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I Fought The Law... For The Week Ending March 18, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) March 18, 2011 4:24 pm
Axl Rose gets to sue Activision. And the lawsuit is basically just because he hates Slash. —World Entertainment News Network via Jam! Make sure you have permission to use that photograph of Run-D.M.C. in your next street art piece. Los Angeles' Thierry Guetta is getting sued because Run D.M.C. say he didn't have permission to do just that very...
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Guitar Hero, DJ Hero Being Discontinued

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) February 10, 2011 1:20 pm
Put down that fake gee-tar with colourful buttons and sit down 'cause we have some rather upsetting news: Guitar Hero's getting the axe. And it's not the only game Activision, the company that manufactures it, has discontinued. It's also scrapping its DJ Hero series. You'd think since there have been two volumes of DJ Hero, five sequels to Guitar...
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I Fought The Law... For Nov. 24, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) November 24, 2010 4:49 pm
I Fought The Law is a new CHARTattack column in which we track musicians' ongoing run-ins with The Man (and each other) everywhere. It looks like Happy Mondays dancer Bez is no longer on the run. He's going back to court after police arrested him at London, England's Euston train station. See, Bez allegedly broke a restraining order involving his...
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Activision Countersue No Doubt Over Band Hero Avatars

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By CHARTattack Staff December 10, 2009 2:57 pm
Sure, you can use Kurt Cobain's likeness to sing "Dancing With Myself" in Guitar Hero 5. And were he still alive, we'd be willing to bet he'd be plenty upset about that. No Doubt aren't dead, though, so they've sued Activision for using their likenesses as avatars in Band Hero. Now Activision are, like, "Yo, nuts to that, we're...
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No Doubt Suing Activision Over Band Hero Characters

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) November 4, 2009 5:09 pm
No Doubt are suing Activision for breach of contract and fraudulent inducement over their Band Hero avatars, which will appear in the just-released video game. The band say they were only told their likenesses would be used in three No Doubt songs, and instead discovered users can use the characters to play and sing other bands' songs. "...
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