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Gibson Sues Makers Of Guitar Hero And Rock Band For Patent Infringement

Gibson is suing Activision, Harmonix, Electronic Arts, and MTV over alleged patent infringement over the companies' involvement in Rock Band and the Guitar Hero series. The lawsuit is not over Guitar Hero's use of the iconic Les Paul, SG, and Explorer guitars as controllers, but for violation of a decade-old patent for....drumroll please... "a method for simulating a live performance using a musical instrument, a 3D headset with stereo speakers, and a pre-recorded concert." (US Patent 5,990,405) Gibson does not rock, at all... More »

1:32 PM on Wed Apr 2 2008
By Alex Chasick
5,321 views, 57 comments

Latest by RonDMC: @sohmc: Is it just me or does any real guitar player have no respect for those that play guitar hero? It's more »

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Gibson Awards Prize To Artist As Promised!

Yay Internets! Tonedeff—the artist who won Lollapalooza's Last Band Standing over a year ago but never received the 10k prize package from Gibson—has received his prize. He emailed us today and wrote, "Thanks for covering the story and your support. Your blog made a HELL of a difference. Expect a shout out on my next project." We can't imagine how he's going to work "consumerist" into a rhyme, but okay. After the story went Digg-public last Friday, Tonedeff got a call from a Gibson rep Saturday morning—and a few days later he received an apology from Gibson's CEO personally.
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5:38 PM on Thu Jan 31 2008
By Chris Walters
9,394 views, 31 comments

Latest by n/a: As someone mentioned, $10k cash is a bigger payout than $10k in equipment. For Tonedeff cash is best as he'd more »