Report: MTV Games, WMG enter licensing stalemate

@barilli71 . . . Ten comes out the week of March 24th. I'm so amped for it!

at least WB should help out by releasing new tracks like the Metallica Track Pack 02 or an Aerosmith Track Pack!!!

Warner should realise that A Rock Band = $£$£$£$ and B Rock Band creates huge publicity for a band, look at what Guitar Hero did for Dragonforce

Hopefully they don't revert back to releasing cover versions of songs. BTW - when is the Pearl Jam-Ten album suppose to be out?

So let me get this straight: Warner doesn't like money?

greed sucks, now you wont have any body to feed your endless need for more... Good job forgetting where the real power lies... in the people.

As long as the music of U2, Led Zeppelin, Bloc Party, The Cure, and The Allman Brothers Band aren't owned by a company under WMG, I could care less.

Well I guess if you don't like it then you can boycott WB products until it's resolved.

amkalfus, games are about money too... in case you never noticed.

@mikefat I have long wanted to play Story of the Year (now signed to Epitath).

I wonder how much of all these licensing fees go to the actual artists.

@carpe_Noctum Dude get serious I'm so tired of internet keyboard warriors claiming to know business tactics better then the company that owns it. Unless you own a company as large as Warner please sit down and hope for the best. Whatever you do, don't try to convince us that you know how to run Warner better then they do.

http://investors.wmg.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=182480&p=irol-infoReq You can light up WMGs website at the above link. Let them know how you feel!

The rich never have enough money and are never happy. This is why I give no money to these companies. There is PLENTY of music out there for MTV Games to use without catering to Warner. Warner must not realise that they will be hurting their own bottom line in the end as the Rock Band games get their music out there and it generates interest which in turn sells music.What knuckleheads.

frack WMG.

There goes are good music

First Youtube, and now Rock Band? Warner Music thinks way too highly of themselves. I hope MTV and Harmonix don't give into their demands. Both Youtube and Rock Band/Guitar Hero have greatly helped expand musical boundaries and if WMG thinks that being part of it all isn't worth it, let them go. When they finally notice the hit they'll be taking in their wallets, they'll be dying to make any deal offered to them.

I just want the music already!

@mikefat DUDE! Metallica, Hendrix, Van Halen, Alice Cooper, Megadeth, ACDC, A7X, Disturbed, and the Chili Peppers are on WMG.

Maybe now MTV and rock band will go to some good music companies like Epitath and Victory to get some good music instead of junk like the pretenders or greatful dead. How about some freaking music that people who actually play your games listen to ftw!

Dwoop: Roadrunner Records is owned by Warner, so they won't be selling either. Anyways, I don't see what Warner's trying to do here. It's not like this is iTunes where people would notice if their music is all gone. RB gets a seemingly random assortment of songs each week; if they don't add something from Warner, they'll just add something from another label and no one would notice. Unless all the labels do this, they're just losing out on money.

Songs and albums that appear in music games have increased downloads and cd sales. Why the hell is WMG the only record label that has a problem with the DLC profit percentage? If MTV is giving them problems, let Harmonix talk directly to them, because if Harmonix can't work something out with WMG, no one can.

everyone wants their money. there is so much money to be made from downloadable music in any form, the WMG is just realizing how much mroe money they could be making. sad because games are about the games, not the damn money

Amazing that in these economic times that WMG would rather earn nothing than something. Well done, losers :-)

Just go Indy...

In the end, we're the ones stuck paying the prices...

greedy greedy greedy. Mean while this is money they wouldn't have been making on the side if not for Games like Rock Band and Guitar Hero. And now they ask for more? they're lucky they got/get anything. Why are we always the ones gett screwed over, we're the ones spendin the money. Its not like WMG is making the music themselves

Well, hopefully the other labels have some good music they can draw from.

This is BULL CRAP ,WMG are a-Holes and they are just greedy thats what it boils down to.

damn this sucks. According to rbdlc.com, these are all the artists that record(ed) under WMG: * AC/DC * Against Me! * Atryeu * Avenged Sevenfold * The B-52s * Bad Company * Black Sabbath * Blondie * The Cars * Eric Clapton * Alice Cooper * The Cure * CKY * The Darkness * Death Cab for Cutie * Disturbed * Dokken * The Doors * Dream Theater * DragonForce * The Eagles * Evanesence * Flaming Lips * Fleetwood Mac * Flyleaf * Garbage * Green Day * HIM * Jane's Addiction * Jet * The Jimi Hendrix Experience * Kid Rock * Killswitch Engage * Linkin Park * Lost Prophets * Mastadon * Metallica * The Monkees * Motley Crue * Alanis Morissette * My Chemical Romance * Muse * Machine Head * Megadeth * Nightwish * Opeth * Panic at the Disco * Pixies * The Pretenders * Paramore * The Ramones * R.E.M. * Red Hot Chili Peppers * The Sex Pistols * Slipknot * Sum41 * Taking Back Sunday * Testament * Trivium * Van Halen * The Velvet Underground * Violent Femmes so we can't get any of their **** until this works out. great.

Ugh, this likely means that the last third of the 18 Grateful Dead songs that were announced well before RB1 even came out is going to be delayed further. Figures.

I agree with the general concencus of the comments thusfar. WMG already killed the incredible outlet for free expression that is (was) YouTube, and now they're targeting other media in the hopes of deepening their pockets. What the hell is wrong with these people? Take the free marketing and run with it! That's exactly what having your song in Rock Band does, it provides free marketing. Honestly, is $2 average cost per DLC song not enough for these greedy people? You pay half of that to get an MP3 of the same song, so what's the big deal? I'm sure WMG is hurting for money...yeah, right. If this is another way for them to "fight back against pirating", then they're looking for money in the wrong media. MTV should not back down. WMG will realise very soon what a huge mistake they are making by jeopardizing this partnership, and come crawling back, begging for their music to be in Rock Band once more.

WMG reallt ruined my youtube experience :/ I can't have them ruin this too! NO DAMPERS ON MY DLC!

"Why can't they use a different label and shove it in WMG's face? There are plenty of other artists under different labels they could use." So you interpreted this article as meaning WMG is the only label they get music from and you read "run out of new WMG music" as "run out of new music"?

How about some great song releases from some better companies...hello, Roadrunner Records!! C'mon MTV stick to "the greedy man"...besides we need more "real rock songs" anyway and a lot less WMG's pop-crap!

I agree with 4quarters: Being in RB or RB2 allows artists/labels to engage in FREE marketing, in the sense that fees will be paid for being in the game, and then people will pay AGAIN to have a song that can be played on regular music devices (either MP3 or CD). ...Don't be greedy, WMG. To be honest, I had never heard of some of the artists that had tracks available for free download for RB2, and now one of those tracks is my absolute favorite. ONCE AGAIN: those were FREE tracks to download, and after hearing and playing one that I really liked in-game, I went out and bought it.

Why can't they use a different label and shove it in WMG's face? There are plenty of other artists under different labels they could use.

CRAP WMG is being dumb.First Youtube now the awesomeness of ROck Band!Cmon,enough is enough

The record labels should be begging Rock Band to be in the game- It'sa proven fact all these bands sell more records(uh...cd's and downloads) after they get the exposure. You can't copy the songs to cd or play then in any digital device(yet) so what the hell is wrong with these greedy record companies(and their bands)!!!!!! I've spent a fortune downloading their music once I liked it in game!!!!! Go Rock Band, don't pay!!!!