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Song used in GameCube commercial spurs lawsuit


Another day, another lawsuit.

This time, the big N is the one under the legal knife -- or was, since the plaintiff dropped the case a week after filing it for currently unknown reasons. Filed on June 12th and dropped on June 18th, Morgan Creek Productions felt that Nintendo's use of a song in a Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door commercial violated copyright laws, as the song was used without proper authorization.

The tune in question is "You're So Cool" by Hans Zimmer, which appeared in the film True Romance. The complaint cites that Nintendo played the commercial "sometime within the past three years," which isn't very specific. This could be one possible reason why the suit was dropped, unless the companies happened to reach a quick, under-the-table settlement.

In any case, you can watch the "offending" commercial above.

[Via Game Politics]

Tags: copyright, copyright-infringement, gamecube, hans-zimmer, lawsuit, morgan-creek-productions, true-romance, youre-so-cool

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