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Activision sued for defamation of Jonas Savimbi
Offending video game clip can be seen here.The family of slain Angolan rebel chief Jonas Savimbi are suing the makers of the popular video game 'Call of Duty' for representing his character as a 'barbarian'. A warlord in a poor African country? Seems accurate enough... Three of Savimbi's children, who live in the Paris region, are seeking one million euros in damages from the French branch of game publisher Activision Blizzard. Lawyers for both parties describe the case involving defamation over a video character as a first. The offending clip shows Savimbi, known as the 'Black Cockerel' by his supporters, rallying his troops from the back of a tank as the MPLA advances on them, gunfire rattling all around Savimbi was the founder and leader of the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA), which fought a 27-year civil war with the government in Luanda. He gave it his best shot. Quite difficult to prevail when the entire Western world is against you. He was killed in battle against MPLA government forces in 2002, paving the way for a peace deal that would bring an end to one of Africa's longest and bloodiest conflicts, which erupted after independence from Portugal in 1975. Sort of like the 'end of conflict' when Castro assumed leadership following the revolution. The war left at least half a million people dead and forced some four million civilians to flee their homes in the oil-rich nation. Posted by: badanov 2016-01-17 |
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