February 10, 2005

Temco Sues Website for Nude Volleyball Patch

Temco has filed a lawsuit against a site which hosted patches that let users make volleyball players nude. The company is using the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and is seeking unspecified damages.

Real smart Temco, sue your own most passionate customers for customizing games for their own personal use. This might of worked in Japan, but here in the States it is going to backfire big time. American companies want these kind of customers that establish a community around a game. And to use DMCA to sue people who bought the software legally and used reverse engineering? Sheesh. In the world of John Stossel, "give me a break!"

"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." [Discuss]