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Vice City Lawsuit Changes Courts

Haitian civil rights groups have withdrawn their lawsuit in the US federal court, with the intention of refilling it in the Florida state court, according to information ...

David Jenkins, Blogger

January 28, 2004

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Haitian civil rights groups have withdrawn their lawsuit in the US federal court, with the intention of refilling it in the Florida state court, according to information given by their lawyer Barry Silver. The high profile lawsuit concerns the phrase “kill the Haitians” in the game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, which the civil right groups have interpreted as “incitement to genocide”. Silver has claimed that the move favours his clients since Florida law has more restrictions on freedom of speech than federal law. He plans to refile the suit by next week. Source: Reuters

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David Jenkins ([email protected]) is a freelance writer and journalist working in the UK. As well as being a regular news contributor to Gamasutra.com, he also writes for newsstand magazines Cube, Games TM and Edge, in addition to working for companies including BBC Worldwide, Disney, Amazon and Telewest.

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