Darth Sushi
03-22-2010, 11:21 PM
http://media.bestofmicro.com/South-Park-Sexual-Healing-EA-Tiger-Woods-Golf-Game,N-W-241916-1.jpgEA Suing Over South Park Tiger Woods Episode
By Kevin Parrish, March 22, 2010
" EA isn't happy about a recent episode of South Park.
EA Sports is said to be poised and ready to sue South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone over a just-aired episode (and season premier) called "Sexual Healing." Although EA Sports has not made an official announcement, the conflict centers around the use of the upcoming game Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 and its fictional contents shown in the episode.
According to Daily Informer (http://www.dailyinformer.net/2010/03/21/ea-sports-to-sue-south-park-creators-over-tiger-woods-episode/), the South Park version of the game features a level depicting Tiger Woods and his wife physically beating each other up. The game also supposedly offers an action sequence based on the first scandal's car crash. Eventually the fictional EA Sports title transforms into something like Street Fighter IV as seen in the image.
The site reports that EA already knew about the episode before it aired, and was worried about its contents. Now that the season premier has come and gone, EA "top beef" execs--even Peter Moore was named--are fired up and are talking about a possible lawsuit. Evidently they didn't think the parody was all that funny.
"While I personally found the episode quite funny, there are definitely a few copyright infringements in there that I’m sure will be dealt with accordingly," said Daily Informer's inside "source."
Fans can see the season premier uncensored by heading to the official South Park website (http://www.southparkstudios.com/). "
:source: Source: http://www.tomsguide.com/us/EA-South-Park-Tiger-Woods,news-6212.html
By Kevin Parrish, March 22, 2010
" EA isn't happy about a recent episode of South Park.
EA Sports is said to be poised and ready to sue South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone over a just-aired episode (and season premier) called "Sexual Healing." Although EA Sports has not made an official announcement, the conflict centers around the use of the upcoming game Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 and its fictional contents shown in the episode.
According to Daily Informer (http://www.dailyinformer.net/2010/03/21/ea-sports-to-sue-south-park-creators-over-tiger-woods-episode/), the South Park version of the game features a level depicting Tiger Woods and his wife physically beating each other up. The game also supposedly offers an action sequence based on the first scandal's car crash. Eventually the fictional EA Sports title transforms into something like Street Fighter IV as seen in the image.
The site reports that EA already knew about the episode before it aired, and was worried about its contents. Now that the season premier has come and gone, EA "top beef" execs--even Peter Moore was named--are fired up and are talking about a possible lawsuit. Evidently they didn't think the parody was all that funny.
"While I personally found the episode quite funny, there are definitely a few copyright infringements in there that I’m sure will be dealt with accordingly," said Daily Informer's inside "source."
Fans can see the season premier uncensored by heading to the official South Park website (http://www.southparkstudios.com/). "
:source: Source: http://www.tomsguide.com/us/EA-South-Park-Tiger-Woods,news-6212.html