----- Original Message ----- From: (me) To: Jack Thompson Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2005 4:27 PM Subject: Re: I just read Gamespot's article on Jack Thompson, and I am angry that Mr. Thompson does not have all his facts straight. Even after the update, he still believes the Sims 2 is a terrrible, terrible game. I want to reassure Mr. Thompson that the Sims 2 is a wonderful, non-violent game where I, as a 46-year old Christian woman, can not only play without being offended, but enjoy the official Sims2 website knowing how heavily patrolled it is to guard against inappropriate content. Both the website and the game are very family-oriented. The above image is taken from the Sims2 on my game. I have removed the blur in my game, and this is how detailed Sims look when the blur is removed. This Sim is not modified in any way. I resent Mr. Thompson for attacking the only PC game I play, and I want to assure parents of gamers all around the world that this is simulated life without the real-life problems. The basic Sim theme is to build family dynamics. Thank You, ___________aka NoRealLife2 Please feel free to contact me for any reason. I will be happy to talk to you if you want to publish or forward my letter. ----- Original Message ----- From: Jack Thompson To: (me) ; esa@theesa.com Cc: Curt Feldman ; Christian Svensson ; dtakahashi@mercurynews.com ; copyright@ea.com ; Seth Schiesel Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2005 11:59 AM John B. Thompson, Attorney at Law 1172 South Dixie Hwy., Suite 111 Coral Gables, Florida 33146 305-666-4366 jackpeace@comcast.net July 23, 2005 Dear (me): The picture you've sent [immediately below my letter] is objectionable for a 13 year old as far as I'm concerned, particularly since it is embedded in the Sims 2 game, unclockable easily with a simple cheat code that is being distributed by the New York Times! You don't walk around nude in your home with the blinds open, do you, ______, or in front of 13 year olds? If you think the below okay for kids, then send me your address and I'll alert the authorities. Many parents wouldn't want their kids playing this game at the age level of "T," with no ID check at the time of purchase, given the amount of reproductive activity in the game and the ability to remove "the blur." The problem, ____________, is that there are a bunch of video game companies that are being deceptive, with the help of the ESRB, in slipping this into our homes with no adequate warning that they are doing so. Electronic Arts is in fact collaborating with the modders to put pubic hair, genitalia, nipples, etc. on the Sims 2 figures, including the children. The pedophiles out there love it, which is why the mods are all over the adult porn sites. You aren't concerned about that, now are you ____? You cherish your "freedom" more than the innocence of other people's children, now don't you _______? You don't want me to be the arbiter of moral in America? Fine, the vast majority of Americans don't want the ESA and ESRB to be the arbiter of morals either nor women who think nudity distributed to other people's kids is their business but stopping them is nobody's business, right ________? We're going to have legislative hearings all over the place now, now that the ESRB was found to be totally inadequate to prevent the "Hot Coffee" fiasco. Let's decide, through a democratic process, whether the below hidden, embedded material is appropriate in a "T" game. I can abide the democratic conclusion on that, but I bet you cannot. John B. Thompson, Attorney at Law 1172 South Dixie Hwy., Suite 111 Coral Gables, Florida 33146 305-666-4366 jackpeace@comcast.net July 23, 2005 Steve Bené, Attorney VP, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary Electronic Arts Inc. 209 Redwood Shores Parkway Redwood City, CA 94065 fax: 650-628-1422 email: copyright@ea.com Re: The Sims 2 and Porn Dear Mr. Bene: Mods are readily available via the Internet to turn the characters in your company's The Sims 2 into nudes with exposed genitalia. This includes the children in the game. EA has made this modding easy by making it readily possible to remove "the blur" from the genital areas. Even the New York Times' web site is providing this cheat code to remove the blur. Adult "porn sites" are featuring, via free downloads, the mods that allow the consumer to customize the appearance of the labia, nipples, pubic hair, and penises. As you know, The Sims 2 already features reproductive activities in this "T" rated game. Such modding is made more likely by public statements by the game's creator, Will Wright, that he supports the modding of the game. To the extent that your company does absolutely nothing to crack down on this apparent infringement upon EA's copyrighted material, which is in possible violation of its various software agreements and warnings, then EA collaborates, in every sense of the word, with the modders to put this material into the hands of consumers, many of whom are children, given the inviting "T" rating on the game. I urgently ask Electronic Arts to stop this modding activity by appropriate means, otherwise the "T" rating given the game by ESRB means, for all practical purposes, nothing and breaches trust with parents. Regards, Jack Thompson Copies: Media U.S. Senators Clinton, Lieberman, Brownback, Santorum California Assemblyman Leland Yee Mr. Bene at EA: Why is EA not proceeding against the sites linked in the below link for copyright infringement? Looks to me like EA WANTS the explicit mods out there. What took you so long to discover the dirty mods? We've been talking about this forever: http://www.dragonscoveherald.com/blog/index.php?p= 888 My nephew, who is now at Peperdine Law School also contacted the ESRB about it, but was "blown off" (details in the link above). You might contact him. Prof. Peter Ludlow Dept. of Philosophy University of Michigan ----- Original Message ----- From: Jack Thompson To: (me) ; esa@theesa.com Cc: Curt Feldman ; Christian Svensson ; dtakahashi@mercurynews.com ; copyright@ea.com ; Seth Schiesel Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2005 11:59 AM John B. Thompson, Attorney at Law 1172 South Dixie Hwy., Suite 111 Coral Gables, Florida 33146 305-666-4366 jackpeace@comcast.net July 23, 2005 Steve Bené, Attorney VP, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary Electronic Arts Inc. 209 Redwood Shores Parkway Redwood City, CA 94065 fax: 650-628-1422 email: copyright@ea.com Re: The Sims 2 and Porn Dear Mr. Bene: Mods are readily available via the Internet to turn the characters in your company's The Sims 2 into nudes with exposed genitalia. This includes the children in the game. EA has made this modding easy by making it readily possible to remove "the blur" from the genital areas. Even the New York Times' web site is providing this cheat code to remove the blur. Adult "porn sites" are featuring, via free downloads, the mods that allow the consumer to customize the appearance of the labia, nipples, pubic hair, and penises. As you know, The Sims 2 already features reproductive activities in this "T" rated game. Such modding is made more likely by public statements by the game's creator, Will Wright, that he supports the modding of the game. To the extent that your company does absolutely nothing to crack down on this apparent infringement upon EA's copyrighted material, which is in possible violation of its various software agreements and warnings, then EA collaborates, in every sense of the word, with the modders to put this material into the hands of consumers, many of whom are children, given the inviting "T" rating on the game. I urgently ask Electronic Arts to stop this modding activity by appropriate means, otherwise the "T" rating given the game by ESRB means, for all practical purposes, nothing and breaches trust with parents. Regards, Jack Thompson Copies: Media U.S. Senators Clinton, Lieberman, Brownback, Santorum California Assemblyman Leland Yee ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim van Klaveren" To: Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2005 8:28 AM Subject: hello > im going to kill you becauz you are a motherfucking asshole. John B. Thompson, Attorney at Law 1172 South Dixie Hwy., Suite 111 Coral Gables, Florida 33146 305-666-4366 jackpeace@comcast.net July 23, 2005 The Honorable Hillary Rodham Clinton United States Senate Washington, D.C. Via e-mail The Honorable Joseph Lieberman United States Senate Washington, D.C. Via e-mail Dear Senator Clinton and Senator Lieberman: I have had a number of video gamers threaten to kill me in the last few days in the aftermath of the success against Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. This is noteworthy in a number of regards: 1. The people threatening to kill me so are doing so in the name of the First Amendment and "freedom of expression"--not mine, of course, just theirs. Don't you love it? 2. The use of death threats in retaliation for my participation in the public square serves to prove, rather convincingly, that the violent video games are having the attitudinal effect that psychologists such as Dr. David Walsh and others who have testified before Congress say they have. 3. None of the "video game media" will report that the gamers are threatening to kill me, although I have asked them to report this phenomenon, as it reveals the validity of the above two points. I would appreciate any help your respective offices could give me in persuading the FBI to act in response to these threats. I don't think anyone should have to put up with such dangerous nonsense. Regards, Jack Thompson ----- Original Message ----- From: (me) To: Jack Thompson Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2005 4:27 PM Subject: Re: Dear Mr. Thompson: It's no wonder you are recieving death threats, if you have responded to other people in the same manner you have responded to me. I am sorry you are so angry, I hope you can find peace. (I know when I get stressed out, I play The Sims 2.) Also, I wish you would not send me any more e-mails that are threatning and/or contain vulgar language. Out of your four emails you sent me this morning, you, sir, have offended me more than any game. ----- Original Message ----- From: Jack Thompson To: (me) Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2005 3:22 PM Subject: Re: Oh, I'm not angry. I'm just very determined and successful against nitwits who have nothing better to do with their lives than play video games and corrupt other people's kids. you are so self-righteous, so sad, and so aimless. ----- Original Message ----- From: (me) To: Jack Thompson Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2005 4:27 PM Subject: Re: Wrongo, tiny one. You are very angry. I'm praying for you that you find peace. ----- Original Message ----- From: Jack Thompson To: (me) Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2005 3:22 PM Subject: Re: Got it, honey. I'll pray you have no more children.