Do we really need a law for this. Won’t the market place take care of it?
Eventually, but that doesn't help the people who were already defrauded.
There’s a lot of people who’ve seen Mike Love’s Beach Boys (him being the only original member) and walk away from the experience saying they don’t like the Beach Boys.
Mike owns the name, by the way and has even litigated Brian Wilson, who wrote the songs, for trying to capitalize on Beach Boys material.
Glen Campbell and other studio musicians were “the band” playing on the Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds. The Beach Boys sang on differnt cuts. Who was “the band”?
And The Electric Prunes were a real band that was signed to a label. Then the producer hired studio musicians to record some albums and have the original Electric Prunes tour out the new material. The artist on the record was not the same as the artist on tour (not an uncommon practice). Who gets to play under the name?
Talent does not enter into the equation. And the above legislation makes reference to the RECORDING artist.