Metallica Sues Over Chords (Not)

Postby **lukpac** » Thu Jul 17, 2003 12:05 pm

http://www.msnbc.com/news/930659.asp?0cv=LB10

Striking a chord
Nothing gets by those clever dudes in Metallica. So when members of the heavy-metal group heard a song by the Canadian band Unfaith, they knew they detected something familiar: the chords E and F.
So they sued.
Metallica filed a trademark infringement suit against the Unfaith in the U.S. district court in central California earlier this week, alleging that the use of the E and F chords causes “confusion, deception and mistake in the minds of the public.”
“People are going to get on our case again for this, but try to see it from our point of view just once,” Metallica’s Lars Ulrich told MTV. “We’re not saying we own those two chords, individually — that would be ridiculous. We’re just saying that in that specific order, people have grown to associate E, F with our music.”

mikenycLI · Postby **mikenycLI** » Thu Jul 17, 2003 12:51 pm

This is too much. Guess times are really bad for these boys !

Now, if only the lyricist of "Louie Louie" would sue them ALL, for back royalties, he would be a verrrrrrrrrrrrrrry rich person today !

Xenu · Postby **Xenu** » Thu Jul 17, 2003 4:14 pm

Hilariously, that link today has something about Scientology feeling the need to detox the 9-11 workers.

Fuckers.

Xenu · Postby **Xenu** » Thu Jul 17, 2003 4:15 pm

http://www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/07/17/ctv.metallica/

Postby **lukpac** » Thu Jul 17, 2003 4:21 pm

Xenu wrote:Hilariously, that link today has something about Scientology feeling the need to detox the 9-11 workers.

Fuckers.

Yes, I thought of you when I saw that.