Activision Sued by The Romantics

Posted by Robert Janelle Nov 22, 2007

One-hit wonders from the 1980's The Romantics have filed a strange lawsuit against Guitar Hero maker Activision over a cover of "What I Like About You" included with Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80's.

The lawsuit is strange since Activision did secure permission to record a cover for their button-mashing phenomenon that is Guitar Hero.

At issue, according to a Canadian Press report, is that the cover version is so similar to the original that Activision has "infringed on the group's rights to it's own likeness."

Now, I don't play guitar Guitar Hero at all, since I much prefer playing a real guitar and I can say it's a little hard to get E major, A major and D major in that order to sound different from the original. Probably the reason the song is such a favourite among bar bands. .

It'll be interesting to see where this goes, especially since the band has filed an injunction to get the game pulled from shelves.