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Rock Band Creators Hit With Class Action Lawsuit

GameCyteSean writes "GameCyte is reporting that Harmonix, EA, MTV and Viacom have been targeted by a class action lawsuit. Customers allege that the companies knowingly shipped defective bass drum pedals for the music game Rock Band, then exploited customers' necessity for replacements by having the game's hardware warranty extension expire just as the sequel, Rock Band 2 — a game with improved pedals — was scheduled to release." I wonder if we'll see a similar suit against Neversoft and Activision over the equipment problems related to the Guitar Hero World Tour launch.

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  1. Re:GH Lawsuit? Please by PsychosisBoy · · Score: 4, Informative

    So I bought a copy of guitar hero WT with just the guitar, swapped out mine for the new one, then returned it.

    Congratulations! You have committed fraud.

  2. Re:GH Lawsuit? Please by LunarCrisis · · Score: 4, Informative

    Looking past the fact that two items are clearly not identical if one of them is defective. . .

    When you "return" something that means that you are "returning" it. Meaning that you are giving back what you got. If you "return" something else, you are misrepresenting it, and obviously it is fraud.

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