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EA To Sue South Park Over Tiger Woods Jibe

Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2010 9:42 am
by CoFree
Electronic Arts may have set into motion a lawsuit against South Park creators Matt Stone and Tray Parker for their depiction of Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11.
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In the debut episode of the 14th season, entitled Sexual Healing, EA’s upcoming golf title is shown as a recreation of Tiger Wood’s arguments with his wife over accusations of infidelity. Even the car crash which brought the scandal to public eye is depicted as a level in the EA Sports game, which later transforms in a side-on fighter.

In a report by Daily Informer, a “source” at EA explained: “Soon after the airing of the episode the top beef were called in, even Peter Moore was informed of the situation... before the episode aired the marketing folks were already worried, but now they have a lot more to worry about”.

The source added: “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.”

Re: EA To Sue South Park Over Tiger Woods Jibe

Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2010 4:48 pm
by HaGGardSmurf
Ehh I'd say EA is going to get bad publicity for suing south park, more so than if they did nothing.

The people who watch south park (myself included) dont take it seriously, its all a joke.

Re: EA To Sue South Park Over Tiger Woods Jibe

Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2010 5:01 pm
by SincereSoprano
EA should be flattered that a huge platform like South Park even poked fun at them....it is after all just a joke!

Re: EA To Sue South Park Over Tiger Woods Jibe

Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 3:46 pm
by GRASSASS
wow man you would have thought if any1 was to sue southpark it would have been brittany spears or kanye west ?
or even bono - dam that was funny :)
come on southpark

Re: EA To Sue South Park Over Tiger Woods Jibe

Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2010 4:10 pm
by Voxata
lol, pretty decent episode here, but, IMO EA has turned pretty douchebaggy - esp about dropping online support for titles.