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Re: Judge officially dismisses Activision lawsuit
A judge has dismissed what remained of Guns N’ Roses singer Axl Rose’s lawsuit alleging Activision Blizzard Inc. broke a promise not to use images of ex-bandmate Slash or songs by the guitarist’s new band in the “Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock” video game.
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Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Charles Palmer heard more than two hours of arguments concerning the lawsuit’s contract claims before taking the case under submission on Jan. 31.
On Thursday, he affirmed his tentative ruling and tossed out the remaining causes of action.
Last August Palmer threw out Rose’s fraud and misrepresentation claims because they were filed too late, but spared the contract causes of action.
Activision lawyers subsequently filed another dismissal motion and this time Palmer agreed the contract claims also should be dismissed.
Rose lawyer Geoffrey Neri said during the Jan. 31 hearing that the singer agreed to allow the use of “Welcome to the Jungle” in the video game only if no images of the old GNR lineup or of Slash’s subsequent band, Velvet Revolver, were used.
Rose’s court papers described “Welcome to the Jungle” as a “highly renowned rock song of immense popularity regarded by fans and critics alike as one of the greatest hard rock songs of all time.”
Rose, who has feuded with his former GNR bandmates for years, maintained he never approved of using Slash’s image in the video game featuring the song.
He expressed his objections through his lawyers during production, but Activision went forward anyway, according to his court papers.
“Guitar Hero III” has generated significantly more than $1 billion for Activision, according to the singer’s lawsuit, filed in November 2010
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Re: Judge officially dismisses Activision lawsuit
Not the 52nd birthday present Uncle Axl was hoping for.
"Rose lawyer Geoffrey Neri said during the Jan. 31 hearing that the singer agreed to allow the use of “Welcome to the Jungle” in the video game only if no images of the old GNR lineup or of Slash’s subsequent band, Velvet Revolver, were used"
I wonder how Axl explained that one to Duff...now that they are supposed to be frinds an' all.
That VR piece really bothers me...pure venom.
Re: Judge officially dismisses Activision lawsuit
he's so dellusional and petty. Without Slash He doesn't have the career he has.... had. Whaa fucking nutjob to agree to allow them to use Welcome to the Jungle but only if they agree not to use Slash's OR VR's image. Yeah ok he's trying to promote a new band, then fucking do it and stop trying to make people forget who the musicans were on the old songs. Pure ass clown mentality. I'm glad he lost this case just based on sheer douchery.
Re: Judge officially dismisses Activision lawsuit
Not the 52nd birthday present Uncle Axl was hoping for.
"Rose lawyer Geoffrey Neri said during the Jan. 31 hearing that the singer agreed to allow the use of “Welcome to the Jungle” in the video game only if no images of the old GNR lineup or of Slash’s subsequent band, Velvet Revolver, were used"
I wonder how Axl explained that one to Duff...now that they are supposed to be frinds an' all.
That VR piece really bothers me...pure venom.
If they can patch up this:
The lawsuit also attacks Axl's integrity as Slash and Duff, in a vindictive attempt to aggrandize their own stature, re-write history through false statements, which have been repeated by the media. Their attacks on Axl stand in sharp contrast to Rose's conduct. Axl has at all times worked diligently to maintain the artistic integrity of the band by choosing with great care which properties to license Guns N' Roses songs to and refusing to participate in what he believed were potentially embarrassing projects. He has fought to avoid the release of material that does not live up to the highest of standards demanded by the band's history and it's followers. Axl chose not to respond through the media while taking the high road in the face of Slash and Duff's attacks. Hudson and McKagan, by contrast, have told ever changing - and false - stories regarding the formation of the band and its history and believe that the band's catalogue should be exploited without careful consideration - for the Guns N' Roses brand and their loyal audience - or Axl's input as if it were fast food by anyone willing to pay for it.
And this:
In October of 2005 Slash made an unannounced 5:30 AM visit to Axl Rose's house. Not appearing to be under the influence, Slash came to inform Axl that: "Duff was spineless," "Scott was a fraud," that he "hates Matt Sorum" and that in this ongoing war, contest or whatever anyone wants to call it that Slash has waged against Axl for the better part of 20 years, that Axl has proven himself "the stronger."
Maybe Duff really is spineless? 
Talk about swallowing camels (if none of it is true).
In fact, I've been going through a lot of interviews lately and I find it odd that both Slash and Duff go around talking about Axl in a generally positive manner (compared to 10 years ago) considering the many claims he's made about them over the years.
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Re: Judge officially dismisses Activision lawsuit
It's because Duff and Slash don't give a fuck about what the crazy ginger does anymore.
Re: Judge officially dismisses Activision lawsuit
(A) Axl has at all times worked diligently to maintain the artistic integrity of the band by choosing with great care which properties to license Guns N' Roses songs to and refusing to participate in what he believed were potentially embarrassing projects. (B) He has fought to avoid the release of material that does not live up to the highest of standards demanded by the band's history and it's followers. (C) Axl chose not to respond through the media while taking the high road in the face of Slash and Duff's attacks. Hudson and McKagan, by contrast, have told ever changing - and false - stories regarding the formation of the band and its history and (D) believe that the band's catalogue should be exploited without careful consideration - for the Guns N' Roses brand and their loyal audience - or Axl's input as if it were fast food by anyone willing to pay for it.
dunno how sincere this post is meant to be taken but just a few notes on these points:
(A) he doesn't release shit out of spite, not integrity. tho his level of spite is actually perversely admirable, much more so than anything integrity ever got him or anyone fwiw.
& he does license to some dodgy stuff. big daddy is a funny show but it's some guy pissing on a wall while GnR play two versions of SCoM. & he seems to have a bit of a hard on for crappy ridley scott films - i actually haven't seen that body of lies one, it just looked so bad, in fact i think russ is the only person ive ever known who has mentioned it & he prob only bought it to have hd quality ITW..
(B) explain for me then OMG, Shacklers, CITR or Scrapped?
(C) axl's high road is all the weed he smokes. it's given him the mickey mouse voice & just made him even more paranoid than before.
(D) dunno about that. jeez i see american sports on tv & they use like 4 seconds of Jungle on a timeout break. yea slash was EVERYWHERE there a few yrs back (maybe i'd have more of an issue w/him doing the black eyed fuckin peas/fergie if he had actually still been in GnR) & i can see how that stuff could damage the credibility of GnR. but even still those appearances have their benefit for increasing the exposure of the brand in the long term, they do make some kind of sense.
& besides what's the rewards for axl's behaviour, the net result of his approach is we get nothing. it doesn't have to be all or nothing & @ this stage i'd be interested to see what the others would do if they had the power...
Re: Judge officially dismisses Activision lawsuit
dunno how sincere this post is meant to be taken but just a few notes on these points:
Hope you don't think I wrote that. It's from Axls press release back in 06.
(A) he doesn't release shit out of spite, not integrity. tho his level of spite is actually perversely admirable, much more so than anything integrity ever got him or anyone fwiw.
& he does license to some dodgy stuff. big daddy is a funny show but it's some guy pissing on a wall while GnR play two versions of SCoM. & he seems to have a bit of a hard on for crappy ridley scott films - i actually haven't seen that body of lies one, it just looked so bad, in fact i think russ is the only person ive ever known who has mentioned it & he prob only bought it to have hd quality ITW..
Big Daddy was a weird one I'll grant you that, and though Body of Lies sucked hard you can't exactly rip on Axl for whoring out GN'R music when he's allowed 3 or 4 songs in 20 years to be used in commercial projects. (Big Daddy being the only really inappropriate one).
(B) explain for me then OMG, Shacklers, CITR or Scrapped?
Whaaat? Shackler is average but I love all those other songs. I might consider OMG his best rocker since the old days. Compared to some of the drivel the rest of the guys have put out Axl is making Bach symphonies. That's one of the few things I'll give him all thumbs up on these days.
(C) axl's high road is all the weed he smokes. it's given him the mickey mouse voice & just made him even more paranoid than before.
Going through the interviews I'm not all that sure Axl has taken much of a high road, at least not relatively. He seems to have had a blowup in early 06 though, that's when he starts to really put the screws on.
(D) dunno about that. jeez i see american sports on tv & they use like 4 seconds of Jungle on a timeout break. yea slash was EVERYWHERE there a few yrs back (maybe i'd have more of an issue w/him doing the black eyed fuckin peas/fergie if he had actually still been in GnR) & i can see how that stuff could damage the credibility of GnR. but even still those appearances have their benefit for increasing the exposure of the brand in the long term, they do make some kind of sense.
& besides what's the rewards for axl's behaviour, the net result of his approach is we get nothing. it doesn't have to be all or nothing & @ this stage i'd be interested to see what the others would do if they had the power...
Slash was doing strange pop collaborations in the early 90s. I wouldn't bet on it. Since we lack so much information it's hard to say to which extent Slash and Duff have been trying to "whore out" GN'R music, but Slash going up there with Jamie Foxx at some ridiculous MTV show, butchering the NR solo, well it should give us a hint on where he stands when it comes to easy paychecks.
Re: Judge officially dismisses Activision lawsuit
One of the issues Slash had with Axl was that Axl was preventing the old music from being used in more films, which was keeping them from making more money. I can't remember all of them, but I know Old School was one of them.
That whole licensing thing is strange. You say okay to "Can't Hardly Wait," but no to "Old School."
And for the record, Axl had a legit gripe with this lawsuit. But when you snooze you lose. And he would've won.
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Oh yeah, "If The World" was used perfectly in Body Of Lies. It was the coolest part of the movie. And it was the lead in to the credits 
