Yippy Skippy! Time for Big Machine to pay out the big bucks or I will personally label them racists. July 9, 2020 @ And she's super irritated with the band Lady Antebellum. She said, "This is my life. Before this matter, most of the people calling for their heads now didnt even know who the hell Lady Antebellum was. The real question is still.WHAT DOES DAVE HAYWOOD DO? But extortion is an actual criminal act. You've successfully subscribed to this newsletter! Perception is reality. July 10, 2020 @ Like the career dead Dixie Chick Commie pigs you are done with most People including myself. ", LADY A SPEAKS OUT ABOUT BAND FORMERLY KNOWN AS LADY ANTEBELLUM FILING LAWSUIT TO SECURE NAME. Introducing, Lady A. Names cant be copyrighted but they can be trademarked. July 9, 2020 @ 4:47 pm. In the statement that they posted online, the group explained both the origin of the name, and their decision to change it. Yeah Thomas, Im with you. 11:31 am. The big change attracted mixed reactions on Twitter. July 9, 2020 @ This lady has now aligned herself with BLM, so expect rioting and violence before their concerts or album signings. Lady A??? Lady A chose the name after taking their original band photos in front of an antebellum-style house. no one wants to be associated with racism anymore, not even country musicians. (Photo by Terry Wyatt/Getty Images). 1:18 pm. (Photo by Allen Berezovsky/Getty Images). Trigger, your comments on trademark law arent entirely accurate. Change Your Name Alysse GafkjenFrom left: Dave Haywood, Charles Kelley and Hillary Scott of Lady Antebellum photographed on Oct. 18, 2019 at the Fairlane Hotel in Nashville.From now on, the country act will officially be known . All this name change has done has brought negative attention to Lady Antebellum, and country music. *[at fests where their set was before the acts we came to see]. But on June 11, the Grammy-winning band decided to drop 'Antebellum' from their name amid the ongoing Black Lives Matter and George Floyd protests on account of the potentially racist connotations the name may have had. In this case, even in 2010, could Anita White have established that the general public would readily associate her with the term Lady A? What Im saying is they went through the drastic step of changing their name (which no company, band or business does lightly, you are sure to lose sales) to gain positive PR for their enlightened stance as virtue signallers. In this rush to make things right, intuitive and creative thinking goes out the window and then you get this mess. Wait isnt Good Housekeeping in need of a name change? When country band Lady Antebellum changed its name to Lady A last week, it may have caught some fans off guard. July 9, 2020 @ And if they did, she could have claimed and proven use of the name well before the trademark application. And now, in the wake of George Floyds death, the nation is having its mirror moment, where each and every one of use are looking at a reflection of who we are, and how we could be better. 9:37 pm. Of course, they couldnt play clubs cause the liquor sales would be dismal Is Lady A the band not afforded the opportunity to protect what is legally theirs simply because Lady A the singer is African American? Theyve owned the trademark on Lady A for 10 years. We hope you will dig in and join us.", The members ofLady A Hillary Scott, Charles Kelley, and Dave Haywood pledged to continue educating themselves and to "search the parts of our hearts that need pruning to grow into better humans.". production But it could have just been a negotiating platform. Complete Disgrace, docweasel But maybe they shouldve thought about it before going all woke with the name change. So today, we speak up and make a change. However, as Lady A the band explained when they made the name change, they had already been using the Lady A name for many years, which as someone who covers country music, I can vouch for. Where the name 'Lade Antebellum' came from. Triple 8 never addressed that part of the event. Choosing the term themselves gets seen as reclaiming language and self-empowering if anybody bothers to think about it at all. After much personal reflection, band discussion, prayer and many honest conversations with some of our closes black friends and colleagues, we have decided to drop the word antebellum from our name and move forward as Lady A, the nickname our fans gave us almost from the start.. Lady Antebellum decided to change their name in June after the death of George Floyd and Black Lives Matter protests (the word antebellum is used to refer to the period and architecture in the US . If everything is racist, nothing is racist. docweasel After there was no opposition filed by any person or entity, the application was officially registered by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on July 26, 2011. 2:31 pm. so thanks. But I do know that when somebody challenges your right to use a nameeven in a private letterit behooves you to go to court quickly to resolve the matter, lest they sue you first and allege that your breach was willful and that youve waived certain defenses. Your effort and contribution in providing this feedback is much That was their official explanation. 9:29 am. Now, before they sink any money or time into publicizing Lady A change it to Lady Abolition or whatever and get on with their lives. But that is not how theyve been portrayed in the matter. , All Im saying is: in trying to get people to read past the headline, Shane gave out some very bad information (extortion) & you could say thats pretty similar to a bad headline. Blues Lady A saw an opportunity and decided to take advantage of it. However, I think we all should zoom out and look at the bigger picture, especially on a matter as complicated as this one. They had one big song Need You Now 11 years ago, and since then have been propped up by radio play. July 9, 2020 @ Come on. I hate how certain people and/or publications find a way to blame country music for this decision. All Rights Reserved. The Anita White team was betting that public ignorance on the matter and the negative perception of a white group suing a black woman would twist the arm of Lady Antebellum and resort in an exorbitant payment. But rebranding a band 14 years in has massive ramifications on things like radio play, tour draw, merch, etc. Only 3 directions, North, East, West. culture is p.c. ADVERTISEMENT. Youre spot-on in calling out those fluff catchphrases. Theyre so cringey. Were still committed to educating ourselves, our children and doing our part to fight for the racial justice so desperately needed in our country and around the world. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. As a woman, I feel attacked and vilified. Even though the band are well-off, ten million dollars is ridiculous. I copyright my respective articles, so if theyre stolen (which happens more than you know), I have legal recourse. 8:55 am. All rights reserved. Its a negotiation between two parties. White explained: I was quiet for two weeks because I was trying to believe that it was going to be okay and that they would realise that it would be easier to just change their name, or pay me for my name. As musicians, it reminded us of all the music born in the south that influenced ussouthern rock, blues, R&B, gospel and of course country, the band said. I hate to laugh at them but LOL. Well, if they have owned a specific trademark on the name Lady A for ten years without any dispute from Anita White, they have no obligation to vacate or share it. Songwriter and producer Shane McAnally said it best. From left: Dave Haywood, Hillary Scott and Charles Kelley of Lady A attend the 55th annual Country Music Association awards at the Bridgestone Arena on November 10, 2021 in Nashville, Tennessee. Thats what Shane and the rest of the woke apologists cant seem to comprehend. On Thursday, Grammy-winning country band Lady Antebellum formally changed its name to Lady A. Lets say the real Lady A loses this case in an all white setting in Nashville. Exactly. Thats because to much of the media, including country music media, country music is nothing more than a stereotype. The mob came for them after the change was made. Did You Ever Wonder How and Why the Left Is Able to Push Their Narratives Almost Unhindered? 4:13 pm. @collin 9:30 am, In this [country] industry, the air is so thick and putrid with racism, both current and residual, that everyone is awash in it, their eyes so caked with hate that theyve been glued shut. July 9, 2020 @ Theyre will to share the trademark with Lady A the artist, who is asking an exorbitant amount of money from them. Arthur :Lee Ivester Priority goes to the first to use the mark in commerce. thegentile Lady Antebellum had received absolutely zero heat or controversy over their name and, in my opinion, was doing nothing more than seeking publicity and attempting to garner favor by creating an issue of something that had been a non-issue up until that point. 6:18 pm. She said she felt the bands actions had branded her as an angry black woman. Because the whites being offended for blacks are now going to battle against the name of a genre of Latino music. They already had the name Lady A trademarked and it was in common parlance. They could change their name to Lady Dixie and really send the left over the edge. They could have just changed it to Lady Belle (assuming thats available) and gone forth with life.. I was thinking the same thing during this whole process. Lady Antebellum, the trio who have topped the US country album charts five times, are to change their name to Lady A due to the slavery connotations held by the word "antebellum". But if the upshot of this is give into the politically correct crowd, and this is what you get, then what will be the incentive for others to make similar good faith moves? All Rights Reserved. the Slave Traders, creating the BS on White Plantation Owner narrative however the JEWS This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, You cant just trademark something and then sit on it for years. On Thursday, Grammy-winning country band Lady Antebellum formally changed its name to Lady A. history is now being revealed and many blacks are waking up , along with the Global population. September 13, 2020 @ especially : existing before the American Civil War. Congrats on your new name. But what does that mean? Bless there hearts. Serves them right for trying too hard, and I even like their music. Its funny seeing him sequel like a white woke pig. (Associated Press photo)NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKBT) Grammy . Seriously the term white privilege is such a dumb and divisive term I cant help but feel that it only exists to turn society into a perpetual race warfare. They are racists. July 9, 2020 @ But it just seems like they jumped the gun on this. They were never a big tour draw. And I probably dont agree with Isbell on most issues. Often such negotiations and legal briefings take months to hammer out, if not longer. Whiskey_Pete So today, we speak up and make a change. This just in, Lady Antebellum is now changing their name to Non-Binary Person A because they also realized that their name was offensive to anyone who is not male or female. As an actual lawyer, while I dont appreciate the generalizations as we arent all blood-sucking parasites, I do think this Lady Antebellums legal team playing hardball as a reaction to a $10m demand. Anita White, a 61-year-old . I think they should have either kept the name and dealt with the consequences or changed to a different word altogether. Martin Kurtz 8:33 am. Lady Antebellum may no longer exist, but the band will play on with a new name, and perhaps even a new mindset that will make it more welcoming and inclusive than it was before. 7:55 am, Atomic Zombie Redneck We are sad to share that our sincere hope to join together with Anita White in unity and common purpose has ended, the group said in a statement. But what I do think Shane said best was that most everyone on Twitter was reacting to a headline, which is exactly what we see with controversy after controversy these days, whether its big artists taking PPP money that is actually going to their workers, Chase Rice playing a Normal show to an enormous and a full audience of 4,000 people when it was less than 1/4 of that, or saying that Country music kicked Lil Nas X out of the genre when it was simply Billboard removing him from their charts with no input from the country community who ended up giving him a CMA Award. 12:35 pm. I totally agree with this, and I think we agree on this point in general. Causing pain was never our hearts intention, but it doesnt change the fact that indeed, it did just that., Lady A also noted that many may wonder why it took them so long, [W]e can make no excuse for our lateness to this realization. Clueless, innocent, and sheltered maybe. Not a fan of country A at all, and think they made some dumb moves and Im kind of laughing at them about this. Sports leagues such as the NFL and NASCAR are addressing past policies that were seen to prejudice Black people, and even leading media publications have been forced to apologize for their past actions. Legal Statement. We are excited to share we are moving forward with positive solutions and common ground. if she has the funds to fight, which the new Lady A is likely counting on her not having. They didn't even bother to notify her of their new trademark. His use of the word extortion meets all 4 standards of a defamatory statement (libel or slander). They got what they got, and if they didnt expect it, then the members truly are clueless. Lady Antebellum announced it had changed its name to Lady A on June 11 as part of its commitment to "examining our individual and collective impact and marking the necessary changes to practice antiracism." 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