Interview With Assemblyman At Centre of GTA Sex Mod Row - 16.7.05

Gamespot have an interview with Leland Yee, the Californian assemblyman whose sharp words about the Hot Coffee mod for GTA : San Andreas started a process that saw two investigations launched in different parts of the world, and had everyone from Jack Thompson to Hillary Clinton climb onboard to condemn Rockstar Games.

Yee says he is glad of the huge publicity given to the issue, and hopes there are even more investigations, while reserving some hard words for the ESRB, who didn't give the game a sales-crippling AO (Adults Only) rating when it was released:

The ESRB is not an appropriate forum to rate any of these games whatsoever. There's a conflict of interest. It's the fox guarding the henhouse. ... If you have the industry paying for the rating, and your salary comes out of their money, the last thing you're going to try to do is try to upset them. The last thing you're going to do is limit their market share by rating a game AO.

He also expressed scepticism at Rockstar's claim that the mod wasn't an official part of the game, and that they had no control over the work of independent hackers who make mods like Hot Coffee:

If, in fact, as Rockstar claims, these sexually explicit minigames were never in their games whatsoever, then I would assume that these hackers have violated the copyright of Rockstar games, of Grand Theft Auto, and that Rockstar should, in fact, take every action that they can to sue every single penny of those individuals who would violate their copyright," Yee said. "I haven't seen any of that at all, and that's why I'm suspicious of Rockstar's position of innocence.

Gamespot.com: Assemblyman Yee talks Hot Coffee

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	« Igniq.com Gaming News Interview With Assemblyman At Centre of GTA Sex Mod Row - 16.7.05 Gamespot have an interview with Leland Yee, the Californian assemblyman whose sharp words about the Hot Coffee mod for GTA : San Andreas started a process that saw two investigations launched in different parts of the world, and had everyone from Jack Thompson to Hillary Clinton climb onboard to condemn Rockstar Games. Yee says he is glad of the huge publicity given to the issue, and hopes there are even more investigations, while reserving some hard words for the ESRB, who didn't give the game a sales-crippling AO (Adults Only) rating when it was released: The ESRB is not an appropriate forum to rate any of these games whatsoever. There's a conflict of interest. It's the fox guarding the henhouse. ... If you have the industry paying for the rating, and your salary comes out of their money, the last thing you're going to try to do is try to upset them. The last thing you're going to do is limit their market share by rating a game AO. He also expressed scepticism at Rockstar's claim that the mod wasn't an official part of the game, and that they had no control over the work of independent hackers who make mods like Hot Coffee: If, in fact, as Rockstar claims, these sexually explicit minigames were never in their games whatsoever, then I would assume that these hackers have violated the copyright of Rockstar games, of Grand Theft Auto, and that Rockstar should, in fact, take every action that they can to sue every single penny of those individuals who would violate their copyright," Yee said. "I haven't seen any of that at all, and that's why I'm suspicious of Rockstar's position of innocence. Gamespot.com: Assemblyman Yee talks Hot Coffee Related: Leland Yee's GTA: San Andreas press release Rockstar Again Denies Stirring Hot Coffee Senator Clinton climbs onboard Hot-Coffee witch hunt Watchdog Jumps Into GTA Sex Mod Debate Modder: "the scriptcode, the models, the animations and the dialogs by the original voice-actors were all created by RockStar" NIMF Stirs GTA Hot Coffee Debate to Next Level GTA sex scandal goes down under ESRB investigating San Andreas sex minigames Rockstar Deny Sex in GTA: San Andreas Discussion >> By Rob (Email: Rob at igniq dot com) Sponsored links: Concert Tickets Online skill games Play Online Bingo Gamer Social Networking Buy Wii Games Online Best prices: PS3 (60 GB) Console Place a link here