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    Activision Files Trademark for 'Drum Hero' — Didn't This Happen Already?

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    Image of Sobersean Sobersean
    04:43 PM

    In reply to Activision Files Trademark for 'Drum Hero' — Didn't This Happen Already?
    Donkey Konga is my Drum Hero.

    Also, I went to drumhero dot com and of course it was taken. I bet that domain owner won't be able to sleep for the next little while thinking of the ludicrous amounts of money they're going to get offered for that domain eventually.

    Hrm, either that or Acti will just sue them for it claiming they own the trademark so it's rightfully theirs. Roffles.
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    Edited by Sobersean at 11/08/09 4:45 PM Sobersean was starred Sobersean was unstarred
    Image of Quote Quote
    05:03 PM

    @Sobersean: Luckily owning a trademark does NOT imply owning a corresponding url. That would be terrible. #activision
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    Image of Sobersean Sobersean
    05:10 PM

    @Quote: Yeah I'm not up on my law-fu but I thought I remembered something like this from the past where a company sued the individual who owned the domain for their trademark, even though the domain owner had it for a good while, and the company that was suing actually won their case.

    But that was a long time ago I'm unclear if that's an actual memory or something whispered into my ear by mushroom people. #activision
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    05:17 PM

    @Sobersean: As long as the website is not related to the trademark in any way (i.e. drumhero.com is NOT a wesbite that actually talks about the game drumhero) I'm pretty sure the holder of the trademark can not sue the url owner.
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    Image of TRT-X TRT-X
    04:42 PM

    In reply to Activision Files Trademark for 'Drum Hero' — Didn't This Happen Already?
    The sad thing is that any "Drum Hero" game would just be a full band title that focuses more on songs with fancy drum work.

    Thus further confusing the "Hero" fanbase. #activision
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    Image of Strangelove Strangelove
    04:41 PM

    In reply to Activision Files Trademark for 'Drum Hero' — Didn't This Happen Already?
    I think it's more of a cock block than anything. Although I love playing Rock Band drums so much (I play most songs on expert, have the 3 cymbal expansion kit, and once it finally breaks I'm getting the fucking Ion) this could be appealing for me. #activision
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    Image of Bouchart Bouchart
    04:40 PM

    In reply to Activision Files Trademark for 'Drum Hero' — Didn't This Happen Already?
    Maybe they meant "Dumb Hero" and it was a typo.

    Now that the obvious lame joke is out of the way, Dumb Hero sounds like a good name for a parody jrpg. #activision
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    Image of DigitalHero DigitalHero
    04:39 PM

    In reply to Activision Files Trademark for 'Drum Hero' — Didn't This Happen Already?
    I'm calling it, next is Microphone/Singer Hero. #activision
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    Image of Michael Dukakis - Curse you baseball gods! Michael Dukakis - Curse you baseball gods!
    04:37 PM

    In reply to Activision Files Trademark for 'Drum Hero' — Didn't This Happen Already?
    What we don't know is that this is actually a historical simulation. The sequel will obviously be Fife Hero.
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    Edited by Michael Dukakis - Curse you baseball gods! at 11/08/09 4:37 PM Michael Dukakis - Curse you baseball gods! was starred Michael Dukakis - Curse you baseball gods! was unstarred
    Image of D-K, a burning sensation D-K, a burning sensation
    05:04 PM

    @Michael Dukakis - Curse you baseball gods!: I'm waiting for Lute Hero to get my tights on.. #activision
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    Image of spiderweb1986 spiderweb1986
    04:35 PM

    In reply to Activision Files Trademark for 'Drum Hero' — Didn't This Happen Already?
    I'd like to think that this is just trademark protection. I don't think Activision is dumb enough to release a drum only game.

    They've proven me wrong before, though. #activision
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    04:47 PM

    @spiderweb1986: The question is not whether Activision is dumb enough to make a drum only game. The question is whether Activision thinks the public is dumb enough to buy a drum only game.

    That having been said, I doubt it actually is trademark protection. #activision
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    Image of relatively_speaking relatively_speaking
    10/05/09

    In reply to Is A Call Of Duty Movie Really Happening?
    Following the traumatic journey of a war veteran as he decides if he's willing to let it all go and go through the hell of battle once more for what some may say is only a medal...- in Prestige Mode.
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    Image of gunluva is prepared to drop. gunluva is prepared to drop.
    10/05/09

    In reply to Is A Call Of Duty Movie Really Happening?
    So... just another war movie?
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    Image of Steed123 Steed123
    10/05/09

    @gunluva is prepared to drop.:

    I thought that at first, but it could turn into quite a cool SAS film if they did it properly - there are some good moments in that game.

    Still, a decent non-game based war film would probably be better.
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    Image of gunluva is prepared to drop. gunluva is prepared to drop.
    10/05/09

    @Steed123:

    There had better be a Captain Price in a CoD movie.
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    Image of omgwtflolbbqbye omgwtflolbbqbye
    10/05/09

    In reply to Is A Call Of Duty Movie Really Happening?
    OMG they already shot 2 minutes of the movie and it got leaked!
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    Image of omgwtflolbbqbye omgwtflolbbqbye
    10/05/09

    In reply to Is A Call Of Duty Movie Really Happening?
    A war movie based on games based on other pieces of fiction based on real life wars?

    I'll take a dozen!
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    Edited by omgwtflolbbqbye at 10/05/09 7:52 PM omgwtflolbbqbye was starred omgwtflolbbqbye was unstarred
    Image of Strife Fox † Strife Fox †
    10/05/09

    In reply to Is A Call Of Duty Movie Really Happening?
    I see a lot of grenade jokes, but I'm surprised no-one's posted that "Grenade of Grenade 4: Grenade Grenade" image.

    Makes me laugh every fucking time, even thinking about it makes me chuckle hahaha.
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    Image of Emiat Emiat
    10/05/09

    @Strife Fox †: Done, and Done
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    Image of Emiat Emiat
    10/05/09

    @Emiat:
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    Image of Skyman747 Skyman747
    10/05/09

    In reply to Is A Call Of Duty Movie Really Happening?
    So the generic FPS gets a generic War movie?
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    Image of lolgreg lolgreg
    10/05/09

    @Skyman747: Somebody call Vin Diesel, there's movies to be made.
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    Image of simply_androoo simply_androoo
    10/05/09

    In reply to Is A Call Of Duty Movie Really Happening?
    How I would I be able to tell a COD movie apart from a regular war movie?

    *movie starts on a Middle-Eastern battlefield, two American soldiers are taking cover behind a wall, riddled with bullets*

    Soldier 1: We're running outta ammo, they just keep coming! *headshots two terrorists*

    Soldier 2: I'M ON MY LAST CLIP!!!
    *releases a barrage of bullets, killing a single soldier*

    Soldier 2: FUCK!!!

    Soldier 1: Don't worry back-up will be here soon!
    *continues shooting*

    *A third solider appears on screen, and is instantly headshotted*

    Soldier 2: WAS THAT BACK-UP? THEY COULDN'T HAVE SENT ONLY ONE GUY!?!?!

    *Two more solider appear on screen and are instantly killed via sniper*

    *This continues for two and a half hours, until the terrorists grenade spam our two heros*

    The end.
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    Image of simply_androoo simply_androoo
    10/05/09

    @simply_androoo: I just looked at all the below comments that pretty much described what I just wrote, and now I feel worthless.

    :'(
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    Image of Demonbird Demonbird
    10/05/09

    @simply_androoo:
    Don't!
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    Image of Demonbird Demonbird
    10/05/09

    In reply to Is A Call Of Duty Movie Really Happening?
    Who would want to watch a movie about regenerating people, controlled by 12-16 year olds, who constantly die due to grenades?
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