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Jack Thompson's Takes on Take-Two |
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It appears Take-Two Interactive's woes have only just begun. Apparently Jack Thompson is now attempting to influence Edward Johnson, chairman of Fidelity Investment (which, FYI, owns more than 20% of Take-Two) - that is, if this letter he supposedly sent Johnson is for real.In his purported letter, Thompson reveals his knowledge of information concerning Take-Two - stuff that he claims even Fidelity doesn't know - and says that someone at Fidelity urgently needs to talk to him as soon as possible.
Take a gander at the letter and tell us what you think.
July 13, 2006
Edward C. Johnson, III
Chairman
Fidelity Investments (FMR)
Re: Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (TTWO on NASDAQ)
Dear Mr. Johnson:
As you know, Fidelity reportedly owns more than 20% of the above company's stock. In one year that stock has fallen in value from $28 to $9, primarily because of the "Hot Coffee" scandal which broke because of Senator Hillary Clinton's July 2005 press conference. I prepared Senator Clinton for that news conference, and here is a graphic depiction of the subsequent stock price tumble:
I was on CBS's 60 Minutes twice last year regarding Take-Two, and the August 2005 issue of Reader's Digest reported my efforts against this company. They didn't report a tenth of what I know.
Mr. Johnson, I know some facts about Take-Two that your company apparently does not know. The latest SEC investigation of Take-Two, announced Monday, comes as no surprise to me. It may come as a surprise to you and your analysts, however, that there may be some very significant problems with certain information in Take-Two's 10-K filed with the SEC months ago. I identified those potential problems immediately and shared them with the SEC. I also shared them with the lawyers who are seeking class action status for shareholders suing Take-Two.
One of the potential problems we have here (more accurately, that Fidelity has here, in my opinion) is the fact that the outside general counsel to Take-Two is the Philadelphia law firm of Blank Rome, which is also Take-Two's registered lobbyist on Capitol Hill. What I can tell you about Blank Rome and other aspects of Take-Two's problems might help explain why Take-Two's audit chair, Barbara Kaczynski, quit the Take-Two board, hired a top-notch criminal attorney, and wrote the SEC about Take-Two's alleged cover-up by senior management.
In short, without herein divulging all I know, I'll say this: Somebody at Fidelity needs to talk to me immediately if not sooner. You all owe that to your investors.
Regards, Jack Thompson
Jack Thompson, Attorney
Via Kotaku
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anyways who the hels cares about this!! anyone who jump this will get violated bya bunch af monkeys with rash
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then why is it wrong?
And whats the difference between AO and M
It seems you have to be over 18 for both?
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This stands out though. Yes, he's still being a petty, attention-grabbing whore, but he comes off halfway-intelligent and it looks like he almost knows what he's doing, which is an improvement for him.
I still hope he fails in all of his pointless endeavors, but at least he realizes that no one listens to an oversized child throwing a tantrum...well, okay, so this is the same thing, but at least he sounds like a lawyer now.
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That little *****face!
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normally, one would think that anyone with a goal similar to JacK Thompsons would mean that person would have to look good and not make any (or very few at most) mistakes. but on the other hand, Thompson is, in a way, an attention whore, and anyone with that quality would make more mistakes than the average person (in spelling and grammar too)
anyway, thats just my 2 cents on the matter. it is confusing as to whether or not this is actually Thompson and i dont know how much sense i am making right now, so please do not flame my comment
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Correct me if I am wrong (I do not know), but since when does someone publicly show a letter like this? Sender OR reciever?
I'm checking the source (Kotaku) now...
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Right... Well I still don't see this guy from Fidelity letting such a letter go public. Especially since people on Kotaku were saying that the letter included Jack Thompson's land-line and cellphone numbers. That fact should also rule out Jack Thompson sharing the letter with the public, but he's an imbecile, so there's a chance he wanted to "brag" and simply did not have the brain capacity to understand this. I did not see the phone numbers, but I did not look too hard. However, if the phone thing is true, You COULD give Mr. Thompson a call and lay on him a piece of your mind, but I am not advising anything to anyone ;D
Jack Thompson is a videogame hater, and he's always looking to sink some major game developer that offers adults (yes, 18 or older people are primarily the only ones allowed to purchase M-Rated games these days) entertainment, that has a slightly violent edge. Or, so I have HEARD.
Supposedly something is wrong with how Take-Two is taking care of its shareholders. Perhaps misinforming them. Or SOMETHING to that effect. I am really not too sure because I don't want to examine the 10-K they filed, which Thompson says holds some key incriminating information. I don't think I could make heads or tails of it anyways. If you want to look at it, they had a link on Kotaku.
So I'm guessing Thompson went and sent a letter to the biggest shareholder (I assume Fidelity is at 20% of all shares) and is trying his next front on the videogame industry.
Funny thing is, this time he is not trying to get rid of the violence in video games, but sink the developer (Take-Two) by finding something wrong with ANYTHING they do (such as this stock market jumbo) and exposing it, so they can be sued accordingly. If Take-Two IS cheating shareholders, then yes, they deserve it, but what makes Jack Thompson a slimeball is the fact that he looks and finds anyway to kill Take-Two, just because he doesn't like violent video games.
Granted, that is IF this letter is LEGIT!
Once again, correct me if I am wrong, but do it politely! I want to know the correct information just as much as the next guy.
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all he does is rip on gamers and games
and he always calls playing games as an masterbatory practice cause he always say that masterbate does not neccessarily take on a sexual connotation. well to him i say read the fu*king dictionary.
jack is so fu*king stupid i wonder how he graduated high school.
he probably plays gta at night
that stupid hypocrital prick
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you say that like it's a bad thing...
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But this gaylord; Jack Thompson; is an *****...
PSPUpdates should delete the picture on this blog, it's not only disgusting me and other people but make this blog look very ugly.
He's really going to far, i hope he will die soon, now is better *sigh*
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Jack Thompson must be a communist...........
by CHUCKINGROCKSAT SPACESHIPS
No dude you have been misinformed!! He is a right wing neo conservative republican!! The worst kind!
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Jack Thomson is a ****sucker!
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Can't you see jack crying himself to sleep one night over the WAY out of hand...rampant problem of violent copy-cat gamers(3rd world genocide on a massive scale just pales in comparison. I hope thats what he plans on telling fidelity to do with all the money they'll be getting back...fixing that problem....hrmmm?? ) either way, he's in bed, fetal position and all. Then it hits him, ill go with this...ill sift through all the finacials, young guys driving nice cars cant be doing that well from a video game
where was jack for martha stewart or enron? And whats his stand on the rest of the companies sticking it to thier shareholders....or is jack thompson just a schoolyard snitch*****, tattling on the bully that never touched him?
personally I dont like jumping on this name "jack thompson" like he's the antichrist cause hes probably got a bag full of cronies on his side thinking the same way, doing his dirty work(and giving ranch-hand jobs). I will say as the poster boy for his mission, he sure is comming of as a little kid with too much time on his hands and a lack of compassion for creative expression also known as a commie...jk
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Oh yeah... it started to become an excuse to kill people, why not this guy?
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Stupid w*nker.
Wouldn't mind hitting Hilary Clinton with a shovel either.
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BAN ALL LITERATURE! SOME NOVELS GO INTO DETAILED EXPLANATION OF SEXUAL BEHAVIORS THAT SHOULD NOT BE EXPOSED TO ANYONE EVER!
OBVIOUSLY CHILDREN ARE HAVING DIRTY SEX DUE TO THIS BAN LITERATURE, AND FOR GOD SAKE, BAN GTA!
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NO MORE JACK THOMPSON!
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>>Lets frame this guy for child molestation.....
I'm sure you can find a mask (comes with a suit!) of his at any local shop dealing in costumes. Just ask for the "Horror" section.
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The hell with his demonic opinions about GTA... how long has it been? I just think hes trying to be stuck up to hilary clinton... hey bill, you better keep your shotgun under your pillow, who know whos gonna break in someday...
Who even CARE about this dumba**'s opinion? i wouldn't... ok how the heck would stock drop because of this? everyone got scared and stopped to invest? well it should driven prize up because now after they know about the hot caffee mod , half of the U.S just moved to store to get the unedited copy of GTA... how can it hurt stock? don't investors usually grab this chance to score a little even if its illegal or whatever the issue?
Take Jack back to that asylum where he belongs... i dont even remember this crap until he started to talk about it again...
give take two a break.... one mistake is enough...
dumb a**
OMFG I KNOW KIDS LOOK AT PLAYBOY OMG!!! QUICK! TELL JACK SO HE CAN BAN PLAYBOY! OMG I KNOW LITTLE KIDS WATCH TITANIC..... THE NAKED SCENE... QUICK JACK, BAN TITANIC, OMG! KIDS ARE READING ABOUT HOW TO HAVE SEX AT BOOK STORE! QUICK BAN THE BOOK AND CLOSE BOOK STORES!
also it was rated M anyways.... and AO is so close to it that damage shoudn't be that big anyways since m is for 17 and AO is for 18.. if everyone abid the law it shouldn't even be much of a problem.
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And while you are at it, email clinton and tell her ur point of view. Do something about it instead of just b****ing about it.
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Granted, i don't agree with his views and methods before, but if this is true, then it's silly to say "oh noes, he's going to expose a corporation, but we think that's wrong because they make something we love, and he may have a personal agenda against things they make".
wouldn't this be another enron if this was true?
(before i get half assed retorts, notice i did use the word "if" a lot. if this is fake (not from JT) then everyone in question should ignore it. if JT is actually making stuff up (i woudn't put it past him, but meh) then that IS wrong, as it may dive the company's stock more already)
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P.S. #9 said that J.S. look like Jon Stewart, personally i don't see a resemblance and I think he looks more like a graying Richard Simmons, after all he is a fruit.
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BTW no hes NOT a communist he's a NAZI, the nazis killed the children so that the jews could not reproduce, the communists only killed the adults, so in the end, more and more of the enemy would appear the next day. He's killing EVERYONE.
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Maybe I'll start voting Independent or Libertarian...
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