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Hmmm, or how about some graphics like these:
Regardless of whether Wildenborg simply uncovered existing lines of code in the game or inserted seperate, new files into his mod, why I'm sure all of the gaming companies are now talking to their lawyers about the implications of this legal situation. And of course I'm sure their grilling all their programmers as we speak, "OK, for the last time, are you sure you didn't put any hidden porno scenes into our upcoming game release?" :nervous:
Finally, on a seperate note, why for all the mod'ers out there, what sort of legal limbo could it throw these people into, if Wildenborg is then sued over this? And can sites where mod'ers post their work to, can these sites be sued as well if a mod is found to be "objectionable" by some watchdog group, because the site allowed the work to be uploaded to it?
Flubber - you could make a career out of consulting on this! 
D
Hmmm, or how about some graphics like these:
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A U.S. media watchdog group denounced the maker of the hugely popular video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas on Friday over graphic sexual content that allegedly exists in the game and can be unlocked with an Internet download.
The game's plot is already objectionable to many people: its main character carjacks for fun and profit and picks up women along the way.
But some say its content becomes sexually explicit if players download and install a modification to the game - one of many so-called "mods" available on websites maintained by video game enthusiasts.
"While San Andreas is already full of violent behaviour and sexual themes, the pornographic sex scenes push it over the edge," said David Walsh, founder of the Minneapolis-based National Institute on the Media and the Family, which issued a "nationwide parental alert" Friday.
The controversy has prompted an investigation by the Entertainment Software Ratings Board, which determines the rating on every video game sold. Rockstar Games issued a statement Friday, confirming the investigation and avoiding comment on whether its programmers created the sex scenes in the first place.
"We also feel confident that the investigation will uphold the original rating of the game, as the work of the mod community is beyond the scope of either publishers or the ESRB," the company said.
The mod's author - Patrick Wildenborg, 36, of Deventer, Netherlands - said Friday his code merely unlocks content that is already included in the code of each off-the-shelf game.
"If Rockstar Games denies that, then they're lying and I will be able to prove that," Wildenborg wrote in an e-mail.
"My mod does not introduce anything to the game. All the content that is shown was already present on the DVD."
The game's plot is already objectionable to many people: its main character carjacks for fun and profit and picks up women along the way.
But some say its content becomes sexually explicit if players download and install a modification to the game - one of many so-called "mods" available on websites maintained by video game enthusiasts.
"While San Andreas is already full of violent behaviour and sexual themes, the pornographic sex scenes push it over the edge," said David Walsh, founder of the Minneapolis-based National Institute on the Media and the Family, which issued a "nationwide parental alert" Friday.
The controversy has prompted an investigation by the Entertainment Software Ratings Board, which determines the rating on every video game sold. Rockstar Games issued a statement Friday, confirming the investigation and avoiding comment on whether its programmers created the sex scenes in the first place.
"We also feel confident that the investigation will uphold the original rating of the game, as the work of the mod community is beyond the scope of either publishers or the ESRB," the company said.
The mod's author - Patrick Wildenborg, 36, of Deventer, Netherlands - said Friday his code merely unlocks content that is already included in the code of each off-the-shelf game.
"If Rockstar Games denies that, then they're lying and I will be able to prove that," Wildenborg wrote in an e-mail.
"My mod does not introduce anything to the game. All the content that is shown was already present on the DVD."
Finally, on a seperate note, why for all the mod'ers out there, what sort of legal limbo could it throw these people into, if Wildenborg is then sued over this? And can sites where mod'ers post their work to, can these sites be sued as well if a mod is found to be "objectionable" by some watchdog group, because the site allowed the work to be uploaded to it?
Flubber - you could make a career out of consulting on this! D
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