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Humvee manufacturing business AM General ’s case against the picture game companyActivisionhas been dismissed . Activision is no unknown to being sued for copyright issues , and the company is currently face another battle withWWE Hall of Famer Booker T. Washingtonover his likeness being used without his consent . Both of these cause stemmed from games in Activision’sCall of Dutyfranchise , a series which has seen its own fair parcel of arguing as well .
Call of responsibility : Modern Warfare 2 Remasteredwas late released in most regions but , apparently due to one particular missionary work calledNo Russian , the biz was pulled fromSony ’s listings in Russia . Other uncomfortable topics , like theCall of Dutyfranchise ’s captivation withwhite phosphorusor child soldier , have also stimulate problems for the troupe , but there are some who believe this is on function , with Activision court these controversies intentionally for pull ahead more imperativeness . While that ’s somewhat unlikely , Activision / Blizzard is a troupe who seems to constantly be in the thick of a lawsuit for something .
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Most latterly , they were being sued by AM General , the Maker of the American Armed Forces Humvee military vehicle . According to a late written report fromTechRaptor , Humvees are feature to a great extent in not onlyCall of Dutygames but the events Activision bemuse to keep them , and in 2017 AM General attempted to stop this from happening , lay claim " Activision ’s exercise of the Humvee vehicles from AM General as earmark infringement . " Apparently , the company claimed theCall of Dutypublisher was " deceiving their audience to believe they [ Hum-Vee ] are part of the Call of Duty traditional knowledge . “The judge , however , felt otherwise .
AM General ’s case against Activision was dismissed , with Judge Daniels reportedly saying " If realism is an aesthetic destination , then the bearing in Modern Warfare games of fomite employed by actual war machine doubtless furthers that goal . “The judge also noted that " there were several instances where AM General ’s vehicles were present at promotional Call of Duty events with both the manufacturer and Activision ’s logo,“which proved Activision was n’t trying to play a joke on people into mean they manufacture or owned the license for Humvees . AM General was likely disappoint at the solution , especially after hold back three years for a conclusion , but it does n’t look like Hum-Vee will be leavingCall of Dutygames any fourth dimension soon .
While it ’s very unlikely that anyone out there thought Humvees only existed intheCall of Dutyuniverse , the judge ’s opinion set an interesting precedent in TV game copyright law moving frontward . Just how far will video recording plot companies be able-bodied to go when it comes to recreating other product in their game in the name of " accomplish realism ? " Will thenextGrand Theft Autogamebe able to have actual cars rather of pastiches of real world vehicles , citing that the name of their faux auto are no longer naturalistic enough ? Will billboards , store fronts , and newspaper in games stop being for fake companies and start being for existent ones ? It ’s unlikely , but thanks to the outcome of the latestActivisionlawsuit , it ’s no longer altogether insufferable
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Source : TechRaptor
