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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Gibson Sues 'Rock Band' Creators, Wal-Mart, and Other Retailers]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/03/21/gibson-sues-rock-band-creators-wal-mart-and-other-retailers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/03/21/gibson-sues-rock-band-creators-wal-mart-and-other-retailers/</guid><description><![CDATA[Well... if they win.. (which I doubt)  Im glad I have my copies now. =D]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hikari]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 21st 2008 11:30PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Gibson Sues 'Rock Band' Creators, Wal-Mart, and Other Retailers]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/03/21/gibson-sues-rock-band-creators-wal-mart-and-other-retailers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/03/21/gibson-sues-rock-band-creators-wal-mart-and-other-retailers/</guid><description><![CDATA[glad i got my 2 wireless guitars. Yo preorder your guitar hero areosmith game coming out on june 29th. I ordered mine. there are a ton of awesome songs on it.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[steven]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 22nd 2008 6:37PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Gibson Sues 'Rock Band' Creators, Wal-Mart, and Other Retailers]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/03/21/gibson-sues-rock-band-creators-wal-mart-and-other-retailers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/03/21/gibson-sues-rock-band-creators-wal-mart-and-other-retailers/</guid><description><![CDATA[i think its funny that these idiots get sued after having naming rights to the game and game design rights what a bunch of lunatics]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[justin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 22nd 2008 9:05PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Gibson Sues 'Rock Band' Creators, Wal-Mart, and Other Retailers]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/03/21/gibson-sues-rock-band-creators-wal-mart-and-other-retailers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/03/21/gibson-sues-rock-band-creators-wal-mart-and-other-retailers/</guid><description><![CDATA[Gibson, Fender, Ibanez and Kramer among my favorite instruments depending on the sound one desires during recording, may use a little of each when over dubbing, are all fantastic choices! I for one am so glad somebody is nailing  Walmart, the low life scum of the Dept Store chains! Ahh hahahahahahaaha! ROFLMAO You go Gibson! Bust a hole in that cash box baby!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ricky P]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 23rd 2008 12:29PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Gibson Sues 'Rock Band' Creators, Wal-Mart, and Other Retailers]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/03/21/gibson-sues-rock-band-creators-wal-mart-and-other-retailers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/03/21/gibson-sues-rock-band-creators-wal-mart-and-other-retailers/</guid><description><![CDATA[In addition to constantly suing, Gibson has a history of purchasing music-related companies and running them into the ground. Opcode Systems and Oberheim are but two.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Scott]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 23rd 2008 12:53PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Gibson Sues 'Rock Band' Creators, Wal-Mart, and Other Retailers]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/03/21/gibson-sues-rock-band-creators-wal-mart-and-other-retailers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/03/21/gibson-sues-rock-band-creators-wal-mart-and-other-retailers/</guid><description><![CDATA[Gibson is simply waiting for Walmart and other companies to make money off the Gibson patent, using their own marking costs and business structures. Then they go in and demand a share of the profit. They get free advertising, free marketing, free salesforce. A smart business move. Many companies do this]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Afterbirth]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 23rd 2008 1:20PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Gibson Sues 'Rock Band' Creators, Wal-Mart, and Other Retailers]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/03/21/gibson-sues-rock-band-creators-wal-mart-and-other-retailers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/03/21/gibson-sues-rock-band-creators-wal-mart-and-other-retailers/</guid><description><![CDATA[thenk goodniss eye bot the bettur vershun cawled "Banjo-Hero" insted. Ye wun't be a findin' no derned lawyuhs a tryun' to soe them fellers, a fer a copyin' thet won. Eye wish'n eye culd sea them fellers a trying to evin spall "copeerite infrungment". Yee-Haw, ya'll.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Billy-Bob Joe Buck]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 23rd 2008 5:47PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Gibson Sues 'Rock Band' Creators, Wal-Mart, and Other Retailers]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/03/21/gibson-sues-rock-band-creators-wal-mart-and-other-retailers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/03/21/gibson-sues-rock-band-creators-wal-mart-and-other-retailers/</guid><description><![CDATA[tarnashuns!!! eye jes recollected a bettuh game, to be a found in them thar stures, comin' about summah time. Eye recollect it'll be a cawled "Fiddle-Hero", a fer them thaat true rebel rock heroes in about theese a heyuh parts. Well doggie, it'll be a rip rurin, hoot snurin guld times, ya'll. Yee-Haw!!!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Billy-Bob Joe Buck]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 23rd 2008 5:50PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Gibson Sues 'Rock Band' Creators, Wal-Mart, and Other Retailers]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/03/21/gibson-sues-rock-band-creators-wal-mart-and-other-retailers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/03/21/gibson-sues-rock-band-creators-wal-mart-and-other-retailers/</guid><description><![CDATA[Tur nashuns!!! Eye'm agonna hafn to recollect onna time eye ferget to be a speekin' on thet thar uthuh gamey tipe contrepshun, the ole timey "Washboard-Hero". A hootin annie of eh rip-roaren time. eye recun eye'd a be a shuckin' ya'll iffn eye ferget to speek on thet won. ad an ole wiskee jug an ye get yersef a reel ole timey hillybilly rock a roller band!!! Yee-Haw!!!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Billy-Bob Joe Buck]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 23rd 2008 6:05PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Gibson Sues 'Rock Band' Creators, Wal-Mart, and Other Retailers]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/03/21/gibson-sues-rock-band-creators-wal-mart-and-other-retailers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/03/21/gibson-sues-rock-band-creators-wal-mart-and-other-retailers/</guid><description><![CDATA[Billy Bob Joe Buck, you're hilarious.  Where you from, anyways, Arkansas?<br>At least a whisky jug takes some talent to play, Guitar Hero is just a fantasy game.  If you really want to be a rock hero, you have to practice.  However, some people waste their time playing fantasy video games instead of the real thing.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[nancy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 23rd 2008 6:29PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Gibson Sues 'Rock Band' Creators, Wal-Mart, and Other Retailers]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/03/21/gibson-sues-rock-band-creators-wal-mart-and-other-retailers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/03/21/gibson-sues-rock-band-creators-wal-mart-and-other-retailers/</guid><description><![CDATA[I will not buy a product from any company who is lawsuit happy.  This is a classic example!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 23rd 2008 7:29PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Gibson Sues 'Rock Band' Creators, Wal-Mart, and Other Retailers]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/03/21/gibson-sues-rock-band-creators-wal-mart-and-other-retailers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/03/21/gibson-sues-rock-band-creators-wal-mart-and-other-retailers/</guid><description><![CDATA[Gee, quit wasting time on a game. Get a real guitar, bass, drums, or keys and learn to play FOR REAL.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Steve Hanson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 23rd 2008 9:22PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Gibson Sues 'Rock Band' Creators, Wal-Mart, and Other Retailers]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/03/21/gibson-sues-rock-band-creators-wal-mart-and-other-retailers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/03/21/gibson-sues-rock-band-creators-wal-mart-and-other-retailers/</guid><description><![CDATA[Leave it to a company like Gibson to do this. I just don't see C.F. Martin doing the same thing. Gibson has always had this "big corporate" attitude abvout their instruments and design.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bruce]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 24th 2008 12:11AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Gibson Sues 'Rock Band' Creators, Wal-Mart, and Other Retailers]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/03/21/gibson-sues-rock-band-creators-wal-mart-and-other-retailers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/03/21/gibson-sues-rock-band-creators-wal-mart-and-other-retailers/</guid><description><![CDATA[get a real guitar, learn just three chords, you'll be able to play a ton of songs. IF you practice! ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[web jones]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 24th 2008 3:11PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Gibson Sues 'Rock Band' Creators, Wal-Mart, and Other Retailers]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/03/21/gibson-sues-rock-band-creators-wal-mart-and-other-retailers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/03/21/gibson-sues-rock-band-creators-wal-mart-and-other-retailers/</guid><description><![CDATA[Sadly, the Gibson company seems to have had to resort to frivolous lawsuits to shore up their sagging sales.  For years, the Gibson Les Paul was one of the most prestigious instruments a player could own.  There will be no comparisons to Fender instruments here - that would be like comparing milkshakes to lemonades.  The Gibson guitars nowadays are not what they once were and horribly overpriced.  For a time, retailers were threatening to (and some did) do away with the brand altogether.     The Fender Stratocaster, the single most played electric guitar on planet earth, has been copied  and replicated in a million different ways, but the Fender people simply smile at the flattery and the continued healthy sales of a quality and affordable instrument.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[hughkirkpatrick]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 5th 2009 1:00PM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
