Activision Limits Guitar Hero 4 User Song Sharing, Won't Allow Covers

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While Guitar Hero World Tour (PS2, PS3, 360, Wii) will allow users to create and share their own songs online when the game releases on October 26, publisher Activision will be remove any track that resembles copyrighted material.

"We'll be actively monitoring the site," Neversoft project director Brian Bright explained to 1up. "We can't condone people putting up covers of music. It's really there for original content."

"If there's a licensed song and someone holds the copyright to it, we'll take it down regardless of whether or not someone complains," Activison PR manager Aaron Grant elaborated.

Along with the music creation suite--which allows MIDI track imports--and online sharing tools, the franchise's fourth major release brings drums and vocals to the traditionally guitar-only franchise. The game was developed by Neversoft for the Xbox 360 and PS3, with Vicarious Visions on the Wii edition and Budcat on the PS2.

Chris Faylor was previously a games journalist creating content at Shacknews.

From The Chatty
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    September 29, 2008 9:19 AM

    Sounds like a good idea to me.

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      September 29, 2008 9:19 AM

      Who owns the song though that the users put online though?

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        September 29, 2008 11:32 AM

        You mean who owns the ring tone becuase thats about how good they will sound.

        I'm guessing Activision will have all rights to anything the user base creates.

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