Please put down the pitchforks and torches if you are a Rock Band fan and hear me out. This post is not a gushing blabber to praise the gods for blessing us with Guitar Hero 3. In fact, it’s not even about Guitar Hero 3 at all… it is actually about Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks The 80s on the Playstation 2.

For those that are unaware. When Guitar Hero is put together, sometimes they cannot get access to the rights of original songs. When this is the case, they turn to a recording studio to make a sound-alike cover of the song they want to include. Apparently, according to the Romantics, the cover of their song “What I Like About You” is in fact too good.

Yes in this day and time, if you record a cover of a hit song, you better make damn sure it only sounds OK. If it sounds like the original, you may be in danger of being sued. After being sued for making a good song, you better not look at anyone while you are leaving the courthouse, they may consider that to be harassment then *bam*, back in the courthouse. And while in the courthouse for the second time signing your paperwork, I certainly hope you do not have a fountain pen issue that might stain the pants of a passerby. This would likely cost you somewhere in the area of $70 million dollars to replace the pants - as proven by this Judge who sued his dry cleaners for $65 million for his lost pants. More info on that story here.

So after losing $70 million for the pants accident, we’re back to the Romantics suing Activision for how good their song sounds in Guitar Hero. Absolutely ridiculous? Perhaps. Utterly retarded? Most definitely…

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