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Band name and getting sued

Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 10:36 am
by sparky_Archive
joesepi wrote:wasn't there a Dinosaur and they had to append the JR.


Paul McCartney Jr would definitely win a blink from me.

Band name and getting sued

Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 10:47 am
by Flaneur_Archive
Too Many Paul McCartneys?

Band name and getting sued

Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 10:49 am
by Josef K_Archive
sparky wrote:
joesepi wrote:wasn't there a Dinosaur and they had to append the JR.


Paul McCartney Jr would definitely win a blink from me.



A real Paul McCartney Jr would be hell. I inadvertantly saw Sean Lennon once. Shit.

Band name and getting sued

Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 11:08 am
by sparky_Archive
Josef K wrote:A real Paul McCartney Jr would be hell.


That's why the inestimable Scott would be a hero to jump in and fill that dangerous gap before someone more pernicious does.

Band name and getting sued

Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 11:10 am
by Benny_Archive
PANASONIC was sued and now they are called just PAN SONIC.
i know an argentinean band that was called Polaroid and sued too.

Band name and getting sued

Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 11:10 am
by scott_Archive
Yeah, don't even think about estimating me, motherfuckers.

I can't decide what's gonna be on the b-side of my first 7"...

"Hey Doude" or "Stawberry Fields For Several Hours".

I know the a-side is gonna be "HLP!"

Band name and getting sued

Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 11:11 am
by Cranius_Archive
scott wrote:If I name my band "The New Paul McCartney", will I be humped in the pooper by Sir Paul's legal team?


No, but you might end up being shafted by The Heather Mills-McCartney Experience.

Band name and getting sued

Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 11:14 am
by sparky_Archive
Cranius wrote:
scott wrote:If I name my band "The New Paul McCartney", will I be humped in the pooper by Sir Paul's legal team?


No, but you might end up being shafted by The Heather Mills-McCartney Experience.


<...gnawing... fist... to stop escape of... hasn't-got-a-leg-to-stand-on mis-joke... >

Band name and getting sued

Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 11:29 am
by DrAwkward_Archive
scott wrote:"Hey Doude" or "Stawberry Fields For Several Hours".


Beatallica already has a song called "Hey Dude." Yes, i know the spelling is different.

Band name and getting sued

Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 11:29 am
by ubercat_Archive
I think you can away with The New Paul McCartneys.

Better thing to do (imo) is name your band Foghat. When you get sued you could use the defense, "well, they weren't using it." Then change your name after all the free publicity.