Booker T loses Call of Duty lawsuit after Activision proves they copied The Rock Activision\/Instagram\/bookertfivexA jury has smacked down a lawsuit by WWE legend Booker T Huffman against Activision where the pro wrestler argued a Call of Duty character was modeled after him. Activision has won their copyright infringement suit against Booker T, with a jury finding the WWE Hall of Famer\u2019s likeness wasn\u2019t used for the Black Ops 4 character David \u2018Prophet\u2019 Wilkes. According to a report by Games Industry, Huffman claimed that his pro wrestling persona and comic character G.I. Bro was used as a model for Wilkes. The lawsuit was based on a poster of G.I. Bro holding a gun, which Huffman claimed was infringed upon by Activision when they created the character of Prophet. However, in a bizarre twist, Activison were able to successfully argue that the G.I. Bro poster was actually copied from fellow wrestling sensation Dwayne \u2018The Rock\u2019 Johnson from the neck down. \u201cThe undisputed testimony shows that nothing about Plaintiff\u2019s work from the neck down was original in comparison to the image of The Rock, and in fact, the bodies of the two works are strikingly similar,\u201d court documents state. Furthermore, they argued that Booker T didn\u2019t \u201cown the idea of an angry man with a scowling look\u201d and that a copyright claim over a \u201cfacial expression\u201d or \u201cattitude\u201d should be rejected. Back in 2019, Huffman\u2019s lawyer, Micah Dortch claimed that when both images were viewed side-by-side, there was \u201cno question that this character was copied from G.I. Bro.\u201d \u201cFrom the hair, body type and clothing, right down to facial expressions, the similarities are too profound to be an accident,\u201d he added. Booker T isn\u2019t the first person in recent memory to accuse Activision of stealing their likeness. Back in February, writer and photographer Clayton Haugen claimed Activision committed copyright infringement with the Modern Warfare and Warzone Operator Mara. The retired wrestler has yet to comment on the result of the lawsuit and it\u2019s unclear what his next plan is following the jury\u2019s decision.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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