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Composer sues Electronic Arts over UNLV fight song

Q: What do NCAA Basketball 2009, NCAA Football 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, NCAA March Madness 2006, 2007, 2008, and NCAA Baseball 2006 and 2007 all have in common with each other?

A: The unauthorized use of the University of Nevada Las Vegas’s fight song .

At least according to its composer, Gerald Willis. That’s ten EA Sports titles that have allegedly infringed (nothing official yet) on Mr. Willis’s rights of ownership to the school’s fight song…

Gibson drags companies behind Rock Band to court

After Gibson Guitars sued Guitar Hero’s publisher Activision and some major game retailers, alleging that the game infringes upon one of its patents (related to technology required for simulating a musical performance). It has realized that the other leading game in the music genre, Rock Band, is also in violation of its patent. Now Gibson Guitars is suing Rock Band’s developer Harmonix, its parent company MTV Networks and the game’s distributor, Electronic Arts…