Horse's head in their bed? -----Original Message----- From: "Sam Smith" To: audities@smoe.org Sent: 2/15/07 3:35 PM Subject: Re: same band name problem Baskervils@aol.com wrote: I seek wisdom. A band in the UK has just popped up with our name (Baskervilles). It looks like they have been around for 3 months, and we have been around for 10 years and have 2 releases. They don't seem to want to give up the name. Any advice on what I should do? 1: You could sue them. 2: You could ignore them (although doing so would be legally construed as failing to protect a copyright, I think, which could open the door to them having a claim on the name). 3: Or you could see if they have any money behind them. If so, you could sell them the name (obviously this requires a good bit of option 1 to "encourage" their cooperation) and maybe make a pretty penny. Keep us posted on how this develops, if you would. -- _______________________ Sam Smith, PhD [TABLE NOT SHOWN]