Activision has been sued by the maker of the Humvee over the Call of Duty series

[PCGamer]

[url]http://www.pcgamer.com/activision-has-been-sued-by-the-maker-of-the-humvee-over-the-call-of-duty-series[/url]

[GHOST!!!!]

Honestly I don't even need to read why they're doing it, anyone that sues Activision for something is doing something right.

[editline]9th November 2017[/editline]

At first it sounded like them being a bit weird about it being in a game, but this was a thing apparently.

[video=youtube;7d2TA4U-oAQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7d2TA4U-oAQ[/video]

[Tuskin]

A little late to the party aren't they?

[laserpanda]

Weird since its in pretty much every modern war game or movie. Is this the first case of something like this happening with military vehicles? Could KMDB sue every developer who has used a Russian tank in their games?

I know its quite common with production cars.

[Hollywood SN]

[QUOTE=GHOST!!!!;52873844]Honestly I don't even need to read why they're doing it, anyone that sues Activision for something is doing something right.
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Hold on there, skipper, that might be a bit much.

[Snickerdoodle]

[QUOTE=GHOST!!!!;52873844]Honestly I don't even need to read why they're doing it, anyone that sues Activision for something is doing something right.
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I don't like Activision but surely this is kind of a terrible reason to support this kind of lawsuit

It sets kind of a shitty precedent

[krakadict]

same thing happened to Squad

[Jaguar]

[QUOTE=laserpanda;52874086]Weird since its in pretty much every modern war game or movie. Is this the first case of something like this happening with military vehicles? Could KMDB sue every developer who has used a Russian tank in their games?

I know its quite common with production cars.[/QUOTE]

Military vehicles have to be licensed to use, just like any other commercial vehicle. Videogames are so inconsequential that they're generally not worth going after most of the time.

[Kalimando]

[QUOTE=KillerJaguar;52874664]Military vehicles have to be licensed to use, just like any other commercial vehicle. Videogames are so inconsequential that they're generally not worth going after most of the time.[/QUOTE]

This reminds me of an old game called airforce delta strike, the opening crawl for the game had the licensing info from every plane manufacturer in the game from Northrop to Boeing.

Silly as it might seem weapons and vehicles are still subject to copyright and trademark even if they are used in war. Its why GTA went the generic route with theirs

[Trekintosh]

[QUOTE=bigbadbarron;52874834]This reminds me of an old game called airforce delta strike, the opening crawl for the game had the licensing info from every plane manufacturer in the game from Northrop to Boeing.

Silly as it might seem weapons and vehicles are still subject to copyright and trademark even if they are used in war. Its why GTA went the generic route with theirs[/QUOTE]

Ace Combat also has this in front of every game.