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By ROSE FRENCH NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Gibson Guitar Corp. has widened its attack on the video game industry with a second patent infringement lawsuit. It claims, in a case filed Thursday in federal district court in Nashville, that by developing, distributing and promoting the video game ``Rock Band,'' Harmonix, MTV Networks and Electronic Arts are violating a virtual-reality patent the guitar maker holds. The same 1999 patent is at issue in a separate lawsuit Gibso... MORE
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What happens when the guitar that's named after you is the protocol for Guitar Hero III? The president of the United States gives you the National Medal of Arts. OK, so maybe that's not the total reason guitar legend Les Paul will be one of ten recipients of the 2007 National Medal Of Arts. Paul was recognized "for his innovation as a musician, his pioneering designs of the electric guitar, and his groundbreaking recording techniques that have influenced the development o... MORE
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The "Friday at 5 P.M. mentioned in this video was December 7, 2007.
Anyone out there get one?
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Les Paul Les Paul (born Lester William Polsfuss June 9, 1915) is an American jazz guitarist and is one of the most important figures in the development of modern electric instruments and recording techniques. He is a pioneer in the development of the solid-body electric guitar (the Gibson Les Paul, which he helped design, is one of the most famous and enduring models), multitrack recording, and various reverb and echo effects. BiographyHis birthname was first simplifie... MORE
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The PBS series American Masters is doing an episode on musician/inventor of the solid body electric guitar. I'm certainly looking forward to this one. Here's the link.
