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Tecmo Settles With Site That Posted Volleyball Game Bikini Hacks

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on May 18, 2005 - 7:57am.
San Francisco -- Japanese video game publisher Tecmo has quietly settled a copyright infringement lawsuit it brought against individuals who published code that can strip the female characters in its "Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball" of their bikinis, Wired News reported. Tecmo originally filed the suit in January against operators of a site called NinjaHacker.net, over code posted to the site that changes the appearance of characters in the volleyball game as well as in Tecmo's "Ninja Gaiden" and "Dead or Alive 3." Terms of the settlements of the suits against the site owner and hosting provider for NinjaHacker.net were not disclosed. "I can tell you that my client would not have been inclined to reach any agreement that would have required him to pay money to Tecmo," attorney Charles Mudd, who represented NinjaHacker.net hosting provider Will Glynn, told Wired News. However, there is speculation Tecmo acquired information on the identities of the actual programmers who posted the "hacks" as part of the settlement, and additional lawsuits may follow.
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