Disappointed that Guitar Hero World Tour only exported 35 out of 86 tracks? If additional songs are licensed and become available for disc importing in the future, you'll have to pay another re-licensing fee for those new songs, according to official Guitar Hero Support information.

The same goes for exporting Guitar Hero Smash Hits, which only offered 21 out of 48 on-disc tracks.

The official GuitarHero.com FAQ states:

Will the Disc Import offers available now be updated in the future? Will new songs be added?

No. If new songs become available an additional import will appear in the Import Offers list. There will be a nominal re-licensing fee for any additional offers.

The $3.50 or $2.00 Disc Import Fee for GHWT/GHSH Only Covers the First 35/21 Songs, You'll Pay Again for Future Song Exports

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Nintendo Wii owners should be aware that Guitar Hero 5 will force a mandatory Wii System Update before the game will register on the Wii Channel.  This is particularly of concern to anyone running the "Homebrew Channel" or other third party modifications.

Upon loading the disc, I was surprised to see a "Wii System Update" icon instead of a "Guitar Hero 5" icon on the Wii Disc Channel. That's when I realized that unless you accept this update, you cannot play Guitar Hero 5.  Here's a series of photos showing the warnings:

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