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Our company paid a licensing fee to feature the track 'One' by Metallica in Guitar Hero III. We don't understand why Metallica would turn around and sue us, unless they've gone from insane to completely bats*** insane since 2001, but we're confident that the law and our contracts will be enough to have this thrown out. |
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Beer good, Napster baaad.
so great... also as cartman would say "you're breaking my balls here!"
f uck metallica, they are always suing everyone, and they are *****e! these noisy wankers should buy the farm!
Metallica proved they're as badass as a nun when they wouldn't stop *****ing about people stealing overpriced songs from multi-millionaires. Eat sh*t and die, like all hair-bands should have; the 80's are over.
Officially the cheapest band in history....damn I hate them...
It's not like u can take the album from Guitar hero 3 and pu it on ur ipod! It's just for in game... these idiots must be retarded
Wow, you guys here are smart. You all belive this?? This is 110% fake bull*****
METALICA RULEZ
This is why since the 90s I've decided that I will never go to a Metallica show, download and pay for their music, or buy a cd of theirs ever again. My disdane for them is such that I'll turn the radio off so is not to listen to them. In short ***** METALLICA
metallica really sucks i have no respect for them they have no talent what so ever
thank you i had to vent a little
Sure, I believe that lawyers always use the term bat***** insane when talking to the press.
Riiiiiiiiggggghhhhtttt..........
the story is not real you idiots. That makes no *****ing sense. In this day where every idiot with a keyboard is a journalist, do some *****ing research before you say a bad is uing everyone
i guess metallica doesn't make music to be heard, only to be bought
Man what are they thinking? What a bunch of washups.
They were my favorite band after the black album of the early 90s.
Then they got all sue happy.
Then they went from hard metal to "crap rock."
Now they just suck. Suing a game maker after they already paid for the rights, how low. No wonder Newstead quit.
Nobody is going to buy the album because they now suck and sue everyone, not because the song is in a game. Fu*king idiots.
hey, i totally agree with you, i used to be a fan too.
This is just ridiculus...
i agree. metallica used to one of the best metal bands. now they are one of the best posers complaining about music that they can't even write anymore. they should be f'in happy that someone is still listening to their music. hey i know maybe if they would grow up and get their lazy asses out of a chair and write a damn decent song the world would give them some credit again.
Metal forever...Metallica....maybe someday.....
OK they're not totally stupid.
The new music still sucks though.
but after St. Anger they have nothing to fear from people stealing any new music from them.
*****?!
I can't *****ing stand Metallica anymore. Album sales would rise if they are on these games. They really are just a bunch of old idiotic *****s!!! It reminds me of the bull***** psa Lars did a fews back against Napster on the MTV awards. They are pieces of crap. I can't believe as rich as they are they want more. Greedy pig bastards.
It makes it impossible to enjoy their music.
I can't believe this to be true. This is beyond *****ing retarded. Someone is pulling your leg.
I'm going to give Metallica the benefit of the doubt and say this is probably fake, especially considering that the original announcements about the songs was put up on their website in the first place, and the article gives no source for their claims.
...that Metallica basically got their start due to people sharing bootlegs of their songs, back in their early days?
I guess they sure don't.
F*ck Metallica, keep file sharing.
Get a real job Metallica geezers, then you wouldn't have to worry about people not buying your album.
WFT? Are you that stupid?
again?
I think it would be magical if Matalica got into a plane and flew over the bermuda triangle...never to be seen (or heard) again.
Haha
I think Lars is crying again. ***** you lars go sale some of your *****ty paintings
They are stuck in the dark ages of music and will be left behind. What a bunch of idiots!
The three companies bought rights to the song(s) so they could re-record their own versions of the songs. It's not like people are going to listen to 'One' on GH3 and think "Wow, this is soooo much better than the real version. I'm never buying original Metallica music ever again!" Most people have already given up on buying Metallica albums altogether, thanks to their years of *****ing.
i agree..... why da ***** would somebody buy a $50 game just to listen to one of metallica's songs?? how in the world are their album sales going to decline?? lol this is extremely ridiculous. IDIOTS.
Acording to wikipedia (not the most reliable of sources) they are going to use the actual One master track and not re-record a new version as you said.
But anyway the updates says that this was all made up so it doesn't matter.
they suck anyway
Metallica Sucks balls the should be ban from playing heavy Music
and they should call it "How to Kill a Fanbase"
Seriously, if they didn't suck so much, maybe ppl WOULD buy there albums. Maybe u shouldn't have wasted ur money on booze and drugs, now get a job wanker, or I'll sue you for your music making me f***ing nautious
http://www.n4g.com/News-59225.aspx Even do they sux Its not true there not suing anyone
"the band is fearful that album sales will decline because consumers can easily get hold of their songs just by purchasing video game titles"
yeah, that's right metallica, people are going to go out and pay $50 for a video game that contains one of their (crappy) songs, rather than pay $15-20 dollars for an album full of their (crappy) songs.
this is so stupid i could almost believe it is fake, its just that i've seen too many examples of metallica's greed that i can't help but still believe it.
This has got to be a bad joke or publicity stunt. I mean, this is retarded, even for them.
Wait, I need to remember who we're talking about here...
Mebbe it ain't true, but it sounds like something these old turds would do. My god I 've hated this band sine I was 21 in 1981. Hell, I;m retiring soon.
Give it up you old fartknockers! You peaked before Beavis and Butthead!
they say they are worried about a video game declining sales?!?!
wtf?!? lol
if anything causes their sales to decline it will be the fact that most hard rock fans look down upon crybaby b!tches
metalica stop whinning like little BBIITTCCHZZ, they payed for the rights to the song and if you guys think people wont buy your cd because of 1 song then you guys are absolutly being moneygrubbin asssholes.I use to respect the band and now i know they are materalistic money hungery prick *****n *****s with little class,good going you wunch od DOOSH BAGS.
LAWSUITS GALORE.
Thanks to bands like Metallica, the USA takes another fall with retarded lawsuits and the likes. Thank the American dream.
BTW, Metallica ain't wut they used 2b
This is obviously fake. Even if the band was that dumb, their lawyers would not allow this to come to a lawsuit.
you guys have until 9:12 PM EST before this story hits the main page at Fark.com ... expect a flood of traffic. It's a wee bit of a cyberspace rite of passage.
Guitar Hero III is advertised on the official metallica website. Quite enthusiastically. And it was posted 2 weeks ago.
http://metallica.com/index.asp?item=600358
Rock Band was announced on Metallica.com back in early July.
http://metallica.com/index.asp?item+600308
"When asked to comment, Gamestop representatives asked reporters if they were looking forward to Halo 3 and if they would like to maybe pre-order a copy to make sure they got one at the release."
very funny...
***** all you *****suckers. Go listen to My Chemical Romance and slit your wrists. Metallica rules!
You're a douche, just like MCR and Metallica.
1) Does Metallica even realize that they licensed the song to a video game company? Didn't they get the check (over simplified)? Perhaps RIAA took Metallica out for burger and fries and didn't realize that was the compensation for the license of their song.
2) Really; people aren't going to spend $80 dollars to pirate a song off a video game. What is the difference of buying a $80 game and trying to find the audio file to pirate. VS. Buying a CD and ripping the audio from that disc? Ripping from a CD is easier for the average person.
Got a tip from Trent:
Trent Reznor Challenges Music Norms
http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/04/16/1417205
Now Metallica; learn from the other kids and play nice. For what it is worth Metallica:
I have stopped buying mainstream music because your industry:
a) Sues people: IE FANS
b) puts out crap for music and expects people to buy it.
c) RIAA is greedy. $17-30 for a CD? Are you serious? DVD's have come down in price from $40 to $10-20. The prices of CD's have done nothing but climbed since its inception. Over time technology gets cheaper and prices come down; not so with RIAA.
Sum it up: suing fans, crappy music that is over priced.
All independent music for this old man. Yes; I buy CD's; kiss my money gooooooood bye.
What a joke, a pre-emptive strike. It has taken me all of 4 seconds to find the torrent that contains every single track Metallica has ever made.
Obviously they licensed the track cheaply and didn't realise how big these games are going to be and are backtracking all they can in order to renegotiate the agreement.
I always thought their music was somewhat contrived and, to put it badly, fake. Their suing is just further illustration that how they act in life is in no way shape or form what they say in their music.
Confirmed to be a fake
http://n4g.com/industrynews/News-59225.aspx
even if it is fake they are still *****-sucking has beens
Of course you guys will believe anything that's thrown at you without the real facts.
typical ps3 fan *****....
so album sales are going to decline because it's going to be very easy for people to steal metallica music from a $90(aud) game? riiiiight.
they seriously need to get over it... people are downloading their music all the time... and i would hardly call guitar hero a culprit!
I have the black album and S&M and mabie another but why don't they want there song is in a game. Mabie people will love the song on guitar hero and say man I have to get more of there music, mabie I'll buy a cd.
They should also sue the internet
honestly they're lucky to have someone willing to put the crap they're making nowadays in a game
Harmonix has said that this is fake on the Rock Band Forums.
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