UPDATE: No new WMG deals for Rock Band since last August

**NexustEra** · Joined: 31 Dec 2008 Posts: 335

UPDATE:

A new article has just hit billboard.biz today titled "MTV Games, Warner: No 'Rock Band' Boycott Of WMG Artists." Basically, they say that they're just not able to reach any new deals. So while maybe not technically a boycott, there has been no more licensing going on for quite some time.

I have bolded what I thought were the most interesting parts of the article, and I have bolded and italicized the dumbest part of the article where it's obvious they didn't fact-check very well (Paranoid as DLC, lol):

**DYRE** · Joined: 05 May 2007 Posts: 719

Well, while Warner certainly has a right to ask for more money if they want (it's a capitalist economy, after all, so it's all about whether or not people will pay what they're asking), MTV also has a right to do what they want.
Neither company is doing anything wrong, as this is simply how our economy works. The problem is, however, that this could have a negative effect on the consumers...
Boycotting WMG means no more DLC from those bands... and there's a lot of music that WMG owns the rights to. However, even this presumably won't be too much of a problem. There's still other music available to choose from for DLC.

So, I don't really know how I feel about this, actually.

By the way, if Activision decided they were willing to pay WMG more money, MTV Games would likely be completely screwed by their boycott, since then Guitar Hero would get tons of music that Rock Band would not get. Although... I kind of doubt that's going to happen.

**Swivle** · Joined: 04 Jan 2009 Posts: 39

I think that MTV Games is doing the right thing by boycotting WMG. They'll see other labels making tons of easy extra profit from these games, and realize that their greed isn't going to get them anywhere.
_________________

I play real drums and guitar too

**Asenn34** · Joined: 12 Nov 2008 Posts: 190 Location: New Hyde Park

I too think that MTV games is doing the right thing here. As you can see artists having the songs on rockband have really increased there popularity. an example

Bang Camaro- After Night Lies was on rock band 2 i heard of people going to there concerts and everything.

Hopefully all will go well in the boycotting process
_________________

youtube.com/asenn34-Rock Band 2 vocal vids

**KJHall** · Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2009 3:17 pm Post subject:

While I think MTV is doing the right thing here... There are a lot of good bands in that list we'll be losing... Let's just hope Harmonix acquired a good number of songs from said bands and part of the boycotting process is releasing them all. =D
_________________

**Nivlheim** · Joined: 18 Dec 2006 Posts: 873 Location: Norway

Would this apply to Warner Records only, or all their affiliated labels/subsidiaries as well? If the latter, we're talking about a LOT of artists here. If the former, then meh. Let 'em rot. Funny thing.. Warner goes greedy and ends up getting less than they were getting before.

Sucks for us tho.

**ThunderPower** · Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2009 3:40 pm Post subject:

Paltry?

PALTRY?!

Adequate compensation is what they were fucking GETTING for their music, they deserve NOTHING MORE. NOT ONE CENT.

Warner should be paying Harmonix to put their music in their games!

Boycott Warner completely. Don't even buy their albums, don't buy concert tickets, don't even buy iTunes or Amazon MP3 - the "full circle deal" means the label gets a cut of everything. Choke them off.
_________________

Mascot since August 27, 2009

**espher** · Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2009 3:44 pm Post subject:

I do not oppose such a boycott.

**yamo5** · Joined: 05 Jun 2008 Posts: 1285 Location: Avenel NJ

That's a lot of awesome artists. Damn, Warner Music Group sucks. Aren't these the guys doing all this Youtube banning also?

**JaKE740** · Joined: 26 Nov 2006 Posts: 285

**BShea** · Joined: 14 Jun 2007 Posts: 1565 Location: Pittsburgh, PA

In case anyone is interested:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Music_Group_artists

Wow.. lots of good ones.

(including AC/DC )

I think maybe thats the problem. Warner probably doesn't understand the difference between Rock Band: AC/DC and GH: Aerosmith. They are probably comparing the money made and calling that "paltry". They don't realize that AC/DC was not meant to be a full game.
_________________

**Southparkhero** · Joined: 23 Aug 2008 Posts: 3251 Location: Some place in NJ.

So...is this a good thing or a bad thing

_________________

sdfadf

**Armisael** · Joined: 10 Sep 2008 Posts: 462

To those comparing MTV Games to the brave heroes fighting against an evil empire...

Do we actually KNOW how much MTV pays WMG for their songs? Y'know, it COULD actually be a paltry sum, relatively speaking. I don't think we should take sides until we actually HAVE some figures that we can use.
_________________

NerdTests.com says I'm a Cool Nerd God. Click here to take the Nerd Test, get geeky images and jokes, and talk to others on the nerd forum!

**espher** · Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2009 4:32 pm Post subject:

**005** · Joined: 13 Jul 2007 Posts: 1283 Location: Dallas

Eh, it's not like I would've ever gotten what I want from Warner's list of groups anyway. Stick it to 'em, I guess.