situations are like comparing a Granny Smith apple and a regular red apple. Yea the cases are similar but the impact on sports gaming is completely different.


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[dk6663]

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We aren't going to lose Madden. It's going to stay like it is. You won't see anymore legend teams just certain legend players that EA can get the approval for likenesses. The reason we lost NCAA was because EA would've had to pay every single college for ball player. So the two situations are like comparing a Granny Smith apple and a regular red apple. Yea the cases are similar but the impact on sports gaming is completely different.


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Nicely put, thanks...

[NDAlum]

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I want to sue EA for not using my likeness in MVP Baseball 2005! How do they leave me off? That was my one chance to be in a video game and they put a generic guy as the 25th man.

Still mad about it obviously...