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I'm working on my con report, but I just have to make a note of this, because I'm a big fan of their stuff.
The Red Hot Chili Peppers are suing Showtime over the name "Californication", the Duchovny series. This doesn't surprise me -- I figured either there was some permissions, or there'd be a suit, because, HELLO. I don't know the actual claim, but the network has not one single leg to stand on that it's not taken from the album because -- get this--
one of the characters is named "DANI CALIFORNIA."
Oh no, don't name her after one of the songs. *snicker*
Would it have killed you to ask first, Showtime? Duh. Even if it's legally sound (and I have to hope that someone over in their high-rent legal counsel looked into it), it was still a very poor public relations move.
hm, I wanna do a vid to 'Dani California' someday. Great song (though Rugrat likes 'Snow' better).
The Red Hot Chili Peppers are suing Showtime over the name "Californication", the Duchovny series. This doesn't surprise me -- I figured either there was some permissions, or there'd be a suit, because, HELLO. I don't know the actual claim, but the network has not one single leg to stand on that it's not taken from the album because -- get this--
one of the characters is named "DANI CALIFORNIA."
Oh no, don't name her after one of the songs. *snicker*
Would it have killed you to ask first, Showtime? Duh. Even if it's legally sound (and I have to hope that someone over in their high-rent legal counsel looked into it), it was still a very poor public relations move.
hm, I wanna do a vid to 'Dani California' someday. Great song (though Rugrat likes 'Snow' better).