Robert
May 13th, 2010, 02:22 PM
Check it out at http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/joe-bonamassa-talks-about-his-new-supergroup-250491
Looks like they may not be able to call themselves Black Country.
"Well, I think we do have a super name. I probably shouldn't say it...Oh, what the hell. We've been trying to call it Black Country, but I don't know if I'll be able to do that. Maybe we'll have to call it 'The Band Formerly Known As Black Country' or something.
"Here's the problem in a nutshell: If you have something that you think is even remotely original and can make money, you can copyright it. People make a living out of copyrighting names, and there's a guy out there who owns the name Black Country, and he's been a bit of a nut bag.Really! He's been leaving me all kinds of threatening Facebook messages telling me the world is going to come to an end if I call the band Black Country. We tried to deal with him, but he's crazy. I really think he's off his rocker."
Looks like they may not be able to call themselves Black Country.
"Well, I think we do have a super name. I probably shouldn't say it...Oh, what the hell. We've been trying to call it Black Country, but I don't know if I'll be able to do that. Maybe we'll have to call it 'The Band Formerly Known As Black Country' or something.
"Here's the problem in a nutshell: If you have something that you think is even remotely original and can make money, you can copyright it. People make a living out of copyrighting names, and there's a guy out there who owns the name Black Country, and he's been a bit of a nut bag.Really! He's been leaving me all kinds of threatening Facebook messages telling me the world is going to come to an end if I call the band Black Country. We tried to deal with him, but he's crazy. I really think he's off his rocker."