Music Muffled in Star Wars Game

The massively multiplayer online game, Star Wars Galaxies, gives gamers a chance to build their own weapons and armor, fly spacecraft, build cities and even train to become Jedis.
But in this world of make-believe, composing music is forbidden.
Players can play Wookiees or bounty hunters and even musicians — like those in the cantina band from the original Star Wars.
As musicians, the characters play pretend, virtual instruments like the slitherhorn, ommni box or the nalargon, but are limited to a handful of canned tunes. Lawyers at Sony Online Entertainment and LucasArts envision a legal nightmare if musicians were to re-create music copyrighted in the physical world.
Wired News: Music Muffled in Star Wars Game

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