Gwen Stefani No Doubt vs. Activision Band Hero

It turns out that No Doubt singer Gwen Stefani is the only person on the planet that has never seen Guitar Hero. The band sign a nice lucrative deal to get money form the sale of the game Band Hero. They even went as far to put on the suit and create avatars for use in the game. They only gave a couple of songs and it turns out they though that was when those avatars would be used. If you ever played Guitar Hero you know the pace dictates you play four or five songs, so if you were going to be No Doubt you are going to run out of songs. The song in the set list is the Rolling Stones Honky Tonk Women. Gwen Stefani and her legal team call this an unauthorized performance by the Gwen Stefani avatar in a male voice boasting about having sex with prostitutes. The lawsuit also claims that No Doubt objected to the “Character Manipulation Feature. Activision refused to remove and says that it’s not at fault as they have a “written agreement” with No Doubt that justifies the use of its likeness in various features in the game. Get this part No Doubt is asking for unspecified damages, as well as a preliminary injunction and a permanent injunction against distribution of the game and for Activision to recall existing copies. Come on Gwen you were on hiatus for five years and you have not put out any new music as No Doubt in a longer time. The band reformed and could not create any new music so they ran around the country playing shows for cash. Then they sell out to the latest trend master tracks to video games as a new revenue stream and they want to kill the golden goose.