That looks unneccessarily complicated.

God I hate people like this. Who just do this for the sake of making money. I mean, is there REALLY any other reason for what Gibson is doing?

This sort of thing is still going on now.
Ubisoft now owns the name "Tom Clancy" for instance.
Insane.

Maybe Gibson actually knew about it, they just wanted to get the bggest amount of money out of it as possible. So they waited untill Guitar Hero got big, then they'de sue them and get more money. If they stop music-based games they'll be
1. agnry faic(s) because people (like me) <3 music based games.
2. possible protest.
3. massive fights over it, because think about how many music-based games there are, i don't think they could sue all of the poeople actually....

but yeah. it's pretty crap. But fair do's I'd be pretty pissed if someone was makin cash offa my Big selling porduct. even after i spent money on patenting it so it WOULDN'T get copied.

also i thimk that the music artist featured in the game might back up GH because the game is selling their music (people decide they like that track in the game and go and buy it from iTunes etc)

I don't know about you guys, but I have a good feeling Activision is gonna win this one. The "Activision Calling Foul" link is reason enough for me.

The outcome of this case could acuallz be quite profound. Anz game with simailar gameplaz mechanics to an old one can be sued. No more rzthm games, platformers, sidescrollers, first person shooters, arcade fighting games, etc. I saz FIGHT THE POWER!

I read about this a few days ago. What miffs me is that Gibson has been involved in the GH games since the beginning. I think all of the first-party GH controllers are modeled after Gibson guitars (the SG, Xplorer and Les Paul), and the games are filled with more GIbson brand guitars.

If what Activision says is true (about not continuing the marketing with Gibson) then that'd be a logical reason as to why they're going crazy now, but it just seems stupid at this point. Seems like they're just bitter about it.

As long as Gibson doesn't get what they want (which I'm sure they won't), I'll be happy. I can't go without more Guitar Hero.

That is so laaame. Gibson doesn't even make video games. That's like saying air conditioners are a copyright infringement of refrigerators because they both make stuff cooler.

Wait, all Guitar Hero controllers are licensed by Gibson... hypocrites!

I always thought gibson sponsered GH

Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Konami do this kind of thing with Guitar Freaks before 1999?

(PS) It's coolio-niato, not coolio-natio
http://coolio-niato.newgrounds.com/
:o

Cadbury owns the colour purple no one else is allowed to make a candy in purple wrappers. I find this kind of stuff stupid.

wow.

I couldnt imagine ife without music-based games :O

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does this mean rock band is in danger too?

Yeah, i agree with wonchop... i'm the proud owner of a guitar freaks (original arcade game) and it eas the same concept, but only 3 buttons

It just goes to show how corporate greed makes every comapany look like an @$$hole. Just look at it as every bull crap business court case that shows up.

The fact that I can look at the diagram and understand it entirely is worrying.

I've said it before and I'll say it again - shit like this is what's killing respect for copyright. This sort of thing really annoys me.

I mean, whenever some arse tries to make some money out of patent trolling or similar stuff, it drags respect for the whole system down, and as always it's the developers who are stuck in the middle getting fucked over from all directions.

You're just saying that because that is your opinion.
Silly you.

Thats terrible. Did you know that Guitar Hero is coming out for DS? Check it out at the Nintendo.com.

I really hope this becomes well publicized, Gibson would probably lose more money then they would make due to there reputation drop if everyone knew how pathetic they were being. I know I lost respect for them after reading that article, bastards.

the greedy bastards, but their guitars r good tho

How odd. Well, everyone wants money. Guitar Hero is a great game. If it is lost, it would be best to buy it now, and hope Aerosmith (?) comes out soon.
And it's Coolio-niato.
Too bad.

CRC07

So I was thinking about this after my first comment. It said that not only is Activision being sued, but Wal -Mart, Gamestop, Target, etc. were also being sued. So Gibson will be getting MUCH more money than they would when they got Activison alone. AND other (smaller) stores have began selling Guitar Hero products due to the major popularity.
I know a ton of us will be very dissapointed. Just buy one now so you can enjoy it while you can.
All in all, IT TOTALLY SUCKS.
CRC07 >:(

Is there no end to the things they'll sue for?
I heard that Nintendo was being sued by Insomniac Games for "stealing the spherical planet design for the intent and purpose of incorporating it into Super Mario Galaxy".
Um, hello? All worlds are spherical?