Taito responds to 'unauthorized' Space Invaders 9/11 exhibit

Kudos for not mentioning the content, and focusing on the copyright infringement. God knows that we'll see enough of the images (out of context) in the next few days.

Is it true that 'tai' means 'camel' in Japanese?

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I fawt the LOL but the LOL won.

LOL

They should be glad someones paying attention to them.

The artist is gonna get p0wned!

its art... and art can get away with a lot of that stuff.

OK first of all it's ART people.
DO the artists doing the 8bit show get permission? No didn't think so.
While it may exhibit poor taste, the people responsible can not and should not be sued.

What they did was not art, it was stupid. I think what Taito did here is excellent, and very smart.

Taito just pulled a Dyack!

...I'm hoping that catches on...

"I represent Taito Corp., and I have a court order demanding an immediate halt of this unauthorized imitation."

http://chescurrin.bitacoras.com/img/blue_haired_lawyer_1.jpg

Wow! That Taito statement is TOTALLY art! It's a post-modern critique of life in the Internet age ... look at how they framed the struggle of the lone copyright holder against the brutal invasion of the hack wanna-be! This is truly a courageous and innovative artistic statement by Taito!

taito probably wont go after them, knowing they wouldn't win. they are probably just saying they are "looking into it" so people don't think that taito is a part of this thing.

Yeah, remember when some folks pulled games when there was outlash against the columbine game?

Let's see developers react the same way to this!
What? They won't? Of course they won't. Chicken ****s.

It is art, and regardless of your opinion of the art, that is entirely irrelevant.


"I DUN LIKE THIS ART, SO I THANK HE SHOULD BE PUNISHED!111"

"THIS HURR IS POOR TASTE, PUNISH HIM!!!!"

Good god, people.

Yes, it's stupid. But, it did art's purpose. Pushed the envelope, and made people talk, think, about ANYTHING.

Translation:

We at Taito want to be clear that we have nothing to do with this asshole who is claiming "art" as a defense for creating something so vile tasteless and disrespectful.

I guess "Space Invaders shooting the Dalai Lama" isn't going to happen with this.

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People act like it's a bad thing to start controversy; debate is good; communicating ideas is good. In the 1700s, Swift told everyone to eat children to simultaneously combat overpopulation and hunger; obviously, he was just starting shit. I'm not really saying this is on the same level; I'm just saying there's nothing wrong with satire, no matter how tasteless.

What the fuck is Taito doing?

Taito is owned by Square? The things you learn :P

Wow. Just having a grayed out silhouette of the tops of the WTC is a pretty lazy way to get people to talk about your "art". I mean, that background graphic has nothing to do with the game play, it's totally slapped on. Nothing is flying into the towers and they don't collapse. It's just a cheap stunt. I think we should do what we would have done if that display didn't have that background graphic.. ignore it. Getting our panties in a bunch about it just gives the artist what they are seeking: publicity.

As for Taito's comment. I love how their response doesn't mention the negative reaction that people touched by that tragedy might experience by looking at it, and instead spend their time trying to beat their chests about their intellectual property. Good going, Taito. How much money did that I.P. make for you last year? It had to be at least 4 digits!

When you go to art school, you learn all the tricks artists use to shock the audience so their work won't be *gasp* IGNORED. I guess when you are working in a low-rez environment like this, twin towers are easier to render in the background than burning crosses or aborted fetuses.