— -- Imitation might be flattery, but that doesn't make the Romantics any happier about it. The Detroit rock band has sued the publisher of the popular video game Guitar Hero, claiming the game ...

DETROIT – The Romantics have filed a federal lawsuit against Activision Inc., the maker of "Guitar Hero," saying the popular video game infringes on the band's rights by featuring a soundalike ...

Billboard is reporting that the members of the band The Romantics have filed a lawsuit against Activision over Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s. The game uses sound-alike musicians to sing "What I ...

This is possibly the oddest lawsuit I've read about in a fair while, but The Romantics are apparently suing Activision, Harmonix and Red Octane over use of a song of theirs in Guitar Hero Encore: Rock ...

(Detroit) -- The rock band The Romantics could force a version of the video game "Guitar Hero" to be taken off the shelves because it sounds too much like them.The Detroit Free Press reports The ...

Can a band that licenses a song be sued for making a cover version sound too much like the original? That's the core issued raised in an unusual publicity rights suit filed in Detroit by '80s rockers ...

Here's the situation: Activision paid to use the song "What I Like About You" by The Romantics on the game Guitar Hero Rocks the 80s. Like many songs where it didn't have access to or didn't pay for ...

As the video game “Guitar Hero” is smashing sales records in its third incarnation, the Detroit ’80s rockers The Romantics have sued the game’s maker for stealing their song with permission. Sure, ...

DETROIT – The Romantics have filed a federal lawsuit against Activision Inc., the maker of Guitar Hero, saying the popular video game infringes on the band’s rights by featuring a soundalike recording ...

This summer Guitar Hero rocked the '80s, eliciting raves from fake-fret fanboys alongside workmanlike sessions of procrastination around the nation. But if you were waiting for some post-holiday sales ...

Members of rock band the Romantics have sued Activision Publishing over its "Guitar Hero Encore, Rocks the 80's" videogame, which uses a version the band's "What I Like About You" recorded by… By ...

DETROIT (AP) – The Romantics have filed a federal lawsuit against Activision Inc., the maker of “Guitar Hero,” saying the popular video game infringes on the band’s rights by featuring a soundalike ...