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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBlues Singer "Lady A" Contemplating Best Recourse to Lady Antebellum's Attempt to Steal Her Name.
Lady Antebellum Is Now Lady A. But So Is a Blues Singer Whos Used the Name for 20 YearsThis is my life. Theyre using the name because of a Black Lives Matter incident that, for them, is just a moment in time, says the original Lady A, a 61-year-old black singer whos released multiple records under the name
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Blues Singer "Lady A" Contemplating Best Recourse to Lady Antebellum's Attempt to Steal Her Name. (Original Post)
Towlie
Jun 2020
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Loki Liesmith
(4,602 posts)1. Guys just call yourself Lady Antebellum
Its fine
Cirque du So-What
(27,435 posts)4. Yes, because the pre-civil war south is so cool
Loki Liesmith
(4,602 posts)5. It's fine
Its a name.
Blues Heron
(6,096 posts)7. cool story bro
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,729 posts)2. Seems stupid of Lady Antebellum to take a name that's already used.
If only there was something like Google.
I don't know if performer names are copyrighted, but they should be. Maybe Lady Antebellum could take a name that's not currently in use. How about "Mozart".
Ilsa
(62,173 posts)3. Lady Antebellum said this is the nickname from
their fans, so that's why they went with it.
Their managers and lawyers should have researched it.
tanyev
(44,311 posts)6. That name never made sense for them, anyway.
First time I heard it I assumed it was all women and was surprised when I actually saw them that's it's 2 men, one woman and zero hoop skirts.