Judge sides with Activision in Guitar Hero 80s lawsuit

by Christopher Grant { Dec 20th 2007 at 9:30PM }

Activision's let our pals at GameDaily know that a federal judge in Detroit has denied The Romantics request to halt sales of Guitar Hero Encore Rocks the 80s over its use of a cover of their track "What I Like About You." Though the judge said the publisher followed the proper copyright procedures in their use of the track, he has yet to announce what, if any, damages will be awarded to the former 80's stars.

Activision was predictably pleased with the judge's decision, saying the suit was "without merit" and that they had a "long history of supporting artists from a range of entertainment fields." No word from The Romantics though we think it's safe to assume you'll never have a chance to play any of their other singles in rhythm game form ever. Hope those radio royalties are paying the bills, fellas.

Tags: Activision, BreakingNews, Guitar-Hero, Harmonix, legal, Red-Octane, The-Romantics

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Fernando Rocker @ Dec 20th 2007 9:46PM

The culmination of mediocrity...

plyx @ Dec 20th 2007 9:48PM

Don't beat yourself up, man.

I keed, I keed.

Sam406 @ Dec 20th 2007 10:26PM

Interesting... have you noticed Howl, John Watts and LittleCritter5000 share the same profile?

Why is That?

plyx @ Dec 20th 2007 9:47PM

No "Talking in Your Sleep", huh?

John Watts NDF- Ring of Link @ Dec 20th 2007 9:49PM

Thank Nintendo if you want to thank anyone. Nintendo paid the judge
to side with Activision because Nintendo wants to help people.

GO NINTENDO.

Howl @ Dec 20th 2007 9:50PM

Can I have some of what your smoking?

Fernando Rocker @ Dec 20th 2007 9:53PM

What? @_@

John Watts NDF- Ring of Link @ Dec 20th 2007 9:56PM

Fernando what do you mean "what" this is not a conversation where you could of misheard what the person had said.

this is why we booted you out of the NINTENDO DEFENSE FORCE.

Fernando Rocker @ Dec 20th 2007 9:57PM

jaja yeah right newbie...

I'm the second in range, only behind Kye. Keep dreaming.

plyx @ Dec 20th 2007 10:01PM

Do you guys have matching costumes? How about a Hall of Nintendo Justice or something like that?

Fernando Rocker @ Dec 20th 2007 10:05PM

Nahh... I don't argue with newbies... so, this is my last reply to you...

Good bye =)

ThornedVenom @ Dec 21st 2007 7:09AM

An internal NDF debate is like comparing whose wii is bigger. >_>

NATO_Duke @ Dec 21st 2007 9:54AM

This post made absolutely no f*cking sense at all. -10 for existing.

ComradeTrotskii @ Dec 20th 2007 9:50PM

What I never understood about this dispute was that it surfaced at around the same time as a study indicating that if a band featured in a music/rhythm action game and had their tracks available for digital download then sales of the bands tracks increased.

Shooting yourself in the foot much guys?