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  • sumzup
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    • Nov 2005
    • 1398
    #1

    Konami sues over Rock Band

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    We'd better hope they don't find out about FFR, otherwise this site is screwed. Unless they know about it and are ignoring it because they wouldn't be able to squeeze any money out of the site.
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    • Redorigami
      Call me Massive Swallow
      FFR Simfile Author
      • Oct 2005
      • 3162
      #2
      Re: Konami sues over Rock Band

      Originally posted by Tasselfoot
      We currently have a better relationship with Konami than you'd think. But I can't say more. And no, we currently have no rights to any of their music.
      So I don't think we should worry.
      Originally posted by TheRapingDragon
      The ability to lick the clit and the vagina and apply gentle pressure at the same time with one upward lick is something the small tongued of us can only dream about.
      Originally posted by spreadNv
      Got dibs on La Camp.
      Oh right, Im not any good.
      Got dibs on Pita.

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        • MrRubix
          FFR Player
          • May 2026
          • 8340
          #3
          Re: Konami sues over Rock Band

          IMO this is an example of the downside to patents stifling innovation. It's lame that Konami can pretty much attack any popular music simulation (as has happened before... poor ITG) just so that it can continue to release crappy rehashes of Supernova.

          For the record, though, I don't expect Konami to really win that claim. There are enough differences to fall back on, I think, to keep Konami away.
          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0es0Mip1jWY

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            • Tokzic
              FFR Player
              • May 2005
              • 6878
              #4
              Re: Konami sues over Rock Band

              this is already being discussed in the rock band thread

              why did you make a new topic for it

              Last edited by Tokzic: Today at 11:59 PM. Reason: wait what

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                • sumzup
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                  • Nov 2005
                  • 1398
                  #5
                  Re: Konami sues over Rock Band

                  Originally posted by Redorigami
                  So I don't think we should worry.
                  That's really interesting, actually. Hopefully at some point we can find out the particulars of this relationship.

                  Originally posted by MrRubix
                  IMO this is an example of the downside to patents stifling innovation.
                  Most definitely. Almost all patent violation lawsuits should be thrown out...there are some that are valid, of course, which is why patents exist in the first place, but there is definitely a need for reform. I especially hate the companies that buy up patents and sit on them, meanwhile suing those that actually use technology that the patent supposedly covers. And the companies that get patents for things like "clicking device" or whatever; general patents are horrible.

                  Edit: Tokzic: I don't frequent the Rock Band thread, and I didn't even remember the thread in the first place. My bad. Oh well...

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                    • Tasselfoot
                      Retired BOSS
                      FFR Simfile Author
                      • Jul 2003
                      • 25185
                      #6
                      Re: Konami sues over Rock Band

                      ROCK REVOLUTION!!!

                      Anyway... Rubix... Synth, Jason, and I were discussing this as a potential a few months ago. Clearly MTV and crew have the bank to fight the suit way better than Roxor did, but that doesn't mean that Konami still won't win. Konami holds patents on basically EVERYTHING dealing with rhythm-gaming... from scrolling arrows to the machines to the instruments to yada yada.

                      PS - I wish I could tell you guys what I know about Konami beyond cryptic stuff. But I can't.
                      RIP

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                        • Dorby
                          fake plastic deez
                          • Aug 2007
                          • 874
                          #7
                          Re: Konami sues over Rock Band

                          Originally posted by Tasselfoot
                          PS - I wish I could tell you guys what I know about Konami beyond cryptic stuff. But I can't.
                          so you just throw it out there anyways?
                          Originally posted by Phynx
                          And so it was, with this thread that, in 2014 Robertsona will be placed in history via the Legendary Thread section. He will be respected as a self-proclaimed master of TGB. A feat so uncared for and ignored that he himself committed suicide in early 2013.

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                            • Mans0n
                              Sun and Stars
                              FFR Music Producer
                              • Sep 2006
                              • 2907
                              #8
                              Re: Konami sues over Rock Band

                              Damn Tass is a insider, get him!
                              HE knows to much. And rockband is'nt very similar to DDR, other than the fact that Little blocks or w/e scroll and you click buttons to hit them.
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                                • [TeRa]
                                  FFR Player
                                  • May 2007
                                  • 9922
                                  #9
                                  Re: Konami sues over Rock Band

                                  Yay, I have another reason as to why I boycott konami products.

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                                    • championanwar
                                      Ask Nuro! x3
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                                      FFR Music Producer
                                      • Jun 2004
                                      • 2588
                                      #10
                                      Re: Konami sues over Rock Band

                                      and to think, i liked konami alot, it seems as if they are after a quick buk now

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                                        • fastfingers65
                                          Banned
                                          • Sep 2006
                                          • 1124
                                          #11
                                          Re: Konami sues over Rock Band

                                          go get them konami

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                                            • [TeRa]
                                              FFR Player
                                              • May 2007
                                              • 9922
                                              #12
                                              Re: Konami sues over Rock Band

                                              They just sue anything that is similar to a game they have that gets bigger than theirs, and then they never make their game better, which is stupid of them.

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                                                • TC_Halogen
                                                  Rhythm game specialist.
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                                                  FFR Music Producer
                                                  • Feb 2008
                                                  • 19376
                                                  #13
                                                  Re: Konami sues over Rock Band

                                                  Originally posted by Mans0n
                                                  Damn Tass is a insider, get him!
                                                  HE knows to much. And rockband is'nt very similar to DDR, other than the fact that Little blocks or w/e scroll and you click buttons to hit them.
                                                  Well, you also have to take into account that Konami did have Percussion Freaks (or something along that lines, I really can't remember). They didn't seem to contest Roxor that much on GH (at least nothing that I would have seen/remembered), but now that MTV is starting to make gigantic bucks with their one of a kind game, Konami (being personified in this example) is an opportunist, and they don't want anything in the way.

                                                  As far as Konami winning the case, I'm not sure. But groups have substantial amounts of money--it's not gonna be an easy walk in the park.

                                                  Originally posted by fastfingers65
                                                  go get them konami
                                                  Way to show absolutely no relevance to the topic. At least specify why?

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                                                    • Afrobean
                                                      Admiral in the Red Army
                                                      • Dec 2003
                                                      • 13262
                                                      #14
                                                      Re: Konami sues over Rock Band

                                                      DrumMania and GuitarFreaks is NOTHING like the drumming or guitar playing in Rock Band. The only common element between them is the fact that they're both simulations.

                                                      Also: despite this patent being filed in these United States, Konami has NEVER released ANYTHING in the Western hemisphere relating to this sort of product. Their first instance will be Rock Revolution, coming out roughly a year after Rock Band, and multiple years after Guitar Hero first broke out on the scene with the concept that eventually lead to RB.

                                                      ps totally wrong forum, and the topic has already been brought up in relevant threads in the correct forum.

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                                                        • EnR
                                                          Massive flaming dildos.
                                                          FFR Simfile Author
                                                          • Jul 2007
                                                          • 8431
                                                          #15
                                                          Re: Konami sues over Rock Band

                                                          Guess they're going to have to sue GH4 now.
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