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Sega has lost a lawsuit because of the music in Sonic, and they are likely to lose everything

If you’re asked what you like most about Sonic, the answer might be “the speed,” “the complex platforming,” or “its characters,” but if there’s something that stands out above all, it’s its soundtrack, full of electronic hits that make you remember why you love video games. However, a court ruling could turn Sega’s artistic ecstasy into a terrible nightmare. The Super Sonics More specifically, we’re talking about the song Live & Learn from Sonic Adventure 2, which was performed by Crush 40 back in 2001 and became […]

If you are asked what you like most about Sonic, the answer might be “the speed,” “the complex platforming,” or “its characters,” but if there is something that stands out above all, it is its soundtrack, full of electronic hits that make you remember why you love video games. However, a court ruling could turn Sega’s artistic ecstasy into a terrible nightmare.

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The Jetsons

More specifically, we are talking about the song Live & Learn, from Sonic Adventure 2, which back in 2001 was performed by Crush 40 and became the icon of a generation. Crush 40 is still active, and over the years has provided music for a good handful of Sonic games, with different themes for each of them. The last collaboration with Sega was, in fact, in 2019, for Team Sonic Racing… and after this news, it doesn’t seem like they will be hired again anytime soon.

And Live & Learn will appear in Sonic 3, the movie, and according to the group’s vocalist, Johnny Gioeli, Sega has not licensed it, thus breaking the contract between them. According to the accusation, Sega has used the song without compensating him financially, since he only has rights over the lyrics, but not over the master recording that appeared in Sonic Adventure 2… And a bunch of games since then, including Super Smash Bros Ultimate. According to Gioeli, he hasn’t earned a single dollar from the use of the song in other titles. And of course, he has decided that it’s time to do something about it.

Gioeli is asking for $500,000 for damages and prejudices, and another $500,000 for unpaid royalties. In total, a million (which, possibly, will end up being much less after the judicial outcome). According to Sega’s lawyers, either the group does not have the rights to the music, or it is a “joint work.” For now, Gioeli wants to maintain a good relationship with Sega and have Crush 40 signed for the future of Sonic games. It’s typical to want to keep working with someone you’ve sued for a million, isn’t it?

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You have Sonic inside you, and it’s not a metaphor: it’s science

Many doctors have complained that they can’t tell families that their loved ones have “a mutation in a sonic hedgehog gene.”

You and I may talk about Sonic always referring to the blue hedgehog that runs very fast, curls up into a ball, and gave us two amazing movies, but in the world of science it’s something completely different: it’s the protein that, among other things, makes our teeth grow, develops our lungs, and regenerates hair. So, literally, we couldn’t live without Sonic. And I mean it: it’s not a metaphor.

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The need for speed

Interestingly, this gene is linked to a disease that causes defects in the brain and face known as holoprosencephaly. And, for whatever reason, many doctors have complained that they cannot tell families that their loved ones have “a mutation in a sonic hedgehog gene”. The solution for a while was to try to change its name, but they finally decided to call it by its initials: the SH gene.

The name, by the way, has nothing to do with the game itself nor is the scientist who discovered it a big fan of Knuckles and company: Robert Riddle was at home after work when his wife, Betsy Wilder, came home with a magazine that had an ad for ‘Sonic’. The light bulb went off: he already had a name, although he didn’t know that it would still be standing in 2023.

And what do we call the inhibitor of this protein? Well, it’s clear, isn’t it? Robotnikinin, in honor of Robotnik. It’s not the only case of a protein with a geeky name: there’s also Pikachurin, whose name was based on the fast and electric movements of Pikachu, or the protein product Zb7b7, which might not sound like anything to you at first, but maybe it will when you know that it was originally called simply “Pokémon”. When The Pokémon Company threatened legal action for associating cancer with their game, they backed down. Science, once again defeated by Nintendo.

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