Current Events > Lady A (formerly Lady Antebellum) sues black singer who already had the name

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GodardOnGodard
07/08/20 6:49:53 PM
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ASithLord7
07/08/20 6:56:38 PM
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Lmao what a good look when youre trying not to look like out of touch racist hicks

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soulunison2
07/08/20 6:57:11 PM
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This is the epitome of privilege lmao
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Jagr_68
07/08/20 6:58:57 PM
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In related news,

The Who have sued WHO and The Guess Who? for stealing their name.

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TooLateToGoBack
07/08/20 6:59:26 PM
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when virtue signaling goes wrong
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CyricZ
07/08/20 7:04:11 PM
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Well this is an I can't even moment.

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VipaGTS
07/08/20 7:06:00 PM
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Sensationalism aside, its most likely their record label and they know nothing about what's going on. They got to change the name, now the label has to protect the name and google searches.

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Jagr_68
07/08/20 7:08:28 PM
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VipaGTS posted...
Sensationalism aside, its most likely their record label and they know nothing about what's going on. They got to change the name, now the label has to protect the name and google searches.

If the blues singer had trademarked her artist name long before these jackasses came along, they know they can't actually win right?

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sktgamer_13dude
07/08/20 7:10:29 PM
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Jagr_68 posted...


If the blues singer had trademarked her artist name long before these jackasses came along, they know they can't actually win right?

Even if its not trademarked officially, could be common law trademark since shes been singing under the name for years.

If its not the label doing this, this is a terrible look for Lady Antebellum.
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DeathVelvien
07/08/20 7:31:45 PM
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Jagr_68 posted...
If the blues singer had trademarked her artist name long before these jackasses came along, they know they can't actually win right?
This feels like a good time to remind everyone that the music streaming service Rhapsody managed to force the metal band Rhapsody to change its name, even though the band came first.

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bkkorps
07/08/20 7:37:52 PM
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Maybe they could try Lady G instead.

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CommonStar
07/08/20 7:39:19 PM
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What...I can't...what?

Changing your name because you want to be performative and get those brownie points for saying you support BLM, but then go and sue a Black artist who had that name for 20+ years. Nice
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viewmaster_pi
07/08/20 7:39:39 PM
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maybe they should backpedal and just not change their name to virtue signal for people who don't like their music

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ASithLord7
07/08/20 7:39:54 PM
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CommonStar posted...
Changing your name because you want to be performative
I mean the rest of your post isn't wrong, but it should never have been named that in the first place. So out of touch and stupid at best

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ASithLord7
07/08/20 7:40:23 PM
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viewmaster_pi posted...
maybe they should backpedal and just not change their name to virtue signal for people who don't like their music
hurp durp, not glorifying the pre-war South is virtue signalling derp herp

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viewmaster_pi
07/08/20 7:40:52 PM
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go off and get suspended about it

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FursonaNonGrata
07/08/20 7:43:49 PM
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viewmaster_pi posted...
go off and get suspended about it

Well leave that to you for when you cant help but be explicitly transphobic

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viewmaster_pi
07/08/20 7:45:12 PM
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oh no, it's the one thing that all the leftist users that no one likes have against me that no one else actually cares about, make it stop

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CommonStar
07/08/20 7:45:49 PM
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They should've just settled with the $10 million. Seems very reasonable for a name someone built their brand on for 20+ years.

But now this looks really bad for Lady Antebellum.
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FursonaNonGrata
07/08/20 7:46:27 PM
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Im transphobic but people dont care

Lmao

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viewmaster_pi
07/08/20 7:47:49 PM
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go off king

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Questionmarktarius
07/08/20 7:52:25 PM
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Ray Kroc would be proud.
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ViewtifulGrave
07/08/20 8:34:30 PM
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Why would they decide to use a shortened version of the racist name instead of going with something not racist?

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Houston
07/08/20 8:43:47 PM
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Did anyone actually read the article.....? They both already had and used the name and it looks like the "black singer" (as described by the topic title) never trademarked the name.

"The suit acknowledges that the solo artist Lady A has performed under the name and has used the name while touring and to identify herself on recorded music released as far back as 2010 and on streaming services, but adds that based on information and belief, White has never used Lady A as a trademark and if she did, she applied after Lady Antebellum had secured its trademarks a decade ago."


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eston
07/08/20 8:49:27 PM
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If you say it with a southern drawl, Antebellum sounds kinda like anti-BLM

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NeonOctopus
07/08/20 8:51:00 PM
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lmao, all celebrities are secretly trash and don't actually care about the issue. They only care about looking good on social media and making money.

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NightRender
07/08/20 8:52:02 PM
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eston posted...
If you say it with a southern drawl, Antebellum sounds kinda like anti-BLM

You just blew my mind.

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MaxEffingBemis
07/08/20 8:52:59 PM
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Why not just change it to something totally different. Why even change it to Lady A. Fuck this is all dumb and fuck these people

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Unsugarized_Foo
07/08/20 8:54:30 PM
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Sounds like dumb lawyer doings

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TheMikh
07/08/20 8:55:48 PM
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we're reaching levels of irony that shouldn't even be possible

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VipaGTS
07/08/20 8:59:18 PM
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Jagr_68 posted...
If the blues singer had trademarked her artist name long before these jackasses came along, they know they can't actually win right?
when has that stopped a high paid lawyer whose goal it is to make billion dollar corporations more money?

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GodardOnGodard
07/08/20 9:03:08 PM
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Houston posted...
Did anyone actually read the article.....? They both already had and used the name and it looks like the "black singer" (as described by the topic title) never trademarked the name.

wow you can't help being racist huh @Houston

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Smashingpmkns
07/08/20 9:04:13 PM
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Uh so what does the "A" stand for in regards to the country people? Lol just completely change your name you fucks.
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VipaGTS
07/08/20 9:04:54 PM
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GodardOnGodard posted...
wow you can't help being racist huh @Houston
this was a tough one for him because i'm sure he cried about them changing the name originally, but now they're going after a black person so he has to defend them, even though he probably hated them a week ago.

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FortuneCookie
07/08/20 9:05:44 PM
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Welp....

Any good will she might've had from the name change just went to shit.

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Houston
07/08/20 9:11:53 PM
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GodardOnGodard posted...
wow you can't help being racist huh @Houston

Nothing I said was racist. And you should be ashamed of race baiting and promoting a false narrative without including the actual article.

They both had been using the name. The band had the name trademarked and also referenced themselves as Lady A.

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Kastrada
07/08/20 9:20:29 PM
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Houston posted...
Nothing I said was racist. And you should be ashamed of race baiting and promoting a false narrative without including the actual article.

They both had been using the name. The band had the name trademarked and also referenced themselves as Lady A.

The use of quotes around the term "black singer" implies something not true. So the usage of quotations implies a distrust of her either being a singer, being black, or both.

And before you say I'm race baiting or promoting a false narrative, I'm just explaining the point of quotations when used for 1 or 2 specific words instead of an actual statement or quote from another person.

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Houston
07/08/20 10:12:06 PM
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Kastrada posted...
So the usage of quotations implies a distrust of her either being a singer, being black, or both.

Though you're not wrong, you're wrong in this case. I suggest you look up what quotation marks are generally used for. Furthermore, it's obvious that she is black and a singer. So I'm not sure where the distrust you describe comes from.

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Sexypwnstar
07/08/20 10:13:10 PM
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Didn't they only have the one hit song? Who gives a shit anymore

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CADE FOSTER
07/08/20 10:14:49 PM
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soulunison2 posted...
This is the epitome of privilege lmao
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Smackems
07/08/20 10:17:19 PM
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Lmao wtf even is this stupid ass country anymore

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ThisGuyAreSick
07/08/20 10:17:53 PM
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FursonaNonGrata posted...


Well leave that to you for when you cant help but be explicitly transphobic


who the hell is being transphobic
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GodardOnGodard
07/08/20 10:18:03 PM
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Houston posted...
And you should be ashamed of race baiting and promoting a false narrative without including the actual article.

They both had been using the name. The band had the name trademarked and also referenced themselves as Lady A.

What race baiting? I mentioned her race because it was relevant. It's not a good look to sue a black singer after everything that's happened.

The link is in the tweet, genius.

Houston posted...
Nothing I said was racist.

lmao.
"and it looks like the "black singer" (as described by the topic title) "

yeah dude sure

@Houston


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TheGoldenEel
07/08/20 10:21:14 PM
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CommonStar posted...
They should've just settled with the $10 million. Seems very reasonable for a name someone built their brand on for 20+ years.

Lmfao no it fucking doesnt

shes a local musician in Seattle. shes not even signed to a record label. Her most played song on Spotify has 2000 plays

it is literally impossible at this point to pick a name that some no name musician hasnt already chosen somewhere in the world. Plenty of parties have been able to reconcile this without the exchange of ten million dollars

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CADE FOSTER
07/08/20 10:22:44 PM
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so throw her a little money def not 10 mill throw her 50k its nothing to them
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TheGoldenEel
07/08/20 10:27:08 PM
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CADE FOSTER posted...
so throw her a little money def not 10 mill throw her 50k its nothing to them
Imo this is a case of her flying too close to the sun

she almost certainly could have gotten a decent payout from this, but she got too outrageous with it and forced the bands hand

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Houston
07/08/20 10:28:09 PM
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GodardOnGodard posted...
The link is in the tweet, genius.

If you read the article, your topic title is completely disingenuous. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and say you didn't read it. If you did, you would have posted a different topic title or not posted the topic at all. The fact you're continuing to double down after having been called out on the basis of the article contents is beyond me.

It's clear the singer probably doesn't have much of a ground to stand on and the lawsuit, at the absolute least, is completely valid.

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viewmaster_pi
07/08/20 10:33:11 PM
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ThisGuyAreSick posted...
who the hell is being transphobic
no one, he starts that shit with me in any topic he sees me in. genuine trolling and derailing, but obvs the mods would never take action on one of their own

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Questionmarktarius
07/08/20 10:48:56 PM
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Smashingpmkns posted...
Uh so what does the "A" stand for in regards to the country people? Lol just completely change your name you fucks.
Changing the name to Lady Reconstruction would be pretty ballsy.
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