No Doubt Sues Band Hero Over Karaoke Act

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Although we’d much rather see No Doubt involved in a game that would find Gwen Stefani running from brain-starved zombies, the band is currenltly only slated to appear in the music themed Band Hero game—and that’s causing quite an uproar.

Much like Courtney Love, No Doubt is not happy about the video game company’s decision to allow players to use the band members’ likenesses to perform non-No Doubt songs. (Really, Gwen? We can’t imagine anything more embarrassing than singing a song like “Hollaback Girl.”)

(Read: Courtney Love to Sue Guitar Hero 5: “I Loathe it and Kurt Would, Too”)

Rolling Stone and Spinner report that Stefani and Co. are setting their lawyers loose on the makers of the videogame, alleging that “Activision turned the group into virtual karaoke players.”

For its part, the Band Hero makers maintain that the band members knew the details of the contract, and the ways in which their likenesses would be used in the game, when they signed the deal.

We can’t help but think that these bands should’ve known what they were getting into when they signed this deal. Then again, they were probably just blinded by dollar signs. Greed is a tricky thing.

Do you think games like Guitar Hero and Band Hero encourage players to learn real instruments?

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