Posted on 07/08/2020 3:02:33 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
Yes, someone else made a similar point to yours. Seems like there’s a case here.
I might suggest a righteous Antifa/BLM riot...err...a mostly peaceful demonstration outside of Lady A’s next concert. There’ll be plenty of fan’s cars in the parking lot to set on fire...uh...I mean, insert respectfully fiery leaflets under the windshield wipers.
“Seems like there’s a case here.”
What if the most important, long lasting, thing to come out of all this Post-Floyd craziness is some HUGE copyright law case?
I would call them The Slut With Two Nuts. Or maybe The Hag With Two Fags. Or maybe The Ho And Co. Or maybe Lady Anal.
I imagine something less than one.
Who the hell can keep up with this s@h*i%t?
Yes
Probably one of the most famous cases was Apple Computer Vs Apple Recording over who had the right to the name.
It will be interesting to see how this plays out.
Big Mama Thornton first wrote and recorded ‘Ball ‘n’ Chain’, and first recorded ‘Hound Dog’.
She received little to no remuneration from either, after other performers made them more mainstream and garnered lots of bucks on those songs and did so by largely copying HER own style.
Life isn’t fair, and Law is Law.
But sometimes it makes good sense to exhibit a little bit of ‘class’.
Would Adam Ant have a cause of action?
That’s what they get for being stupid and politically correct. Antebellum is racist? So then why’d they pick that name in the first place? Give me a break. Now they REALLY look racist for stealing a black artist’s name and suing her for it. Lol.
Their attorney, who filed the trademark application, is responsible for conducting research and the Trademark Office publishes pending applications for anyone to oppose. The article states that the band had even used “Lady A” prior to trademarking the name. There are nine trademarks using “Lady A” in the US Trademark Office as of today.
I just don’t see that there was any ill intent by either party until they were presented a $10M semi-settlement from Ms. White. The band could have initiated the lawsuit as soon as this came to light, but chose to accommodate Ms. White to the benefit of both parties by allowing both to use the name professionally. That seems to show a good natured approach of the band toward Ms. White, who contacted the press about “not being asked” by the band.
It is unfortunate that it has turned into a lawsuit when both parties should have been able to work this out.
Per the NY Post, Ms. White said this to the press about the band: “It’s an opportunity for them to pretend they’re not racist or pretend this means something to them. If it did, they would’ve done some research.”. She, also, could have researched trademark applications and registrations.
Lastly, it isn’t fair to the band that Ms. White is citing trademark infringement while having chosen to not use the Trademark process to get the protections afforded by it.
“Would Adam Ant have a cause of action?”
Good question. Maybe they could get together..
And then Ms. White asked for a $10 million shakedown.
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