It appears The Romantics’ request to have their song “What I like About You” removed from Guitar Hero: Rocks the 80’s has been denied, at least for now. The ruling official, Judge Edmunds, stated on Monday that:

“Activision did exactly what the company was supposed to do in developing the product.”

The Romantics apparently felt that the cover version of their song sounded so similar to the original that “it, like, totally infringed on our awesomeness and uniqueosity”. Sorry, that’s not a real quote, but that’s how I imagined Jimmy Marinos (singer/drummer on the song) would’ve said it.

Hey, Romantics, how about you just be grateful someone is still paying you for your shitty near-30-year-old song.

To celebrate, go enter our Air Guitar contest. Right now. Go.

Tags: Activision, air_guitar, awesomeness, guitar_contest, guitar_hero, jimmy_marinos, romantics

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