Pokemon Go Triggers Trespass Class Action Suit Against Niantic

By | August 1, 2016

  • August 2, 2016 at 7:19 am
    Yogi Polar Berra says:
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    Great idea!

    Now, if we could only get our Federal Govt Officials to similarly prosecute ILLEGAL ALIEN TRESPASSERS, we’d begin to get our Country (Sovereign Nation) back again!

    • August 3, 2016 at 4:16 pm
      Not-a-right-winger says:
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      You mean 2.5 million deportations in 8 years isn’t enough for you? http://fusion.net/story/252637/obama-has-deported-more-immigrants-than-any-other-president-now-hes-running-up-the-score/

      • August 4, 2016 at 7:46 am
        Yogi Polar Berra says:
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        @Not-a-right-statement:

        That’s misleading information about MULTIPLE DEPORTATIONS of the same persons, which yields a MUCH LOWER NET deportation number.

        Please consider how much you COULD TRUTHFULLY count if ICE deported ILLEGAL ALIEN TRESPASSERS and there was a wall blocking their re-entry, or they were thrown into the pokey and kept locked up for several years.

        Thanks for the amusing mis-information.

        • August 4, 2016 at 9:33 am
          UW says:
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          In this fantasy world you occupy how many of the deportations are people who have been sent out multiple times?

          • August 4, 2016 at 10:05 pm
            Yogi Polar Berra says:
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            It’s not a fantasy world.

            Many, many, many, many…..

          • August 5, 2016 at 10:22 am
            confused says:
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            as yogi once said to me….

            Why haven’t you posted an EXACT count?

            Is it beyond the twenty fingers and toes you used to take your preliminary count? If so, ask an adult upstairs on the first floor to help you make an exact count.

  • August 2, 2016 at 7:20 am
    Yogi Polar Berra says:
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    I much prefer to play ‘Yogi Polar Berra Go Fishing’.

    • August 3, 2016 at 2:29 pm
      Agent says:
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      Yogi, please remember that you can’t go far from shore when you go fishing or EPA will be after you for using too much fuel and contributing to Global Warming and making the ocean rise in South Carolina.

      • August 4, 2016 at 7:52 am
        Yogi Polar Berra says:
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        Icebergs on which I ride and occasionally fish are self-propelled.

        Large-girth Gore and Hilliary make the ocean rise just by wading in it.

        So, the secret to prevention of rising oceans is to prevent wading by over-fed Global Warming Alarmists, and fasting by others who wade often.

        EVERYBODY GET OUT OF THE POOL!, um… Ocean!

        • August 4, 2016 at 2:44 pm
          txmouthbreatherboogereatertx says:
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          “Get you elbows off the table Yogi. Get your elbows off the table Yogi. Now I told you once or twice and it isn’t very nice! Get your elbows of the table Yogi! Round the mess hall you must go, you must go, you must go, round the mess hall you must go. You were naughty!

          More s’mores and hot cocoa goodness to come, stay tuned!!!!

          Campy fun time!!!!

          • August 5, 2016 at 10:01 am
            Yogi Polar Berra says:
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            Get yer mitts off the keyboard!

  • August 2, 2016 at 8:03 am
    CL PM says:
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    The plaintiffs’ attorneys never fail to impress in their creativeness at generating fees. How long has the game been out? 2-3 months?

    • August 2, 2016 at 10:30 am
      SWFL Agent says:
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      But you must admit, you knew this was coming. Quite frankly, I’d be pretty upset if one of these images were on my property. Before this technology no one could have predicted that an image, created and residing in technological space could have been interpreted as trespassing. Our forefathers never saw this coming.

      • August 2, 2016 at 12:03 pm
        CL PM says:
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        I agree with you SWFL. I have no problem with the suit, just amazed that it happened so quickly.

    • August 2, 2016 at 1:55 pm
      Jon says:
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      Approximately 4 weeks.

  • August 2, 2016 at 12:08 pm
    Danny says:
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    Gotta Sue’em All !

  • August 2, 2016 at 1:44 pm
    agent2 says:
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    It just shows the general public (or the pokeman go playing public) has so little regard for private property. If I were to play this stupid game I would STOP at private property.

    What idiots. what we have devolved into? get a life for heaven’s sake.

    • August 2, 2016 at 2:53 pm
      Agent says:
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      2, we have 93.5 million adults not working in this country so they have plenty of time on their hands to play this most distracting game and they don’t even know where they are half the time. We have already seen auto accidents reported while they are playing while driving. One guy was both drunk and playing the game. How lethal is that combination?

      • August 2, 2016 at 3:17 pm
        txmouthbreatherboogereatertx says:
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        Boo Boo,

        Maybe your handlers should fire you and pick up one of those 93.5 million unemployed/underemployed adults. In return, they get profitable production, an adult, and someone that isn’t going to flirt with other conservative posters on an insurance site. Your mating dance with some of the posters reminds me of the “wonderful” Larry Craig

        • August 3, 2016 at 9:12 am
          agent2 says:
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          Boogereater….so to you, respecting private property is a conservative idea?

          • August 3, 2016 at 2:41 pm
            txmouthbreatherboogereatertx says:
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            I’ve stated in the past that I care more about people that property. Not sure the relevance of your question. As the Grand Loofah Bill Orally says himself, Let’s say you!

      • August 5, 2016 at 9:12 am
        Captain Planet says:
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        Agent,
        Back in your day, you had to eat little squares of paper in order to see things in someone’s backyard that wasn’t actually there. Boogah boogah!

        • August 5, 2016 at 9:29 am
          txmouthbreatherboogereatertx says:
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          Planet, you couldn’t be more wrong. Paper was not invented back then.

    • August 3, 2016 at 8:41 am
      cat on keyboard says:
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      Well, these are children most likely or just very stupid and rude people. I play Pokémon Go and I would never ever trespass in order to catch a Pokémon. I usually drive to appropriate public venues, park and then walk around catching them.

      It’s not a stupid game, in fact it encourages young people and millennials to get active while having fun alone/ with friends. Video games aren’t stupid especially when you’re burning calories AND having fun. I can’t wait for the weather to cool down, then I’ll go on even more walks outdoors!

  • August 2, 2016 at 2:06 pm
    Eli says:
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    To be fair, Niantic also put out another GPS game, which did the same thing. This isn’t a new thing, it’s just that these people didn’t know their properties were marked because it wasn’t publicized. Niantic’s other game? Ingress. It’s a territory claiming game, and well… people’s homes that were “portals” (same as businesses) or capture points are essentially owned by the factions of the game.

    Essentially, everybody is getting their panties in a twist because Pokemon Go is more popular, even though Ingress players have been trouncing around cities similarly to Pokemon Go for years.

    • August 3, 2016 at 8:44 am
      cat on keyboard says:
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      Ingress is less popular(It in no way generated the same type of foot traffic), but you’re right to suggest that the issue existed before. Ingress doesn’t involve catching monsters, but instead powering up in-portals and then hacking them. I Like Pokémon Go, I’ve tried it and its rather fun if you’re interested in a real-time war game based on territory reclamation.

      And as long as people aren’t trespassing, particularly en masse–let people have their fun.

  • August 2, 2016 at 2:52 pm
    Jenifer M-K says:
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    At least people knocked on his door and asked permission to go into his yard. Or were there unannounced trespassers, as well?

    • August 3, 2016 at 8:45 am
      cat on keyboard says:
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      Why should he give random strangers access to his yard for free?
      I’d probably say “yes”, $5 each ;)

    • August 8, 2016 at 11:10 am
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      Have to agree, at least they knocked.



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