Comments on: Yoko Ono sues Lennon for being Lennon http://www.p2pnet.net/story/14959 p2pnet.net - reader powered Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:11:09 -0300 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Banks http://www.p2pnet.net/story/14959/comment-page-1#comment-352783 Banks Sat, 08 Mar 2008 12:45:02 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/14959#comment-352783 It's not like it's even her surname so there's no confusion that she even might be related, and there's no fraud or deception going on. I think Yoko is being over-sensitive and a bit silly about it. Litigation isn't the solution to everything. Did she even talk to Lennon about it? If she can do what I suggested previously and if the case went against her, nothing is lost anyway except she'd have to change her stage name. Since she is already poor it couldn't be worse. Look at the bright side, many people including myself have never heard of her, and this could get a great deal of publicity, which would be a good thing. It’s not like it’s even her surname so there’s no confusion that she even might be related, and there’s no fraud or deception going on. I think Yoko is being over-sensitive and a bit silly about it. Litigation isn’t the solution to everything. Did she even talk to Lennon about it? If she can do what I suggested previously and if the case went against her, nothing is lost anyway except she’d have to change her stage name. Since she is already poor it couldn’t be worse. Look at the bright side, many people including myself have never heard of her, and this could get a great deal of publicity, which would be a good thing.

]]> By: Banks http://www.p2pnet.net/story/14959/comment-page-1#comment-352776 Banks Sat, 08 Mar 2008 12:32:22 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/14959#comment-352776 I don't think you can sue an artist for using her own name, plus it's not at all confusing as everyone knows John is dead, and Lennon being a girl sounds nothing like him, unless she is singing his songs, which she's allowed to do anyway, as long as she doesn't change the words. I think she should hire a lawyer who will work pro bono in exchange for a percentage of the counter suit. Many would gladly risk it, as it doesn't cost them much even if they lost, but since the chance of winning is so high (about 95% I'd say), that shouldn't be a problem. If it is, she could try the EFF I don’t think you can sue an artist for using her own name, plus it’s not at all confusing as everyone knows John is dead, and Lennon being a girl sounds nothing like him, unless she is singing his songs, which she’s allowed to do anyway, as long as she doesn’t change the words.

I think she should hire a lawyer who will work pro bono in exchange for a percentage of the counter suit. Many would gladly risk it, as it doesn’t cost them much even if they lost, but since the chance of winning is so high (about 95% I’d say), that shouldn’t be a problem.

If it is, she could try the EFF

]]> By: 3mm@ http://www.p2pnet.net/story/14959/comment-page-1#comment-324940 3mm@ Sun, 17 Feb 2008 00:29:23 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/14959#comment-324940 Wow. Hmmm.... It's not like she's saying that she is the ONLY Lennon, or thats she's THE Lennon. I bet that there are lots of musicians with the name " Lennon. " If that's the way she's going to think about it, why not sue all of them? Pretty unfair. Wow. Hmmm…. It’s not like she’s saying that she is the ONLY Lennon, or thats she’s THE Lennon. I bet that there are lots of musicians with the name ” Lennon. ” If that’s the way she’s going to think about it, why not sue all of them? Pretty unfair.

]]> By: Eric http://www.p2pnet.net/story/14959/comment-page-1#comment-321824 Eric Fri, 15 Feb 2008 02:56:29 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/14959#comment-321824 History repeats itself. When the Marx Bros. were threatened by Warner Bros. for using the name Casablanca in "A Night in Casablanca", Groucho got a great letter off... "Dear Warner Brothers, Apparently there is more than one way of conquering a city and holding it as your own. For example, up to the time that we contemplated making this picture, I had no idea that the city of Casablanca belonged exclusively to Warner Brothers. However, it was only a few days after our announcement appeared that we received your long, ominous legal document warning us not to use the name Casablanca. It seems that in 1471, Ferdinand Balboa Warner, your great-great-grandfather, while looking for a shortcut to the city of Burbank, had stumbled on the shores of Africa and, raising his alpenstock (which he later turned in for a hundred shares of common), named it Casablanca. I just don’t understand your attitude. Even if you plan on releasing your picture, I am sure that the average movie fan could learn in time to distinguish between Ingrid Bergman and Harpo. I don’t know whether I could, but I certainly would like to try. You claim that you own Casablanca and that no one else can use that name without permission. What about “Warner Brothers”? Do you own that too? You probably have the right to use the name Warner, but what about the name Brothers? Professionally, we were brothers long before you were. We were touring the sticks as the Marx Brothers when Vitaphone was still a gleam in the inventor’s eye, and even before there had been other brothers—the Smith Brothers; the Brothers Karamazov; Dan Brothers, an outfielder with Detroit; and “Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?” (This was originally “Brothers, Can You Spare a Dime?” but this was spreading a dime pretty thin, so they threw out one brother, gave all the money to the other one, and whittled it down to “Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?”) Now Jack, how about you? Do you maintain that yours is an original name? Well it’s not. It was used long before you were born. Offhand, I can think of two Jacks—Jack of “Jack and the Beanstalk,” and Jack the Ripper, who cut quite a figure in his day. As for you, Harry, you probably sign your checks sure in the belief that you are the first Harry of all time and that all other Harrys are impostors. I can think of two Harrys that preceded you. There was Lighthouse Harry of Revolutionary fame and a Harry Appelbaum who lived on the corner of 93rd Street and Lexington Avenue. Unfortunately, Appelbaum wasn’t too well-known. The last I heard of him, he was selling neckties at Weber and Heilbroner..." History repeats itself. When the Marx Bros. were threatened by Warner Bros. for using the name Casablanca in “A Night in Casablanca”, Groucho got a great letter off…

“Dear Warner Brothers,

Apparently there is more than one way of conquering a city and holding it as your own. For example, up to the time that we contemplated making this picture, I had no idea that the city of Casablanca belonged exclusively to Warner Brothers. However, it was only a few days after our announcement appeared that we received your long, ominous legal document warning us not to use the name Casablanca.

It seems that in 1471, Ferdinand Balboa Warner, your great-great-grandfather, while looking for a shortcut to the city of Burbank, had stumbled on the shores of Africa and, raising his alpenstock (which he later turned in for a hundred shares of common), named it Casablanca.

I just don’t understand your attitude. Even if you plan on releasing your picture, I am sure that the average movie fan could learn in time to distinguish between Ingrid Bergman and Harpo. I don’t know whether I could, but I certainly would like to try.

You claim that you own Casablanca and that no one else can use that name without permission. What about “Warner Brothers”? Do you own that too? You probably have the right to use the name Warner, but what about the name Brothers? Professionally, we were brothers long before you were. We were touring the sticks as the Marx Brothers when Vitaphone was still a gleam in the inventor’s eye, and even before there had been other brothers—the Smith Brothers; the Brothers Karamazov; Dan Brothers, an outfielder with Detroit; and “Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?” (This was originally “Brothers, Can You Spare a Dime?” but this was spreading a dime pretty thin, so they threw out one brother, gave all the money to the other one, and whittled it down to “Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?”)

Now Jack, how about you? Do you maintain that yours is an original name? Well it’s not. It was used long before you were born. Offhand, I can think of two Jacks—Jack of “Jack and the Beanstalk,” and Jack the Ripper, who cut quite a figure in his day.

As for you, Harry, you probably sign your checks sure in the belief that you are the first Harry of all time and that all other Harrys are impostors. I can think of two Harrys that preceded you. There was Lighthouse Harry of Revolutionary fame and a Harry Appelbaum who lived on the corner of 93rd Street and Lexington Avenue. Unfortunately, Appelbaum wasn’t too well-known. The last I heard of him, he was selling neckties at Weber and Heilbroner…”

]]> By: moo http://www.p2pnet.net/story/14959/comment-page-1#comment-320040 moo Wed, 13 Feb 2008 21:49:01 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/14959#comment-320040 Sorry if this comes off as really crass, but I have to get it off my back. FUCK YOKO! FUCK THAT SELFISH, OLD WHORE! SHE'S AN ASSAULT TO MUSIC! HER MUSICS AN ASSAULT TO MUSIC! AND PULLING THIS UTTER BULLSHIT!? REALLY, FUCK THAT SPITEFUL, HATEFUL, HAS BEEN ONLY BY CONNECTION, BEATLES ENDING COW!!! There, I feel better now :) Sorry if this comes off as really crass, but I have to get it off my back.

FUCK YOKO!
FUCK THAT SELFISH, OLD WHORE!
SHE’S AN ASSAULT TO MUSIC!
HER MUSICS AN ASSAULT TO MUSIC!
AND PULLING THIS UTTER BULLSHIT!?
REALLY, FUCK THAT SPITEFUL, HATEFUL, HAS BEEN ONLY BY CONNECTION, BEATLES ENDING COW!!!

There, I feel better now :)

]]> By: Josh http://www.p2pnet.net/story/14959/comment-page-1#comment-319850 Josh Wed, 13 Feb 2008 18:47:56 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/14959#comment-319850 Definately stupid... does that mean I can sue anyone with the same name as me? Definately stupid… does that mean I can sue anyone with the same name as me?

]]> By: Sam http://www.p2pnet.net/story/14959/comment-page-1#comment-319690 Sam Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:11:17 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/14959#comment-319690 Once again, this shows the problem regarding copyright and control. The scenario is rather ironic, considering what John Lennon stood for. Power to the people indeed..... Once again, this shows the problem regarding copyright and control.
The scenario is rather ironic, considering what John Lennon stood for.

Power to the people indeed…..

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/14959/comment-page-1#comment-319548 Reader's Write Wed, 13 Feb 2008 13:56:37 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/14959#comment-319548 Wan't Arista Records the one involved in harassment of its customers in the infamous "sue 'em all" marketing campaign? Wan’t Arista Records the one involved in harassment of its customers in the infamous “sue ‘em all” marketing campaign?

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