The unusual lawsuit involving Miss Cleo and 'GTA': A lawyer's view

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Grand Theft Auto-maker Rockstar Games is no stranger to courtroom battles, but the studio's latest legal challenge is unusual.

A newly filed lawsuit alleges that a character from Grand Theft Auto: Vice City infringes on copyrights protecting Miss Cleo, a TV psychic who was a staple of '90s pop culture. The filing itself isn't odd, but the timing certainly is: Vice City originally released in 2002; the most recent re-release, for FireOS, was in 2013.

At best, this is happening four years too late. Or so it seems, at any rate. Read more...

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