cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/50988771
There's a whole lot of subpoenas being sent out for a marketing stunt...
this post was submitted on 24 Aug 2026
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I mean what are they going to charge them with? Isn't the point of suing someone that they have to prove damages. So they would have to prove that slowly releasing information about their game somehow impacted their sales/profits wouldn't they?
Profiting off their IP for example. The leaker has their own shitcoin. And chances are the build didn’t just materialise on its own on their Harddrive and some cybercrime was involved to get it, if not just breach of contract.
Their stock price going down is definitely enough to at least make it to trial. Maybe a jury or judge might determine that it dint actually cause damage overall, but it’d be silly to claim that there isn’t any damage claim whatsoever
If stocks drop because information that hypes people up for your product comes out it's worse than crypto and everyone is being scammed.
The reason the stock is dropping is because they said you'll get a product by x, and the product isn't going to be ready. If you don't make deadlines people think you are incompetent. People don't like to invest in incompetent companies.
Well, I'm not sure what the burden of proof is exactly, but the argument that the game has a narrative aspect to it and that releasing information about the game, namely information related to the story and plot of the narrative, could spoil the game and curtail potential buyers seems reasonable, at least.
Do you know house much a team of some of the highest paid IT forensics and lawyers cost? That's before stock and says damages the team will come up with.
They'll be buried with paperwork and costs for their own legal team and looking at wage garnishment as well as be unhireable for anyone doing their due diligence.
It won't be about the money. It'll be about pain for the leaker and discouragement for the next person dumb enough to do it.
I'd argue if they sued the guy they should lose lose sales. As such they would be hurting themselves to sue him. Hell I'll just outright say I'll never buy or play another rockstar game if they sue someone for it.
Edit*: To be honest though... I probably wasn't going to play it anyways, lol. I haven't even bothered to look at the leaks. If someone thought leaks would possibly ruin something for them, why would they look at them?
You guys are crazy. Why would they take legal action for a marketing stunt ? Don’t you think the legal system would clap back if they file just for marketing ? The leeks are real
You guys are crazy. Why would they take legal action for a marketing stunt ? Don’t you think the legal system would clap back if they file just for marketing ? The leeks are real
Thanks, this really made my Day!
The same legal system that frequently gives companies fines that are a tiny fraction of the profits they made breaking the law?
The legal system? what system? Nothing they’ve done is illegal if this was a rockstar idea originally
Seems like your out of the loop. They filed a dmca claim with California courts demanding records from Microsoft to identify the leaker.
Gotta keep the hype up. The legal claims are just part of the marketing budget to make more news.
There is literally nothing anyone could do to change the level of hype in either direction. Publicity stunts are just a waste of money at this point.
They don't need that. It's not possible to increase the hype for GTA6. It is already at the physical maximum of hype.
How are any of the leaks costing them money or lost profits?
The main one is going to be a playable offline build of the game on PC.
Leaks as marketing is not a thing and has never been a thing, little bro.