Activision and Gibson settle Guitar Hero patent lawsuit

Wow, first off posting hate on an entire genre of games.

Generallizing an entire country, then to top it off, you post a link to your shitty ass blog. Not cool bra, not cool.

Hate's a touch strong.

I just don't like it, don't hate it.

And Americans do sue over everything; we have something like twice the lawsuits per capita of an average European country.

Form 696 is used by the London Metropolitan Police to monitor which artists perform at which establishments. If the venue owner doesn't fill in the form a fortnight before the scheduled event they could face a substantial fine, suspension of their license, or even, in the most extreme cases, be shut down.

Many believe this is merely the state intruding on personal freedoms, especially due to the fact that scrupulous information is often required: name, age, type of music, ethnicity of expected fans. It is not known what the Met does with this base information once the event has passed.

Many other European police forces are also looking into applying this level of surveillance in their own cities.

Jeffery, I think we have bigger problems to deal with than a bunch of Americans suing each other. Our police are murdering the innocent and you're worried about laws half way across the world. Where's your sense of location, man? Your priorities? We're dying out here.

Oh, putting Mario RPG in your top ten Mario games instantly makes your blog the scuff of the wind.

I'm not actually worried, more a failed attempt at humor.

I'm surprised at your zeal about the artist thing, but respect it.

I'm not sure if I'd put it in my top ten worries for the future.

Best,

Jeff

Last night was a bit hectic, that's all.

Know the feeling.

No worries.

And I think anger is good; higher state of conciousness than apathy.

"Also, fucking Americans. Sue over everything."

Apparently you do not understand intellectual property.

I'm not going to keep expounding on this, because I hate arguing over everything.

A legitimate claim over intellectual property I'm all for.

But, in America, at least, there are plenty of illegitimate ones that are complete bullshit, and obviously such.

Further, American judges are very hesitant to award attorney's fees to those who bring these BS charges, which would ease the problem. (For instance, when the original George Kostanza sued Seinfeld the judge forced him to pay for Seinfeld's attorneys).

Since this is in the judge's power, he should do so for things that are obviously bogus, in my opinion.

It would save bogus lawsuits like this.

And there are plenty of Americans who don't sue over every little thing; in fact, I think it's more a problem with the American legal system than with Americans themselves.

But, yes, a legitimate claim to intellectual property should be taken to court. I don't think this is legitimate.

Maybe others disagree.

Best,

Jeff