White said: It said that we would coexist and that they would use their best efforts to assist me on social media platforms, Amazon, iTunes, all that. Period. 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. But we are regretful and embarrassed to say that we did not take into account the associations that weigh down this word referring to the period of history before the civil war, which includes slavery. As a woman, I feel attacked and vilified. So today, we speak up and make a change. Somebody, somewhere screwed up. 10:10 am. Yeah, you can always find a red rose on Twitter with an anime avatar whos Internet Mad because the term wristwatch is ableist or some other 14-year-old Tumblr BS, but come on. In fact, the Anita White team might have been holding that over the bands head. Those talks have broken down. This shows that the PC mob and much of the media is all about symbolism, and is using this moment to enact political retribution on artists that they believe dont fit their ideals as opposed to actually addressing race in country music. The country trio has promised to donate to the Equal Justice Initiative and to be better allies to those suffering from injustice. (Photo by Taylor Hill/Getty Images). I am not able to name a single song of theirs, and Ive seen them twice in concert! Actually sounds pretty awesome!!! Hey Arnold Whether you think changing it was the right thing or not, its what they thought was the right thing. 8:31 am. July 9, 2020 @ Their sales and streams are in line with Americana and independent country acts like Jason Isbell now. Lady A apologizes to those who felt 'unsafe' and 'unvalued'. 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. The band applied to register Lady A specifically (not just Lady Antebellum) in May of 2010. But as I see it neither this nor the Highwomen issue you are concerned about are really indicative of any larger issue. We are deeply sorry for the hurt this has caused and for anyone who has felt unsafe, unseen or unvalued, the band wrote. Their music has been extremely popular since they started up in 2006 and many a wedding and party has featured at least one of their . 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. CNN Sans & 2016 Cable News Network. Even though Im not a fan of their music, I believe they are decent human beings who go caught up in a moment, maybe took some bad advice, and now its turned into a huge mess. I am thinking of those stupid #isover parties on twitter where people get the hashtag trending. July 9, 2020 @ The term often pertains to architecture, fashion, antiquities, and the likenamely the ornate finery of the era. Most people would do the EXACT same thing in her shoes.) Yeah Thomas, Im with you. True solutions require thought, due diligence and sensitivity. Now, country superstar Luke Bryan has voiced his opinion on the matter during a virtual chat with Andy Cohen. 2023 Billboard Media, LLC. 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. Lady Antebellum could always change her name to Lady ?, but then shes be infringing on the band ? How was Lady A ever a solution of any kind? 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. A court is being asked to determine the band's right to the name. Get weekly rundowns straight to your inbox, A daily briefing on what matters in the music industry. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. Lady A. Until the organization refutes its alliance with Antifa they have zero credibility in my book. On June 11, 2020, Lady Antebellum revealed they had changed their name to Lady A. Both Lady A's filed a joint motion in a Tennessee court on Monday to dismiss dueling lawsuits over the use of the Lady A name. no one wants to be associated with racism anymore, not even country musicians. Lady A, formerly Lady Antebellum, is clashing over the name with Seattle-based blues singer Lady A. July 9, 2020 @ We are deeply sorry for the hurt this has caused and for anyone who has felt unsafe, unseen or unvalued. So I hope you dont mind 11:39 pm, In fairness, non-white sodomites are fucking HILARIOUS, Luckyoldsun When you change your name from Lady Antebellum to Lady A, the A still stands for antebellum, just like KFC still stands for Kentucky Fried Chicken. That is why they get for going white guilt on themselves. If Lady Antebellum indeed trademarked Lady A in 2010 but DID NOT USE THAT TRADEMARK, she lost the rights to use that (Lady A) name. Blind spots we didnt even know existed have been revealed, Lady As statement said. By Marina Watts On 6/11/20 at 12:24 PM EDT. And the burden of proof is NOT on the R&B Lady A to do a legal search to find that someone else has trademarked a name that the R&B Lady A has been ACTIVELY using. Perception is reality. The name change however will change Anita Whites life and career forever. April 7, 2021 @ Is it an improvement? I guess it maybe would have better for the band to wait to get sued and then be the respondent? 6:52 pm. Lady A is my brand, Ive used it for over 20 years, and Im proud of what Ive done. leaning into supporting and empowering our youth . Changing their name before vetting it and clearing it with anyone else who may be using it was irresponsible, and so is suing Lady A preemptively. What we can do is acknowledge it, turn from it and take action. Sign up for the Sleeve Notes email: music news, bold reviews and unexpected extras, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. I find PC culture as irritating as you but I understand it.. and the Mysterians! The group announced on Thursday that it will drop the word Antebellum from the name it has used since its formation in 2006 and go by Lady A, a nickname it says fans have long used. July 9, 2020 @ 6:34 pm. I know the area. July 13, 2020 @ The poor guy on the left looks like he has had his head stuck in a glass pickle jar since 2008 and a fine steward of the earth just relieved him from his misery right before the picture was taken. For them, that could easily be their share of money or more from a tour after everyone else gets paid. July 10, 2020 @ I think it could very well be that they did a thorough check for any conflicts and Lady A the singer was so much not on the radar that it didnt come up. Its not a left or right problem, its a stupid problem. 11:57 pm. If everything is racist, nothing is racist. Musiccityman Just one problem: White said she had used the exact same name since the 1980s, performing as Lady A thousands of times at concerts and festivals across the country. 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. Market data provided by Factset. July 9, 2020 @ 12:04 pm. Unlikely. Although I think Lady A blues will win, it wont be anywhere near $10 million. Trigger People like getting fired up about something but everyone moves on in a matter of days or weeks. The group could change their name to Lady Antifa. On the one hand, so much of this outrage is coming from the fact that people arent reading the actual articles. The lesson will be to avoid the whole mess entirely. I would say that the word antebellum (before the war) at least has a racial connotation in the American context as it is typically associated with The South before the Civil War. They should have remained silent, and if anyone came after them over the name (which likely would have never happened), simply explained how they came up with it and left it at that. 1:51 pm. Did You Ever Wonder How and Why the Left Is Able to Push Their Narratives Almost Unhindered? That is, until Jamie makes a delivery to an old acquaintance, Tom, who works at what he calls "an animal rights organization.". Required fields are marked *, Notify me of follow-up comments via e-mail. If you want to be an advocate or an ally, you help those who youre oppressing. They just dont want to have to continue to be ridiculed and challenged by her for using the name. People who are partisans for a particular cause are going to run with it. Anita White asked for $10m to support herself and other black independent artists after the group adopted the name she has used for 20 years. They have the worst legal and PR team ever. Even though the band are well-off, ten million dollars is ridiculous. Notice how the Dixie Chicks came out unscathed from their name change, even though Chicks is deemed just as problematic if not more as Dixie in established PC dialogue? Ill still enjoy their music, realizing that they are just kids caught up in the moment. And seeing the sheer outrage by peoplemost of whom as Shane McAnally said are simply reacting to a title instead of the nuance of the storyis definitely telling when you balance it with the utter silence on the Highwomen issue. Dee, what Im trying to say is that if the majority of the people who are upset werent even invested in them to begin with, what impact would this have on them from a career aspect besides maybe radio AirPlay? Ive never done any of those things in my life. 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? Before this matter, most of the people calling for their heads now didnt even know who the hell Lady Antebellum was. (And its not just country. July 9, 2020 @ Blows my mind. I doubt 5% of either group could spell antebellum. July 9, 2020 @ Lady Antebellum's name has been criticized more than once since it comes from the Antebellum period that came right before the Civil War, when slavery was still legal and the country had not yet been divided along the lines that would seek to tear it apart. This may feel unfair to Lady A the artist, but that is what these mechanisms are for, to protect artists from this very scenario. Its certainly not Lady Antebellum. January 13, 2023 @ I totally agree with this, and I think we agree on this point in general. (Im watching Margo Price do that on Twitter.) The protests that swept the nation in the aftermath of George Floyds death at the hands of Minneapolis police officers have shaken the nation and sparked deep soul searching by many about the countrys racist past. I think these political arguments are healthy and necessary. Delores Streisand Despite the Civil Rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s, and the continuing efforts to achieve racial justice since then, the United States has never fully grappled with the institutional racism embedded in its society and encapsulated by so much of its culture. We are deeply sorry for the hurt this has caused and for anyone who has felt unsafe, unseen or unvalued. You cant just trademark something and then sit on it for years. Carrie America (@carrieksada) June 11, 2020. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, But it definitely wont help them get new fans. I agree with much of what you said.. Its white woke gone wild. And if youre the party paying out, your first offer is at least half as much as you think you owe. They move out there to get away from the city and the crime. appreciated. The movement to take down statutes of Confederate war heroes, which has long been debated in the U.S., is accelerating exponentially. 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. I have, and it says that names cannot be copyrighted..is this something totally different. And I can say that because I lived in the suburbs. Copyrights and trademarks are two separate things. 12/21/2020. Also on this extortion question: Again, I think its a strong word and one I would not use. 9:53 pm, Lyrics: What do you think of the change? When they did it was ,as Rhiannon Giddens put it, cringe inducing. They just never read the room right in the first place. But if country music avoids being banned over the terms link to ideas of untoward nationalism, radio stations will no longer be playing music by hit group Lady Antebellum. I feel like 95% of the people who are now trying to cancel the band dont give a single crap about the genre and would not be able to name a single song of theirs. That A has to stand for something. Im sure hes an intellectual property specialist who knows a lot more about trademark law than anybody here. According to country Lady A, R&B Lady A wanted $10 million to relinquish her claims to the name. Lady A. did not and now they are screwed. Yes, this is how the media outside country music perceive this situation involving the dulcet and sanguine Lady A. July 10, 2020 @ On the other hand, the media is stirring up the outrage with the way its covering the story. Further applications to register the name for musical recordings and merchandise were also granted with no opposition. Like Ozzy Osbourne said once during the height of the PMRC debacle, whenever I hear of a teenager getting arrested for a horrible crime, I think please dont be wearing an Ozzy tshirt, please dont be wearing an Ozzy tshirt.. ). But maybe they shouldve thought about it before going all woke with the name change. Back in June, as the Black Lives Matter movement spread across the United States, Lady Antebellum announced that the've officially shortened their name to Lady A . 9:12 am. So today, we speak up and make a change. If anyone attempts to appropriate it, you must dispute it. 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. Thats the only actual similarity to the Highwomen thing. The group formerly known as Lady Antebellum, from left, Charles Kelley, Dave Haywood and Hillary Scott, changed their moniker to Lady A. You do not NEED to register a trademark. This should be an easy court win for the R&B Lady A. You massively overrate the intelligence of country music fans and music journalist in general. In this case, even in 2010, could Anita White have established that the general public would readily associate her with the term Lady A? Lady A, formerly known as Lady Antebellum, jumped on social media on June 11, 2020 to explain why the country band changed its name. docweasel With search engines, URLs, social media algorhythms, programmatic learning, and the way touring guarantees are specifically pegged to previous earnings, youre basically starting back from zero. June 11, 2020 9:54am. 1:18 pm. And if they did, she could have claimed and proven use of the name well before the trademark application. (Jason Kempin/Getty Images for CMT/Viacom) The popular country band Lady Antebellum is undergoing a name change. Lady A is my brand, I've used it . The Scott Borchetta Zoom Calls at Big Machine I imagine have been a scream this week, jacob hatcher Market data provided by Factset. After much personal reflection, band discussion, prayer and many honest conversations with some of our closest 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, the band, made up of Dave Haywood, Charles Kelley and Hillary Scott, said in a statement. ), Lady A spoke out about the name change they underwent over a year ago. But a lot of the anger flowing towards the former Lady Antebellum over this issue is missing the forest for the trees, fueled once again by misleading headlines, and the mob not checking or reading the details. And the Nash white wokes like Shane McAnally is refusing too see the story here.. just the schematics. 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. She said she felt the bands actions had branded her as an angry black woman. I hope they lose all their money in court costs and never record music again. Whiskey_Pete The band Lady A concluded their statement with a commitment 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. I think the threat comes from avoiding the discussion and trying to make everything inoffensive and innocuous instead. 9:19 pm. A trademark means that youre taking something and making sure nobody else can use it for marketing purposes so theres no confusion. 9:08 am. This is a lawyer who is solely focused on the legal ramifications who somehow convinced everyone else, We must sue now or were screwed! and for some reason believes fighting it out in the country of public opinion is also smart. 4:47 am, So the picture of George Washington on the state flag means nothing? The name itself, albeit stupid, did no real harm. "I can say that for years, everyone in the country music community has really referred to them as Lady A. (Im a genius.yes, I know), T-grondo Lady Antebellum announced on Thursday (June 11) that they've made a name change in response to the ongoing Black Lives Matter movement. July 11, 2020 @ Noah Berlatsky (@nberlat) June 11 . Read Lady As complete message on Twitter below. Check out what's clicking today in entertainment. A copyright is for a written work, a photo, an idea, a song, a movie. Causing pain was never our hearts intention, but it doesnt change the fact that indeed, it did just that. July 24, 2020 @ 8:50 am. July 9, 2020 @ This band has always struck me as something contrived by the music industry to make money. The Chicks spoke with Stephen Colbert about the name change, explaining that they'd wanted to do so for a while, and made sure they had their "ducks in a row legally" before announcing the change. Im not saying that the word antebellum has racist connotations or not, I agree thats debatable. Lady A, Hey Arnold Lady Antebellum is changing its name. I think they should have either kept the name and dealt with the consequences or changed to a different word altogether. And now Im a fan of a lot of different country artists.). Lady Antebellum tried to do the right thing and are now being destroyed for it. Or what if shes not really a lady at all? Dude you miss the key fact. All Rights Reserved. Photo illustration by Slate. It finally went through and now Im just waiting until my July release to see if my single will be buried.. Share to Linkedin. You seem to see these kerfuffles and as existential threats to county music. My suggestion is Lady Abolition (or is that a white savior connotation?). February 27, 2023 @ July 9, 2020 @ 11:10 am, Fuzzy Twoshirts Lady A (left) and Lady A (right). We hope Anita and the advisers she is now listening to will change their minds about their approach. The band's new name is receiving push back from a Seattle blues singer who says she's been going by the name "Lady A" for more than 20 years, according to Rolling Stone. Maybe they should have just left well enough alone. Not that this means a whole lot legally, but Wikipedia page was created the and day this controversy broke, and at this point its impossible to determine what her online Etc presence was prior to all of this, but I would imagine it was nominal. sodcutterjones This feels like a classic matter where lawyers on both sides got involved, started seeing dollar signs, and they will be the ones who will make out like bandits as the two parties get dragged through litigation. Problem solved. A lot of moving parts and entanglements to this issue. Lady As name change is the most recent example. Musiccityman In an 85-minute show that covered 20 songs, Lady Antebellum included every one of its 14 Top 10 songs, although some in shortened form. But extortion is an actual criminal act. July 10, 2020 @ Dee Manning Some criticized the decision, accusing the trioof "pandering" and "apologizing" unnecessarily. July 9, 2020 @ Who is being selfish. Published on December 21, 2020 05:20 PM. Also, when you apply for a trademark, there is an extended waiting period where it is put out in the public domain for anyone to dispute the claim to it. King Honky Of Crackershire July 11, 2020 @ Now, if youre a band like Lady A, perhaps you can reassemble some of those pieces better than a band starting out. Mostly Metal 8:33 am. 6. The group, known best for 2009 crossover hit Need You Now, as well as more recent No. The lawyer is correct. Want to know what everyone in the music business is talking about. especially : existing before the American Civil War. Another problem for Lady Antebellum: Lady A is not only a performer, she is a performer with a sense of activism . The Grammy-winning vocal group filed the lawsuit Wednesday in federal court after negotiations with Anita White broke down in recent weeks. July 9, 2020 @ The 3 artists that form the band have a net worth of approximately 25 million dollars EACH, so I dont believe that the 10 million dollar lawsuit is excessive. (Photo by Terry Wyatt/Getty Images), Inside The Mind Of The Chief Revenue Officer, What Is Unconscious Bias (And How You Can Defeat It), Former Israeli Intelligence Officers Found Sentra To Provide Cloud Security, USCIS Starts H-1B Registration Process For FY 2024. Dove Shore*. Now that action has resulted in them publicly suing a well-respected black member of the music community and receiving a massive backlash for it. history is now being revealed and many blacks are waking up , along with the Global population. Bob Loblaw But we are regretful and embarrassed to say that we did not take into account the associations that weigh down this word referring to the period of history before The Civil War, which includes slavery. Country group the Dixie Chicks announced that they would henceforth be known as the Chicks. Compelling people to read beyond a title and get the facts before judging is sage advice for any scenario, especially today when so many are looking to be outraged to fulfill their own desires for self-importance and moral superiority. This week, the Grammy-winning trio announced it will change its name due to in the . But we are regretful and embarrassed to say that we did not take into account the associations that weigh down this word referring to the period of history before The Civil War, which includes slavery, Lady A continued. July 9, 2020 @ They were not responding to some fierce backlash about their name when they made the change. They still havent figured out the JEWS were 9:49 am. When we set out together almost 14 years ago, we named our band after the southern antebellum style home where we took our first photos, the band said in the statement. What a bunch of self righteous shit stains.

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