Legal Niches

Brown Seeks New Set of Downs in EA Suit

By pete_gallagher

Pro-football Hall of Famer Jim Brown has filed an appeal in his case against Electronic Arts over the inclusion of what he says is his likeness in the publisher's Madden series of games.

Brown's case was originally dismissed in September of last year by (now-deceased) U.S. District Court Judge Florence Marie-Cooper, who likened videogames to realistic paintings of athletes and 'akin to an expressive painting that depicts celebrity athletes of past and present in a realistic sporting environment.'

The New York Times reports that Brown, in his filing, believes that he did not have a chance to demonstrate the facts of his case before Cooper's ruling.

Semi-realistic painting of Jim Brown from Larry E Shelton

Full post as published by GamePolitics.com on July 07, 2010 (boomark / email).