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RE: Activision's 'Guitar Hero' violates patent: Gibson
Gibson should back off. Real guitarists will buy their guitars while the people who wish they could play will buy Guitar Hero. Personally, as a guitar player, I view Guitar Hero with mixed feelings. One one hand, I thinks it's fine that people who don't have the knowledge to play a real guitar can act it out with Guitar Hero. Beats air guitar. But I also think it's amusing that instead of spending $199.00 on an acoustic guitar from Gibson and learning how to play, people shell out more than that for the game systems and software to simulate playing a guitar. In summary, Guitar Hero is a game Gibson, and you aren't in the game business but in the guitar manufaturing business. Sounds like simple greed to me and another indicator that corporate America is getting nervous about the economy and searching for any way to squeeze profits for their shareholders and corporate bigwigs. Rock On and learn drop C tuning after you learn how to play in standard E.
Posted by: BeforeHisThrone   Posted on: 03/13/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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That doesn't compare with a patent for toilet paper  betelgeuse68 | 03/12/08
Well...  TheSimulacra | 03/13/08
Unless  tikigawd | 03/17/08
You'll not sue me!  TheTruthisOutThere@... | 03/13/08
Bah  Dr_Zinj | 04/11/08
Message has been deleted.  itanalyst2@... | 03/12/08
Wow! Gibson's showroom must have taken on Navajo White on the walls .  rtirman37@... | 03/12/08
I don't get it...  Eriamjh | 03/13/08
Agreed  tikigawd | 03/17/08
Gibson is basically in the wrong on this  Dr_Zinj | 04/11/08
Can anyone say Patent troll?  JT82 | 03/13/08
So when's the EA lawsuit coming for RockBand?  nix_hed | 03/14/08
But they ARE getting a cut  tikigawd | 03/17/08
Was Darl McBride hired by Gibson? (nt)  startx.jeff | 03/13/08
RE: Activision's 'Guitar Hero' violates patent: Gibson  rbeier1116 | 03/13/08
You People Aren't Getting It!  DarbyOhara | 03/13/08
Off topic  tikigawd | 03/17/08
RE: Activision's 'Guitar Hero' violates patent: Gibson  El Condor | 03/13/08
RE: Activision's 'Guitar Hero' violates patent: Gibson  El Condor | 03/13/08
They should also show some respect  techr@... | 03/13/08
You missed  Spats30 | 03/13/08
Why Did It Take Them So Long!  StvBallmer | 03/13/08
RE: Activision's 'Guitar Hero' violates patent: Gibson  dlclark@... | 03/13/08
Activision is a new...  Larsix | 03/13/08
I found the patent  TheSimulacra | 03/13/08
U.S. Patent No. 5,990,405  TheSimulacra | 03/13/08
Oh Brother  roadtech | 03/17/08
RE: Activision's 'Guitar Hero' violates patent: Gibson  BeforeHisThrone | 03/13/08
Not the point...  TheSimulacra | 03/13/08
A good case...  Upsdrvr | 03/18/08
I refuse to buy any of the "guitar" games  jred | 03/17/08
Ah yes, the same Gibson that sued PRS  TheTruthisOutThere@... | 03/13/08
Yeah, the singlecut Les Paul copy.  kraterz | 03/13/08
Didn't that all unravel  TheTruthisOutThere@... | 03/14/08
There May Be Another Reason  karps | 03/17/08
Better idea for Gibson  wizard_of_oz | 03/17/08
Good Idea  roadtech | 03/17/08
Lawyers, keeping each other in a job, most evil  invmgr@... | 03/18/08
RE: Activision's 'Guitar Hero' violates patent: Gibson  stormrage10 | 04/11/08
RE: Activision's 'Guitar Hero' violates patent: Gibson  sperconti | 04/15/08
karaoke  yeik | 08/02/08

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