tmz.com - 24 days ago
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Filed under: Celebrity Justice , Music , Gwen Stefani Gwen Stefani is not a man and wants nothing to do with hookers -- but according to a new lawsuit, Gwen claims she's being manipulated into all sorts of manly, unGwen-like behavior for a new "Guitar Hero" video game. The band No Doubt is ...
latimesblogs.latimes.com - 24 days ago
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latimesblogs.latimes.com —
Rock band No Doubt has filed a real-world
lawsuit over its virtual role in the just-released Band...
Hero edition of the Guitar Hero video game series, claiming that the game has “transformed No Doubt band members into a virtual karaoke...
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No Doubt sues Activision over Band Hero [Updated]
investor.activision.com - 23 days ago
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- Company Calendar Year Financial Outlook Remains Unchanged
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COMTEX News Network/ -- Activision Blizzard, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) today announced better-than-expected financial results for the ...
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Activision Blizzard Announces Better-Than-Expected Third ...
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Most Anticipated Game of the Year Becomes Biggest
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2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- Activision Publishing, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) announced today that Infinity Ward's ...
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No Doubt suing Activision for Band Hero 'circus act' appearance
Joystiq [Nintendo] —
... The multi-platinum rock band No Doubt has filed a lawsuit against Activision in a L.A. County Superior Court claiming its likeness was "transformed" into a "virtual karaoke circus act" in over sixty songs in the recently released music title, Band Hero. ...
No Doubt suing Activision over ‘Band Hero’ appearance
The Inquisitr » Technology —
... worded statement through their lawyers, while Courtney Love goes mental on Twitter.
2. I don’t get these claims being made by bands. I mean, as if anybody actually looks at what’s going on in the background when playing these things. Seriously, I’m so bloody focused on those scrolling bars of colored dots during gameplay that there could be four pieces of human-sized broccoli playing the instruments and I’d be none the wiser.
[Via TMZ]
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