Gibson Guitar Company has filed a lawsuit against Activision, the company that makes and sells the popular Guitar Hero game. Even though Gibson has a licensing agreement with Activision and is paid royalties, Gibson is suing for a patent infringement based on, “for technology to simulate a musical performance”. Didn’t Gibson know that simulated guitar performance is what the game is about?
Gibson also filed lawsuits against Target, Wal-Mart, Kmart, Amazon.com, Toys ‘R’ Us and GameStop, demanding they stop selling the Guitar Hero game. It sounds to me Gibson did not realize how popular Guitar Hero was going to be and now wants a bigger cut of the profits. So does Gibson think a lawsuit is a good way to renegotiate? Did anyone at Gibson think maybe Guitar Hero has helped them sell a few guitars to kids and even a few adults after they enjoyed the game so much they decided playing the real thing could be more fun?
Activision and it’s fans of Guitar Hero should become vocal and let the Gibson Guitar Company know what they think about the lawsuit by encouraging people to purchase another brand of guitar, such as a Fender. Join a Guitar Hero Forum and spread the word.
The other night I couldn’t sleep. Woke up around 12:30am, tossed and turned until 1:30, when I finally decided to get out of bed and make use of my time. What did I do? I played Guitar Hero3 until I needed to get ready and leave for work at 5:30am. Hey I know how to put my time to good use. My thinking is the next time I go visit my son I should be able to be competitive when we play GH3.
Then today while I am drinking my morning coffee, watching the news, and channel surfing (I love having a bazillion useless channels.) I came across a pod on CurrentTv about the Guitar Zeros. I did some research and now I have the software to turn my plastic guitar into serious plastic guitar fun on the computer and will take the guitar competition to a new and more fun level. Maybe I should start thinking about upgrading my guitar.
Check it out.Thank you for visiting Expressing Opinions.
What a game! I am not much of a football fan, but I do like how the playoffs and Super Bowl are done in football. None of this best of 7 crap like basketball does and no strategies of who plays in what game. Just show up with your best game and winner takes all. I like that.
Jeez! It went all the way to very last second before anyone knew who the winner would be. It was a great game. I went to my parents house for dinner and was going to finish watching it with my dad. But the game was exciting enough to have mother get interested in it and she is not a football or sports fan at all. But she sat there on the edge of her chair squirming and making noises with each play. I wish I had my camera with me to show you how funny she looked. It was fun and funny to watch.
My previous posting on January 31, Sports and Reality TV I wrote about and posted information with links to heart related incidents per game. I wonder how many fans had a heart related incident during or after the Super Bowl game?
I would say the fans got a great show no matter who they wanted to win. This will leave fans talking for some time to come.
I took the death test today to see how much more time I have on this earth. You to can see how long you have and what is going to kill you by clicking on the graphic below and taking the Death Test. Of course I messed with code a little to make it more interesting, but I am sure the true results are all very scientific.
Gibson Guitar Company has filed a lawsuit against Activision, the company that makes and sells the popular Guitar Hero game. Even though Gibson has a licensing agreement with Activision and is paid royalties, Gibson is suing for a patent infringement based on, “for technology to simulate a musical performance”. Didn’t Gibson know that simulated guitar performance is what the game is about?
Entries (RSS)