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Guitar Hero World Tour Won't Allow Copyright Infringement

Posted by Soulskill on from the to-be-expected dept.

1Up did an interview with two of the developers for Guitar Hero: World Tour about the process of creating the game. One of the interesting things they mention is that they won't be putting up with people who use the song creation tools to make covers of existing songs. "We'll be actively monitoring the site. And, obviously, if the copyright holder complains, Activision will pull it down immediately. We can't condone people putting up covers of music. It's really there for original content." We discussed the creation tools themselves recently. Since then, Activision has announced that they'll be including a MIDI sequencer to assist with making your own tunes.

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  1. Does this mean no sampling too? by SomeJoel · · Score: 2, Funny

    I mean, you could probably make a fairly successful song if you sampled an old live Rolling Stones concert and played the main hook backwards over and over.

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    1. Re:Does this mean no sampling too? by Forrest+Kyle · · Score: 2, Funny

      Let me get this straight: Because one man wanted to be a jerk and make tons of money, The Verve will never be heard from again?

      Buy that man a beer! He deserves our gratitude for saving us from having to spend another five minutes listening to crappy bands like The Verve.

  2. Woe to he who does a cover of..... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Happy Birthday!

  3. Re:But but... by Tenek · · Score: 5, Funny

    No Stairway.

  4. Re:But but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Denied!

  5. Re:I wonder if... by Poltras · · Score: 2, Funny

    Seriously, this is the best I've seen in a while.

    Dude. Dude! Dude, dude... I guess you have a point.

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  6. Re:Go Old-School by westlake · · Score: 3, Funny
    Maybe they'll even develop real talents of their own
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    and maybe if they had talent they would be performing their own material.

    the geek's notion of creativity seems to begin and end in imitation - when he writes, it's fan fiction. when he plays music, it's a cover.

    give him a video camera and his first thought will be to recreate an episode of Star Trek: TOS.

  7. Re:Yes but by Poltras · · Score: 3, Funny

    Guys guys. Let's not talk about Guitar Hero 5 DLC business plan right away, okay?

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  8. Re:Go Old-School by Khyber · · Score: 3, Funny

    Actually my first thought with a video camera was to record the girl next-door. Then to immediately record me killing a black widow with a stun gun.

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