As you've probably heard by now, Gibson Guitar Corporation is suing just about everyone who has ever even had a thought about touching something called Guitar Hero or Rock Band for patent infringement. Here's a roundup of opinions and speculation from around the interwebs on this very topic:
- "Is this a sour grapes issue or does Gibson really have a valid case? One has to wonder if the games weren’t successful would this even be a case?" -- Just Press Play
- "The Guitar Hero suit may surprise the many fans who have played the game, because to do so requires holding officially licensed replica Gibson guitars. It would have seemed these two companies got along: The guitars for the first Guitar Hero games were modeled from Gibson SGs, the Xbox 360 version of Guitar Hero II included a replica Gibson X-Plorer, and the controller for Guitar Hero III is based on a Gibson Les Paul." -- MTV
- "So what do you do when you want more money but someone's not willing to give it to you? Well, sue, of course." -- Prefix Magazine
- "It seems strange that it’s taken so long for Gibson to notice the patent violation and decided to do something about it." -- BLORGE.com
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Posted by: Hugo | March 12, 2010 at 01:59 PM