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Jack Thompson sues Facebook for $40M

"A long-time critic of the video game industry has sued Facebook for US$40 million, saying that the social networking site harmed him by not removing angry postings made by Facebook gamers."

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Sunny_D6087d ago

It's called Freedom Of Speech, FOO!

Defectiv3_Detectiv36087d ago

yeah, if you could sue everytime someone wrote something on the internet you didn't agree w/ the world would cease to function

Smacktard6087d ago

That's absolute bullshit. I've seen some of the stuff he's said online, on same forums or something. He's just a big troll trying to get big.

UnSelf6087d ago

i wonder what this guys wife think of him smh

Mrs Thompson.....call me

JhawkFootball066087d ago (Edited 6087d ago )

I loled at the part where he said he gets sex aid devices sent to his house.

"No, hunny. I didnt buy that! Its those god damn kids again! Well.. We cant leave it out here, im going to put it in the basement."

Winter47th6087d ago

So in other words, he's suing free-speech? The guy should know his limits.

znu6087d ago

Jackie boy's so silly :)

Always wanting to sue things... some things never change

Christopher6087d ago (Edited 6087d ago )

You can't sue Google when someone e-mails you from their gmail account a threat against your life.

Oh, and he shouldn't try acting so pious considering the reason he gets all of these threats is because of his holier than thou, high horse attitude he had against a group of people he didn't understand or care about in the least bit.

Suck if Thompson. I don't want any harm to come to you, though, because it brings me pleasure having you see the success of games in general in society, knowing you can't do squat to stop it.

masterg6087d ago

Has he ever heard of a little thing called "Freedom of speach". It's a pretty big thing in the western world.

SaiyanFury6087d ago

OH NO! Jack Thompson is coming! We're all screwed! Wait...wasn't he discredited? He likes to defend Christian family beliefs thinking that games need to be censored in order to defend the children. Wait, aren't games an expression of the first amendment? Isn't our duty as parents to keep our kids from playing M-rated games? Bah, he can rant all he wants on whatever forum, but as a Christian gamer, I condemn him. It's not the government's job to censor games. It's up to us to keep our kids from mature rated titles. This guy is a joke. Yeah, people on Facebook who he tries to say, defame him, deserve to be sued. Sorry, he defamed himself in the legal world when he was still a recognised lawyer. I wish he would go away.

Pen Pooh6087d ago

So who the hell is sending him sex toys? Seems like a weird way to flame somebody. Unless they're gay sex toys (not that there's anything wrong with that)

DeadlyFire6087d ago

Suing cuz Mafia Wars and Farmville games are so violent and emotionally disturbing to him?

jadenkorri6087d ago (Edited 6087d ago )

after all your stupid antics, this is what you deserve for being an idiot.... the sex toy think is hilarious....although to flame someone or to prank someone, when candidates were running for mayor and the what not, we would steal all the signs possible then relocate them to a friends front lawn...

dragunrising6086d ago

The D-bag strikes again. Facebook isn't liable. I think its funny that sex aides are sent to his house and appropriate that he was disbarred...but death threats, vandal and drive by's give gamers a bad name.

karan86246086d ago

This guy has no life

Why is he sooooo intent on stopping technology. Its like he would prefer we were still in the stone ages

TheDeadMetalhead6086d ago

10/25/08 NEVAR FORGET.

Anyway, this won't get far. This guy's a d!ck and needs to gtfo.

Sarick6086d ago (Edited 6086d ago )

He's the one that upset people. He In essence slanders gamers outright. He bases all his negativity towards games and the people who play them like they're bad for society.

This dude needs to sue himself. He's the one breaking the law by slandering games and the gamers who play them. Every time he opens his mouth about gaming he spews conjecture and baseless accusations.

BTW: freedom of speech has it's limits, If you threaten to cause harm to someone, try to overtake the government or slander someone it doesn't cover free speech. Please educate yourself if you believe freedom of speech means you can say anything and are protected by the constitution. Not knowing this is a great way to wind up in jail or sued.

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spandexxking6087d ago

lol jacky boy is gonna lose that court case after he finds out about freedom of speech

ReservoirDog3166087d ago

Yeah, that's probably all it's gonna come down to.

Sarcasm6087d ago

He'll get counter sued for being an idiot. But then he'll win because he's claims that GTA made him an idiot.

Theoneneo816087d ago

lmao that was great and the scary thing is in our coursystem he would probally win.

Pen Pooh6087d ago

Can't we all sue him for wasting tax payers money and time? It would hold up in court more than this stupid Facebook case.

Elven66087d ago

He can have a case if the threats and violence against his property is linked to Facebook some how. This would also count as libel but my knowledge of libel and how it works in court is limited.

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Delta6087d ago

LOL this guy is carzy. He needs to get a hobby he can win in.

SupaPlaya6087d ago

lol...

he couldn't find any

MetalGearBear 6087d ago

Jack Thompson want more $$$$, it uncool.

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lodossrage44d ago

I don't agree with that. I WISH I could agree with that. But buying habits and customer opinions prove otherwise

We've seen developers in the AAA space try new things and ideas. More often than not, the customers aren't willing to give things a chance, or not enough people buy into the project for it to grow.

Creativity works better in the indie space because the budgets, pressures, and expectations aren't the same.

Scissorman43d ago

it's a nice idea and it worked during the PS2/PS3-era when AAA didn't cost hundreds of millions of dollars. smaller budgets and shorter development time left room for more creativity and more risk. a game didn't need to sell 4 million+ copies to break even. things are different now.

__y2jb43d ago

This is the guy who bragged about crunching his staff and having them work through the night. Crunch culture has lost more talent and done more damage to the industry than any other factor. Screw him.