Friday, July 23, 2010

Beatles tribute band Fab Four sues Beatles tribute band Fab 4!!!

Beatlemania has a new venue — the federal courthouse in Las Vegas.

That’s where the Beatles tribute band The Fab Four, a Nevada corporation, filed suit last week against its competitor, The Fab 4.

Lawsuits between competing musical groups pop up from time to time, but those battles of the bands usually are over which side has the right to use the name of a band after most of its original members have died or retired. Because “the entertainment capital of the world” didn’t want to get caught in the crossfire between dueling bands, for example, or become the target of angry concertgoers, Nevada lawmakers passed legislation in 2007 that prohibits musicians from falsely affiliating themselves with a particular band. More...

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