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Take-Two Settles GTA 'Hot Coffee' Suit for $20M

by Nick Breckon, Sep 01, 2009 1:47pm PDT

Related Topics – , Grand Theft Auto III, PC, PlayStation 2

Publisher Take-Two today announced that it has settled the class action suit over the "Hot Coffee" Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas mod controversy for $20 million.

"The class action was related to allegations of the purported "Hot Coffee" content contained in the Company's Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas title and historical stock option granting practices," said the company in a press release.

The suit alleged that the company knowingly shipped San Andreas with the secret "Hot Coffee" sex minigame included on the disc.

"We are pleased to have reached this settlement, which represents another important step forward for the Company," said Take-Two chairman Strauss Zelnick.

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As far as I can tell, the money gets split between all the "class members" that responded to the lawsuit, which according to wikipedia, was 2,700 people by June 28, 2008.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Coffee_minigame_controversy#Civil_class_actions

Then again, I don't have a clue when it comes to our legal system, so maybe I'm reading stuff wrong.

Sep 01, 2009 5:51pm PDT

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As far as I can tell, the money gets split between all the "class members" that responded to the lawsuit,... : pantsburgh
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- Hopefully the names of those 2700 people will be released. : billy_zelsnack
- 20 mil / 2700 = $7407 each. Take away the lawyers fees and we're talking about $5k or so, maybe less. N : oO SilentK Oo

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The HOT COFFEE content wasn't available to players without hacks, how is that different from a 3rd party mode that adds the content entirely? Was that their legal defense?

Sep 01, 2009 6:03pm PDT

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The HOT COFFEE content wasn't available to players without hacks, how is that different from a 3rd party ... : dubiousbrick
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  "The possibility of enabling the minigame by changing a single bit of code shows that the sexual intercou... : pantsburgh
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    Killing and maiming thousands of people is fine, but don't you dare have sex with that hooker. : zehoo
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      And don't dare show a tit on tv. : Longgshot
      
      Even though those are beautiful. :P : matrixneo42
      
      tits are ok, as long as they dont show the nipples. : Magus_X
  - Yes. Very lame. : matrixneo42

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What started all this again? A bunch of people somehow 'discovered' the mod, and complained to some judge claiming that Take Two had ruined their 17 year old children's sanity?
And somehow these people landed them 20 million USD divided into them? (how many were they anyway?)

Sep 01, 2009 1:53pm PDT

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What started all this again? A bunch of people somehow 'discovered' the mod, and complained to some judge... : pillzer
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- See, it's ok for their kids to shoot cops, steal cars, beat up hookers, partake in gang warfare, and plow... : coyoterys
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  Imagine howmany people in poverty and in need in 3rd world counties that could've been helped with that k... : deadlycookie
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    We been throwing money and third world countries and poverty and many many years. Have not solved anythi... : ease one
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      That's cus the policies of the advanced countries are causing the problems in the first place, you ever t... : Xulu
      
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      Yeah, I have thought of that, what do you think I am fucking retarded? but I don't think that is the maj... : ease one
      
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      liberals throwing good money after bad. its what they do. which would be fine, if it werent so often MY m... : radio_babylon
      
      Your money is getting flushed through the military toilet, and the term flushed is arguably accurate here... : Tchest
      
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      I'm not sure what you're saying, but throwing the term "liberals" around like a naughty word definitely d... : Ksey17
      
      It just mean he picks a side, and sticks with it, no matter what. You are either one of THEM! or one of ... : ease one
      
      I like pie. : duffman03
      
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      Sure, people point to political instability all the time. Warlords, corrupt bureaucrats, whatever. They... : Xulu
      
      Consider the opposite: If we, the industrialized countries, were to remove subsidies to our farming, most... : utgaardsloke

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Holy crap, this was STILL going on? Hahaha

Sep 02, 2009 7:34am PDT

Holy crap, this was STILL going on? Hahaha : Smurfy12

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Excellent, now the claimants have enough money to buy the game and a console and see what all their fuss was all about.

Sep 02, 2009 3:49am PDT

Excellent, now the claimants have enough money to buy the game and a console and see what all their fuss ... : johnsto

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how many peoples names were on the lawsuit. i want my $2! GTA has warped my fragile little mind...

Sep 01, 2009 2:14pm PDT

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how many peoples names were on the lawsuit. i want my $2! GTA has warped my fragile little mind... : brainchild420
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- Forget that little incident and go shoot cops in the head, and kill everything in sight ingame to get mon... : Longgshot

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All this, and God of War had something similar right at the beginning. Hilarious.

Sep 01, 2009 2:11pm PDT

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All this, and God of War had something similar right at the beginning. Hilarious. : tomservo
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  But it's not a 1:1 comparison - God of War was rated MA iirc, and GTA:SA was whatever is below that, T-13... : bipolar

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I'm sorry but 20Mil is absolutely incredible to me. I'm not a lawyer but I'm studying, and I've followed this case from the start, hoping it would fall apart, or for once a judge would have the balls to stand up for what's right. This is absolute bullshit, period, and my Professor agrees with me 100%. What in the world is this country coming to? -rhetorical question don't reply.

Sep 01, 2009 2:47pm PDT

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I'm sorry but 20Mil is absolutely incredible to me. I'm not a lawyer but I'm studying, and I've followed ... : dhrammstein
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- The settlment amount comes from Rockstar's private negotiation, rather than a judge's ruling based on the... : pleasedpig

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HOLY FUCKING DOG SHIT!!!! WHAT THE FUCK!?!? WHO DOES THIS MONEY GO TO!??!

Sep 01, 2009 5:22pm PDT

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HOLY FUCKING DOG SHIT!!!! WHAT THE FUCK!?!? WHO DOES THIS MONEY GO TO!??! : phipple
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- Nuke pls. That was odd.. : phipple

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HOLY FUCKING DOG SHIT!!!! WHAT THE FUCK!?!? WHO DOES THIS MONEY GO TO!??!

Sep 01, 2009 5:22pm PDT

HOLY FUCKING DOG SHIT!!!! WHAT THE FUCK!?!? WHO DOES THIS MONEY GO TO!??! : phipple

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So what's that mean? Some lawyers get 20 million dollars? And yeah I gotta agree with the other comments on gettin a hold of that list of idiots. I'd personally go door to door Jay & Silent Bob style on these yahoos.

Sep 01, 2009 3:14pm PDT

So what's that mean? Some lawyers get 20 million dollars? And yeah I gotta agree with the other comments ... : AgentPothead

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By: SiW. x Show Full Post

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What a bunch of bullshit.

Sep 01, 2009 3:04pm PDT

What a bunch of bullshit. : SiW.

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please give the list to someone that has some free time to take care of some mentally fucking stupid motherfuckers

Sep 01, 2009 2:22pm PDT

please give the list to someone that has some free time to take care of some mentally fucking stupid moth... : .ka`boom.zZz.

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