Metallica Back in Court

[ggw]

Metallica Sue Canadian Band over E, F Chords
 
 
 MONTREAL â?? Metallica are taking legal action against independant Canadian rock band Unfaith over what they feel is unsanctioned usage of two chords the band has been using since 1982 : E and F.
 
 "People are going to get on our case again for this, but try to see it from our point of view just once," stated Metallica's Lars Ulrich. "We're not saying we own those two chords, individually - that would be ridiculous. We're just saying that in that specific order, people have grown to associate E, F with our music."
 
 Metallica filed a trademark infringement suit against the indie group at the US district court for central California on Monday. According to the drummer, the continued use of the two chords causes "confusion, deception and mistake in the minds of the public".
 
 Metallica's lawyer, Jill Pietrini, told us that the band decided to take legal action only after first sending a letter of complaint to the Canadian band's singer/songwriter, Erik Ashley.
 
 "We sent a demand letter and haven't reached a resolution, so we had to sue," she said. "They continue to shamelessly feature the two chords on their website song samples and we just can't have that."
 
 Ashley, in the meantime, is still shocked by the entire story, and hasn't yet decided how the band will respond.
 
 "I thought it was a prank at first," he told us. "Now I'm not sure what to think."
 
 Ulrich states that he's not trying to prevent Unfaith from using the two chords, only that he feels Metallica should be credited for them whenever used, and is calling for 50% of all revenue generated from any song using them.
 
 "It's nothing personal against them," he added. "We intend to enforce our rights with any band intending to use Metallica-branded chords in the future."
 
 This marks the first time anything of this kind has ever been tried in court, and it will be interesting to see how things develop.
 
 Metallica's website has issued an official statement on the suit here.
 
 Unfaith's official website hasn't officially responded at print time.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Aren't you studying to be a lawyer? Will you take Metallica on as clients?

[paige]

I think that to keep themselves in the media despite their long, drawn out and pitiful demise, Metallica are just going to start suing people. You know, to keep up their profile as key musicians in the ever growing and changing music industry. what a bunch of dumb shits.

[vansmack]

This is a joke right?

[mankie]

I'm not sure which is funnier...Metallica claiming sole posession of e and f chords, or some poor chump moving to Arnold!

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Arnold, Aspen Hill, what's the difference. Bet you can get a nicer house for the same $$ in Arnold.
 
 

Originally posted by mankie:
  I'm not sure which is funnier...Metallica claiming sole posession of e and f chords, or some poor chump moving to Arnold!

[vansmack]

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
  Arnold, Aspen Hill, what's the difference. Bet you can get a nicer house for the same $$ in Arnold.
 
 

I bet in the long run you make up for it in commuting costs, lower salary and lose of resale value of the property.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

You can commute to DC from Arnold via the MARC train in an hour or so. Not that much longer than taking the Metro. Thus, your salary would not be lower. Hard to say with resale...depends on the market and how long you plan on staying I reckon. Not that we're planning on moving to Arnold or Aspen Hill...
 
   

Originally posted by vansmack:
   

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
  Arnold, Aspen Hill, what's the difference. Bet you can get a nicer house for the same $$ in Arnold.
 
 

I bet in the long run you make up for it in commuting costs, lower salary and lose of resale value of the property. [/b]

[Justin Tonation]

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
  You can commute to DC from Arnold via the MARC train in an hour or so. Not that much longer than taking the Metro. Thus, your salary would not be lower. Hard to say with resale...depends on the market and how long you plan on staying I reckon. Not that we're planning on moving to Arnold or Aspen Hill...

What Arnold are you talking about? It can't be the sleepy little town NE of Annapolis 'cause there ain't no trains there.

[Justin Tonation]

Originally posted by beetsnotbeats:
  What Arnold are you talking about? It can't be the sleepy little town NE of Annapolis 'cause there ain't no trains there.

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 Never mind!
 
 Just saw the "MD" thread, which I thought was about mini-discs again....

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

You drive 20 mins to the train in Odenton and then it's a 30 min ride to Union Station.
 
 

Originally posted by beetsnotbeats:
   

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
  You can commute to DC from Arnold via the MARC train in an hour or so. Not that much longer than taking the Metro. Thus, your salary would not be lower. Hard to say with resale...depends on the market and how long you plan on staying I reckon. Not that we're planning on moving to Arnold or Aspen Hill...

What Arnold are you talking about? It can't be the sleepy little town NE of Annapolis 'cause there ain't no trains there. [/b]

[Random Citizen]

Yes, 'tis.
 
 Full fake article: http://www.scoopthis.com/411/met_uf/stc_met_uf_mtv.htm
 
 

Originally posted by vansmack:
  This is a joke right?

[Ikarus]

i wanna sue metallica for causing "confusion, deception and mistake in the minds of the public".
 
 see, i thought they were the sweet motherfucking b@d@sses who put out 'kill em all,' 'master of puppets,' and 'justice,' all w/o radio or video play cause they didn't give a fuck if the mainstream liked them or not.
 
 instead, they put out albums under the metallica name that are nothing but shit and puke.  i think long term metallica fans have a valid class-action breach-of-contract suit.
 
 i want the publishers of the metal-zine whom james and lars blantantly ripped off for the name 'metallica,' to sue the fuckers for a billion dollars.  failing that, i want lars to get aids for being such a lameshit fuck brain in a) the st anger video b) for napster, c) for cruising for frivilous lawsuits like this and d) for faking the drums on 'justice for all'.  wanker.
 
 /rant

[mankie]

Originally posted by vansmack:
   

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
  Arnold, Aspen Hill, what's the difference. Bet you can get a nicer house for the same $$ in Arnold.
 
 

I bet in the long run you make up for it in commuting costs, lower salary and lose of resale value of the property. [/b]

You'd think someone who dreams up statistics for a living would be able to figure that out. Rhett obviously sucks at his job.

[vansmack]

Originally posted by Random Citizen:
  Yes, 'tis.
 
 Full fake article:  http://www.scoopthis.com/411/met_uf/stc_met_uf_mtv.htm
 
   

Originally posted by vansmack:
  This is a joke right?

[/b]

GGW, shame on you!