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eze999
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|  Subject: GTA modder facing prison?  Wed Jul 16, 2008 12:54 pm | |
| GTA modder facing prison?
Author: Joe Martin
Published: 21st April 2008
It's that time of year again when Grand Theft Auto shifts back into the public eye and controversial stories start coming out of the wood-work again. This time round it's the story of New Zealand modder Stacy O'Callaghan, who has wound up in trouble with the law for a GTA mod.
Stacy, who was apparently sick of "all that American rubbish" in the GTA games, set to modding his PC version of the title according to Stuff.co.nz. The first thing he modded? Taking out the American cop insignias and dropping New Zealand ones in as a replacement.
Yeah, maybe not the best thing to yell from the rooftops that you'd rather shoot police from your own country, but nobody told Stacy that.
Unfortunately for Stacy, New Zealand police have taken offense to his mod and, in an effort to discourage such behaviour in the future, are attempting to prosecute Stacy for "unauthorised use of a police uniform", which is an offence under New Zealand's Police Act.
At the moment the case has reached a bit of a stalemate as the New Zealand police force is unsure if it can even prosecute under that law, but the police is still looking at its options.
I came across this while browsing... :goof:
Has the world gone mad? Let us know what you think... | |
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Tinman7
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| | Subject: Re: GTA modder facing prison? Wed Jul 16, 2008 1:06 pm | |
| Uhh, it's a game?
As long as it stays in the game it should be okay.. damn police are too hard these days.
Warnings tell us that:
Games are meant for ENTERTAINMENT only. If he wants to put them into the game that should be okay, because warnings also say:
Events that happen in games should stay in games. And as long as he doesn't think the games real and go around attacking police randomly... it shouldn't really matter. | |
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VladyF
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| | Subject: Re: GTA modder facing prison? Wed Jul 16, 2008 4:16 pm | |
|  That's funny I hope it's only a joke Stupid police :goof: anyway damn funny  << Sh!t I forgot to put this emoticon | |
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eze999
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| | Subject: Re: GTA modder facing prison? Wed Jul 16, 2008 4:25 pm | |
| Nope, its for real... - Spoiler:
We need to replace a lot of emocs... 
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VladyF
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| | Subject: Re: GTA modder facing prison? Wed Jul 16, 2008 6:27 pm | |
| Yeah But I don't find emoticons without white border | |
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| | Subject: Re: GTA modder facing prison? Wed Jul 16, 2008 11:18 pm | |
| If this is serious, then people are really going crazy...
man it's just a GAME!!! Why arresting an honest guy for modding a game, when there are many more serious criminals out there doing all the shyt they want???
Congratz to the NZ police, if the story is real, really my congratz... | |
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eze999
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| | Subject: Re: GTA modder facing prison? Wed Jul 16, 2008 11:25 pm | |
| lol... It's time to take it to the next level.....BANG
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| | Subject: Re: GTA modder facing prison? Thu Jul 17, 2008 10:16 pm | |
| What the hell?? Are those cops stupid or something :] it's just a game, doesn't mean anything but that the guy love's his country. | |
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| | Subject: Re: GTA modder facing prison? Thu Jul 17, 2008 10:19 pm | |
| Same thing I thought, some time ago I had also installed the Italian Carabinieri mod on VC since I love my country.... ...no wait, I shouldn't have said this!! They're gonna track down my IP and come for me, I'm doomed!!!!  | |
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| | Subject: Re: GTA modder facing prison? Thu Jul 17, 2008 10:21 pm | |
| - Falken wrote:
- Same thing I thought, some time ago I had also installed the Italian Carabinieri mod on VC since I love my country....
...no wait, I shouldn't have said this!! They're gonna track down my IP and come for me, I'm doomed!!!! LMFAO!!!! Rick Doomed xD | |
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eze999
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| | Subject: Re: GTA modder facing prison? Thu Jul 17, 2008 11:39 pm | |
| lmao wth was that? :goof: | |
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