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MTV calls 'Rock Band' lawsuit "baseless"

14 July 2008 13:20 by Andre "DVDBack23" Yoskowitz | 13 comments

On Friday, Konami announced that it had begun a lawsuit against MTV, Viacom and Harmonix over alleged patent infringement have to do with the blockbuster game Rock Band.

Konami claims that Rock Band infringes on patents pertaining to "musical-rhythm matching game."

"Konami's actions are extremely surprising," an MTV spokesperson said.

"Unfortunately, successful products such as Rock Band can often become targets for baseless litigation. We have substantial defenses to this claim and intend to vigorously defend it."

Konami is currently working on a new "musical-rhythm matching game" dubbed Rock Revolution and is seeking to have an injunction placed on the instruments sold along with Rock Band.

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Vanilla66 (Junior Member) 14 July 2008 13:22
HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA, konami got screwed again. [ + quote]
squidge37 (Newbie) 14 July 2008 15:21
up up down down left right left right B A start [ + quote]
geestar20 (AfterDawn Addict) 14 July 2008 18:22
[NUKE] [ up up down down left right left right B A start ][ wrong code ] lol Proper up up down down left right left right B A B A start [ + quote]
7thsinger (AfterDawn Addict) 14 July 2008 23:33
^ Ha! I remembered it too! [ + quote]
lawndog (Member) 15 July 2008 1:52
ha ha but nobodies named the game..............Contra sad that I still know that [ + quote]
bdoggie08 (Junior Member) 15 July 2008 11:06
(down) Is that the Rock Band sequel? Haven't heard of "Frets on Fire" What is that? [ + quote] This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 15 July 2008 11:07
JaguarGod (Senior Member) 15 July 2008 15:05
I think squide37 got it right. Pretty sure the "B A" is only inputed once. Don't feel like confirming it though... NES is in storage along with games... BTW, will the rock band stuff work with Frets on Fire? [ + quote]
7thsinger (AfterDawn Addict) 15 July 2008 16:16
*Originally posted by lawndog:* ha ha but nobodies named the game..............Contra sad that I still know that I thought that was understood? :) Learn To Backup DVDs Here And Here. [ + quote]
emugamer (Member) 15 July 2008 17:07
*Originally posted by JaguarGod:* I think squide37 got it right. Pretty sure the "B A" is only inputed once. Don't feel like confirming it though... NES is in storage along with games... BTW, will the rock band stuff work with Frets on Fire? Yeah, it's only 1 set of B A. I would bet the mortgage on that :P [ + quote]
DoomLight (Newbie) 15 July 2008 20:59
back in the day when video games only had 4 buttons. and thats if u even counted select and start. [ + quote]
loubat (Junior Member) 21 July 2008 23:27
*Quote:* *Originally posted by JaguarGod:* I think squide37 got it right. Pretty sure the "B A" is only inputed once. Don't feel like confirming it though... NES is in storage along with games... BTW, will the rock band stuff work with Frets on Fire? Yeah, it's only 1 set of B A. I would bet the mortgage on that :P Well the Contra code was "B A B A Start." Other Konami games (I remember a TMNT game for example) had variations of the code, including some that only had one set of "B A". :) Edit: Interestingly, I just fired up an emulator and both versions work. Weird. shrugs Guess I've been cramming those 2 extra button mashes in all these years for nothing! :D [ + quote] This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 22 July 2008 20:03
JaguarGod (Senior Member) 23 July 2008 22:17
Hey thanks for confirming!! I was too lazy to do so myself :P [ + quote]
7thsinger (AfterDawn Addict) 23 July 2008 22:20
*Quote:* Edit: Interestingly, I just fired up an emulator and both versions work. Weird. shrugs Guess I've been cramming those 2 extra button mashes in all these years for nothing! :D Lol. Good to know i can skip a couple button mashes. :) Learn To Backup DVDs Here And Here. [ + quote]