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The stupid thing is, he probably will lose the right to use his own name for his performances, because that's happened before with a number of bands that started as one person. They'll probably argue that his show is derivative of works owned by ZFT, and thus there's a conflict.
Utterly ludicrous.
Depressing reading.
I wonder what he did to his siblings when they were all kids?
I've followed this whole sorry saga for a while now - from both sides - and I'm squarely in Dweezil's camp. The rest of them haven't lifted a finger; meanwhile, the one who does just happen to ooze talent from every pore is out grafting just for the rest of them to piss the whole stack away on legal fees.
It really is one sad mess.
This is probably worse than Taylor Swift trademarking song lyrics.
It probably doesn't matter but I like typing Moon Unit.
Whether or not that gives you an in to type Moon Unit again I don't know.
Trademarking lyrics?
As in not allowing me to write a song with the same combination of WORDS as she's used?
Sorry, not having a great day.
Not sure what would happen if you wrote a song with it in.
I get the impression that it was largely about stopping people making merchandising with the words on.
Either way it is getting ridiculous.
I think trademark/copyright law needs to be pared pack. All the big business interests that have been cashing in on copyrighted work persuaded the governments of the world that copyright should be extended to 70 years after the death of the author. That's ridiculous. If someone writes something when they are 20, and lives until they are 90, it would be 140 years before something became public domain.
30 years after the death of the author would be fine. Their kids could benefit from it for a generation which seems about right, but after that it becomes public domain. You could put a minimum term of 50 years in case someone dies young.
Thanks.
Moon Unit!
I'd have thought ZPZ would have helped sell the back catalogue and that was good for the ZFT, I don't understand what they have to gain.
Dweezil is not Frank. He is his own artiste. It seems to me that he has made sincere efforts to keep his father's music available, live on stage.
Obviously, there are ways to ensure that all interested parties get a cut of the proceeds. Some of the parties appear to be disproportionately greedier than others, accepting monies off the back of the work of others, work that they could not possibly do themselves.
If Dweezil is subject to some injunction that forbids him to appear under his present legal name, perhaps, he could revert to the names that he was given at birth?