EA is at the centre of a class action lawsuit consisting of approximately 6,000 retired National Football League players who are claiming that EA unlawfully used their likenesses in Madden NFL 09’s historic teams.
Allegedly EA “knowingly and intentionally” used the retired players’ likenesses and their exact player stats and positions from when they were active in the league, including height and weight. The only thing changed was names and uniform numbers.
The suit says the following;
“The only significant detail that EA changes from the real-life retired NFL players is their jersey number. Despite EA’s ‘scrambling’ of the retired NFL players’ numbers, the games are designed so that consumers of the Madden NFL video game franchise will have no difficulty identifying who the ‘historic’ players are.”
The class seeks punitive damages for deprivation and violation of publicity rights. An EA representative has said the company does not comment on pending litigation.
Source: IGN
deadwelsh
Maybe these guys will settle for a free download code of NBA Jam?
MXZ
If this happrneded then EA should really avoid their incoming mail after they release Create, i mean LBPEA
…..wait