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Say they didn't agree to sing others' songs.
The members of pop act No Doubt are suing Activision over the use of their avatars in Guitar Hero spin-off Band Hero.
Their complaint is the same as Kurt Cobain's widow Courtney Love's over the appearance of the Nirvana frontman as a playable character in Guitar Hero 5 - that their likenesses can be used to play other people's songs.
No Doubt - i.e. Gwen Stefani and three men with regrettable hair whose names we've forgotten - say that they gave permission for their avatars to perform three of their own songs only. "Without the band's knowledge or approval, Activision turned the group into virtual karaoke players by having them perform over 60 additional songs by other musical groups," said the band's lawyers in a statement, according to Gamasutra.
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The members of pop act No Doubt are suing Activision over the use of their avatars in Guitar Hero spin-off Band Hero.
Their complaint is the same as Kurt Cobain's widow Courtney Love's over the appearance of the Nirvana frontman as a playable character in Guitar Hero 5 - that their likenesses can be used to play other people's songs.
No Doubt - i.e. Gwen Stefani and three men with regrettable hair whose names we've forgotten - say that they gave permission for their avatars to perform three of their own songs only. "Without the band's knowledge or approval, Activision turned the group into virtual karaoke players by having them perform over 60 additional songs by other musical groups," said the band's lawyers in a statement, according to Gamasutra.
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