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Excuse Me Mr. - No Doubt sue Activision over misuse of image in Band Hero http://bit.ly/3wauL7 15 days ago |
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http://bit.ly/4cLMfu No Doubt sues Band Hero, not the first. 15 days ago |
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No Doubt sues Activision for Band Hero - http://tinyurl.com/ycuaa6f 15 days ago |
No Doubt Suing Activision For Splitting Up the Band
GeekSugar —
... , and there's already word of legal trouble. No Doubt has filed suit against Activision, the maker of Band Hero, for using their likeness for songs they didn't record, as well as splitting up the band in different scenes which weren't approved. No Doubt's band manager Jim Guerinot explains: ...
No Doubt Sues Activision Over 'Circus Act' Appearance In Band Hero
paidContent —
... Jim Guerinot, the band’s manager, told the LAT that No Doubt only agreed to play three songs together as a band in the game. But Band Hero lets players split No Doubt up, and play as individuals in over 60 songs; players can give Stefani a man’s voice, for example, and make her sing the Rolling Stones’ Honky Tonk Woman (which refers to having sex with prostitutes). So the band members are suing Activision for an injunction prohibiting the “unauthorized use” of their names and likenesses. ...
No Doubt Sues Activision Over Band Hero
Edge Online - Interactive Entertainment Today —
Rock band No Doubt has filed a lawsuit against Activision over the use of its name and likeness in Band Hero . The group alleges that it has been transformed into a virtual karaoke circus act because players can perform songs using No Doubt avatars that weren t approved by the band. The band [members] are bitterly disappointed that their name and likeness was taken and used without their permission, No Doubt manager Jim Guerinot said, according to the LA Times . They agreed to play three No Doubt songs as a band.... Activision then went and put them in 62 other songs and ...
Quoted: Avatars gone wild
GMSV —
... “While No Doubt are avid fans of the Rolling Stones and even have performed in concerts with the Rolling Stones, the Character Manipulation Feature results in an unauthorized performance by the Gwen Stefani avatar in a male voice boasting about having sex with prostitutes ['Honky Tonk Women'].” From rock band No Doubt’s lawsuit contending that the options in Activision’s Band Hero game “transformed No Doubt band members into a virtual karaoke circus act,” exceeding the contractually approved use; Activision begs to differ. ...
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No Doubt Sues Activision Over Band Hero
AppScout —
... The game has "transformed No Doubt band members into a virtual karaoke circus act," according to a suit filed with the Los Angeles Superior Court, the Los Angeles Times reports. ...
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