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August 15, 2008
Kotick: Warner Comments On Game Music On Line Speed Racer Game Royalties Not 'Respectful'
Activision's firing back at Warner Music, whose CEO recently asserted that the video dutch oven cornish game hens game industry doesn't pay enough to the music industry in song royalties for games like Guitar Hero and Rock Band.
Activision CEO Bobby Kotick took issue with Warner Music CEO Edgar Bronfman's comments that "the online game addiction amount being paid to the music industry, even though their big game hunting camera games are entirely dependent on the content we own and control, is far too small."
"I think his view was ... that [Warner Music] 3d game studio should be compensated the way they might for a strip game central performance on iTunes,” Kotick said to the Financial Times.
Kotick told the Financial Times that Bronfman's comments were "one-sided," bob marshall game preserve montana and not "respectful of how much we’ve done to bring new audiences into the market," suggesting that Bronfman's undervaluing the impact of games on the music industry.
Tension between the two parties is significant, as Warner Music maintains relationships with many mastermind game of the bands involved in Activision's free boggle game Guitar Hero franchise free world of warcraft game card -- for example, it currently publishes the music of Metallica, who will be debuting its next album, Death Magnetic, as DLC for Guitar Hero III. A Guitar Hero III pack including Warner-published bands such as Linkin Park and squad leader game The Used has also debuted.
POSTED: 11.56AM PST, 08/15/08 - Leigh Alexander - LINK
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