Activision CEO: Warner Should Pay US Money for Including Their Music in Guitar Hero
Continuing the public mud slinging match between Activision and Warner Music, AB CEO Bobby Kotick suggested that maybe the publisher behind the Guitar Hero series deserves compensation for including songs from Warner’s label in the popular rhythm series.
"When you look at the impact [Guitar Hero] can have on an Aerosmith, Van Halen or Metallica, it’s really significant," he said. "So much so that you sort of question whether or not, in the case of those kinds of products, you should be paying any money at all and whether it should be the reverse."
Kotick also pointed out that the company doesn’t really need any particular label, especially Warner, seeing as how their parent company also owns Universal Music Group, the world’s largest record label.