jabba - 21-1-2009 at 18:34
punknaynowned - 21-1-2009 at 18:42
jabba - 21-1-2009 at 18:45
punknaynowned - 21-1-2009 at 19:41
nice!
Bonny's trans is better than google!
I still don't get the counter-suit bit, but whatever.
It should be remembered this is a local Bad Doberan ruling and pertains only to the variation of name and stylistic efforts of the logo by the
'fan club'.
It has nothing to do with any other case about anything other thing, or even the same things in any other location . . .
Meaning this is not likely to deter Gail from sending C&D letters or paying for lawyers to investigate. I really don't think GZ is trying to
kill anybody's fun: festivals, live music, or websites. Really. She does want people to know that Zappa's stuff should remain with the
family and be released only by their decision.
Which seems right. Would any of you want your stuff to be dealt with any other way? Especially if there was such acclaim for it?
BBP - 21-1-2009 at 19:59
I hope she's a sensible human being. However I fear, and to be honest think, that she's gone a little potty with it. Why didn't she
start C&D-ing years ago?
punknaynowned - 21-1-2009 at 21:17
she's been long aware that controversy generates new sales and now they have new stuff for sale. Some people might think it sick. It's not
normal. She may be sick mentally, emotionally 'living in another world', but there is a real smartness about what she's doing. Frank
knew he couldn't make all his fans happy. He didn't worry about that. He was more interested on whatever he was working on that moment,
whether the fans liked it or not.
Now, I don't think the c&d-ing is done for ONLY the generating of controversy and so on, but I'm sure if a few people are so pissed off
to actually stop buying new zappaproduct because of her actions, the zft don't care. The family are risking that getting articles printed in der
speigel etc will be able to compensate in the long run by generating controversy.
Another significant thing in this is the difference of opinion between that of the hordes of consumers with a certain mind-set ( I want what I think I
want and wanted it a long time ago . . .) and that of a producer (I made it and paid for it and if you want a copy or use what I made then you should
pay for that privilege...)
She states that she is trying to protect the intent of the artist but also to protect his legacy. She's also saying that If someone like Frank
Zappa, as prolific and internationally recognised an artist as he is CAN'T be protected, then nobody really is or have hope for their work to be
protected. So they are rough and coarse and if anybody doesn't like it, they tell them to fuck off.
"We made our reputation that way."
Huck_Phlem - 28-11-2009 at 21:56
I wonder what Dweezil thinks of the way she handles business?