No Doubt agreed to appear in the game Band Hero, and now they are upset that within the game, the band can be chosen by the player to play any song. That's it. Their virtual image isn't being used to have virtual sex, do drugs, commit violent acts or anything unseemly... they are simply able to be used as the covering band, doing the thing that they do as themselves.
Now does anyone really think that a digitalized version of No Doubt lip synching to Y.M.C.A by the Village People or ABC by the Jackson Five is going to irreparably harm their image?
I mean, when Guitar Hero: Aerosmith or Metallica came out, did the fact that those bands in question were playing music by other artists somehow diminish them? No. So how come all of a sudden No Doubt feels that they are so special that being associated with other artists of their caliber somehow makes them less. If anything, they are elevated above them rather than being sublimated by them... so if anyone should be bringing suit, it is those artists who are not being represented like that.
When I mentioned this story on a game trading site I frequent, it turned out I was of the minority position because there is a lot of hate towards Activision for their perceived and real slights against gaming fans and such, and the general consensus seems to be that Activision is evil and they deserve what they get.
Am I really the crazy one in all this?
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