Blues singer "Lady A" responds to country trio's lawsuit

So this clueless country group with the racist name sues an established singer to get her to hand over her name.

They gotta pay her more for that.

They should’ve changed their name to Anti-Antebellum

Lady A for a band sounds stupid, why not come up with something better or just keep it the same.

Meh. They can both use the name. Lady Antebellum has the copy right, after all. And they are willing to share the name

This is a horrible PR move for them. They've been known informally as Lady A for years. But to yank the name from her to legally change theirs is a low blow. It's the principle.

I refuse to believe they didn’t do research first before choosing a name. They just knew the person with the name before was an unknown black woman and they could plow through with the name due to their popularity and $$$$$$.

They say they held the trademark for twenty years.

Dumb white group decide to steal name from black. Bad move.

White mischief. At this point I would have more respect for the band if they had retained the name Lady Antebellum.

Acknowledge the mishap, apologize for inconveniencing the artist, and hold a contest for fans to rename the group. Make lemonade.

If what R7 states is true, R9, then that might be the way to go.

Prove they had the trademark to Lady A for twenty years in order to establish that they weren’t steamrolling anyone and then move the fuck on with a name change chosen by their fans.

The new album with the new name could have a track featuring the other Lady A artist, and everyone could celebrate leaving the narrow-mindedness of the past behind.

They should have a contest for all their fans to re-name them. How about Lady Assholes?

I will always appreciate them standing up to Bush Jr.

Is Lady Gay copyrighted?

Charles Kelley reeks of closeted Jesus gay.

Sorry - that’s The Dixie Chicks

r14 Yes, they now go by "The Chicks".

Lady Cerebellum. Oh wait, they don't have a brain.

Lady Antwodudes.

Lady Aaron Schock

I guess Lady Antinegro was too on the nose.

[quote] The new album with the new name could have a track featuring the other Lady A artist.

That would be a very Kumbaja moment. But it's not enough. She wants $10 million, $5 mill for herself and $5 mill for some struggling black artist foundation or something.

If I were the artist, I would settle for: (a) restoration of my name; (b) the band featuring me on the first album (and a number of related tours) under their new name; and (c) a percentage of album sales, concerts and merchandise earnings from that album. Think of the publicity and exposure (likely more than her career has ever enjoyed)!

Make lemonade, but hurry before the lemons start to mold.

This is like something out of South Park. Country band changes their name to show how non-racist they are; name turns out to have been taken from a black blues singer.

Lady Ayyyyy

Lady Anti-bellum. Fixed.

Lady Abzugbella

Lady Deplorable would suit them better.

Still can’t get over how they thought filing a lawsuit would get them anywhere right now. What fucking fools.

All this for music in the .99 bin?

Never heard of Lady A. and haven't thought about Lady Antebellum since 2009.