July 11, 2020 @ July 9, 2020 @ Hopefully cooler heads will prevail and this will get resolved quickly. You think they will stop with your name? But although the . The $10 million demand from Anita White is exorbitant and ludicrous. They have the worst legal and PR team ever. This is a BETA experience. Its questionable if Antebellum was problematic in the first place. Country group Lady Antebellum is making a huge change to their band - they are changing its name. Lady A the band did not dispute Lady A the artist about her name at any point after registering the trademark. 6:53 am. I do not know. July 9, 2020 @ To Lady Antebellum, a 4-time Grammy nominee (1 time winner) with multiple platinum and gold record awards, Lady A was just another struggling black woman to be trounced. I was thinking the same thing during this whole process. Im OK with the former, but you cant make me do the latter. @ Trigger Not a fan of country A at all, and think they made some dumb moves and Im kind of laughing at them about this. The term 'ante bellum' is Latin for 'before war'. Everything thing they do from how they dress to their actual music seems like it goes through a marketing review before it gets the ok. From their original name to the name change to the lawsuit I actually doubt that the members of this group have that much of a clue about any of it and just go along with what theyve been told to do because it works to make them money and their managers and lawyers and record company etc. But both antebellum and dixie as terms have become more anodyne because they are more generic. The answer: Antebellum means "before a war," and the term has been widely associated with the pre-Civil War period in the United States. 2023 FOX News Network, LLC. On the other hand, the media is stirring up the outrage with the way its covering the story. anna tweedy Musiccityman 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. The band dropped 'Antebellum' over racist connotations, but a black singer said she'd already used 'Lady A' for decades. 10:10 am. P.C. This is my life, White said at the time. This just in, Lady Antebellum is now changing their name to Non-Binary Person A because they also realized that their name was offensive to anyone who is not male or female. For them, that could easily be their share of money or more from a tour after everyone else gets paid. 4:37 pm. I hate how certain people and/or publications find a way to blame country music for this decision. 12:17 pm, Honestly Summers Eve is as good of a band name as Lady Antebellum, Goey agetter February 15, 2021 @ But the fact that they have owned the trademark on Lady A specifically for 10 years, and Anita Carter is asking $10 million to resolve the dispute, and that theyre suing her for NOTHING aside for asking for fair, dual use of a trademark they already own, are definitely important points to underscore. Now they have lost any goodwill they gained from doing that and more. The trio wrote: "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. 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. if she has the funds to fight, which the new Lady A is likely counting on her not having. We hope you will dig in and join us.". Wow because you are really targeting your audience there. Ill attempt to be diplomatic about your other examples- Im not entirely certain that more details actually change the nature of the stories. *[at fests where their set was before the acts we came to see]. All that old merchandise with the old name will still be out there. Lady A, (the country band) could join forces with Lady A, (the blues singer) and become. 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. $5m is nothing, and Im actually worth more than that, regardless of what they think. And frankly, I think if more details about that event were brought to light, people would be even more outraged.. In a lengthy note to fans on social . We hope Anita and the advisers she is now listening to will change their minds about their approach. They just dont want to have to continue to be ridiculed and challenged by her for using the name. 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A Seattle based R&B singer also named Lady A (real name Anita White) came out the next day angry that her name had been co-opted without any regard or communication from the pop country trio. On Thursday, Grammy-winning country band Lady Antebellum formally changed its name to Lady A. Lady Antebellum announced it had changed its name to Lady A on June 11 as part of its commitment to "examining our individual and collective impact and marking the necessary changes to practice antiracism." Antebellum refers to an era in the American south before the civil war when black people were held as slaves. Dont they have people who are supposed to do all this for them? Chase Rice really did take a selfie with a large crowd of unmasked fans, and did post the we back vid to make it look packed as possible. 8:31 am. Blues singer Lady A is fighting back months after country band Lady A sued her in an ongoing dispute over their shared moniker. They are racists. At least two users explained what the word means: Antebellum means the time before the war. Heres a bit of what the Lady had to say: [O]ur hearts have been stirred with conviction, our eyes opened wide to the injustices, inequality and biases black women and men have always faced and continue to face every day. According to their suit, Lady A do have legal claim to the Lady A name that precede the official name change. Doesnt the A still stand for Antebellum?? or redistributed. The conflict between the country band Lady A, formerly known as Lady Antebellum, and Seattle blues singer Anita White, who also goes by Lady A, has apparently been settled. Perception is reality. Yes, though the case in point is that there already was a band named The Chicks as well. I do not feel one bit sorry for the country LADY A group. It became widely associated with the U.S. Civil War after it was over, and now . I am not able to name a single song of theirs, and Ive seen them twice in concert! God bless America. 11:59 AM EDT, Thu June 11, 2020. So today, we speak up and make a change. We will continue to educate ourselves, have hard conversations, and search the parts of our hearts that need pruning, The band also said theyll be making a donation to the Equal Justice Initiative, which according to the organizationswebsite is committed to ending mass incarceration and excessive punishment in the United States, to challenging racial and economic injustice, and to protecting basic human rights for the most vulnerable people in American society., Moreover, Lady A wants to be better allies to those suffering from spoken and unspoken injustices. And if they did, she could have claimed and proven use of the name well before the trademark application. Good intentions gone awry. 11:39 pm, In fairness, non-white sodomites are fucking HILARIOUS, Luckyoldsun And that the genre is getting awful publicity when it should be gaining new, young, progressively minded and BIPOC fans. What we can do is acknowledge it, turn from it and take action. That is why they get for going white guilt on themselves. Check out what's clicking today in entertainment. Ms. Whites LADY A brand had been usurped and set on the path to erasure.. Trigger 9:19 pm. The $10 million demand by Anita White and her lawyers is ludicrous and completely unfounded, especially if as the lawsuit claims, Lady Antebellum has owned the Lady A trademark for a decade without dispute. Chart-topping US pop group Lady Antebellum have changed their name to Lady A because Antebellum has connotations with the slavery era. The idea that they already informally went by Lady A isnt really an argument, because if youre sincerely trying to make a statement about racism, your focus shouldnt be on picking a name thats easy for the market to recognize out of the gate. After there was no opposition filed by any person or entity, the application was officially registered by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on July 26, 2011. All Rights Reserved. In this case, even in 2010, could Anita White have established that the general public would readily associate her with the term Lady A? Dont piss on my leg and tell me its raining. And what I find as irritating as the p.c. But that is not how theyve been portrayed in the matter. July 10, 2020 @ Making decisions based upon warm and fuzzy is rarely rational. True. Internet and social media searches for Lady A, which had readily returned results for her music, were now dominated by references to Lady Antebellum. Sidney Caesar July 9, 2020 @ July 9, 2020 @ trevistrat The concern was a murmur at best. A lot of moving parts and entanglements to this issue. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. 9:48 pm, And the Grammy collaboration of the year goes to. The term wasnt under fire until the band decided to make an issue of it. The country band argued it had used the abbreviation as a nickname for years, and simply wish that the parties continue to coexist., White quickly fired back with a countersuit accusing the band of trademark infringement, claiming it the name change had been undertaken with willful disregard for Ms. Whites rights., The effect of the name change on Ms. Whites ability to distinguish her music in the marketplace was overwhelming, White wrote. The Anita White team was betting that public ignorance on the matter and the negative perception of a white group suing a black woman would twist the arm of Lady Antebellum and resort in an exorbitant payment. Yippy Skippy! Andrew Brown (@AndrewB66636244) June 11, 2020, So now were all suddenly offended by an ADJECTIVE?? Relevancy in 2020 for The Group Fornerly Known as Lady Antebellum and Now Wanting To Be Known as Lady A is taking the name of an African-American singer because they want to remove the racial injustice connotations of their past name. Just call it Charlie and whats her name. They sang backup on his version of Wagon Wheel. They dont want $$$$$$, the R&B singer wants the $$$$$. Dan in GA The Chicks. Its a classic case of white wokenss and virtue signaling blowing up in their faces. I think it would be fitting and well deserved. And does Lady A really think that suing a black woman over trying to change your name from a potentially racially-insensitive term is the way to get on the right side of this issue? history is now being revealed and many blacks are waking up , along with the Global population. The US country group Lady A known until recently as Lady Antebellum, before changing their name to shed its slavery-era connotations is suing the blues and gospel artist Lady A over use of the name. The group could change their name to Lady Antifa. If theres someone out there thats worse than you, then you cant be all that bad. Were disappointed that we wont be able to work together with Anita for that greater purpose. I think these political arguments are healthy and necessary. So today, we speak up and make a change., NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - OCTOBER 16: (L-R) Charles Kelley, Hillary Scott and Dave Haywood of Lady [+] Antebellum perform onstage during the 2019 CMT Artists of the Year at Schermerhorn Symphony Center on October 16, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee. Her lawyer, again if competent, knows theyre going to lose the dec action and this will bring them into a more realistic negotiation point. By Drew Weisholtz. 12:35 pm. I think they should have either kept the name and dealt with the consequences or changed to a different word altogether. The desire to change the names appeared to me more about self perception than what anybody else thought. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. You cant give in to the woke cancel-culture mob. By clicking Accept all you agree that Yahoo and our partners will process your personal information, and use technologies such as cookies, to display personalised ads and content, for ad and content measurement, audience insights, and product development. Convict charlie But it just seems like they jumped the gun on this. Youre spot-on in calling out those fluff catchphrases. Theyre so cringey. In response to the change, NPR journalist Anastasia Tsioulcas wrote, "The country trio Dixie Chicks have changed the group's name to The Chicks in an . Even though the band are well-off, ten million dollars is ridiculous. Lady Antebellum should change her name to Lady Arrogant! 8:33 am. July 9, 2020 @ When you join the herd, you deserve the cow shit you fall into. July 9, 2020 @ Country band Lady Antebellum, which recently changed its name to Lady A, met with blues singer Lady A on Monday after news broke that there already was an artist with that name . I hate to laugh at them but LOL. It is difficult to keep up on everything that gets cancelled in culture. Its the sign of the times, The legal fight for "Lady A" began roughly a year-and-a-half ago, after amicable talks between the artists stalled following Lady A dropping "Antebellum" from its long-standing stage name. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Then she could be Woman A or Woman ? Or maybe she doesnt believe in binary genders? A copyright is for a written work, a photo, an idea, a song, a movie. Clueless, innocent, and sheltered maybe They grew up in very white neighborhood. Its not a left or right problem, its a stupid problem. New Lady A is in the wrong on this one. The Real Reason Lady Antebellum Is Changing Its Name. I am talking about the organization, not the cause, but the cause has been hijacked by the collaboration., Ron_Jeff He didnt get the issue right. I hope t Lady Antebellum goes down like the Dixie Chicks. Chase Rice and Chris Janson played shows. Now, if youre a band like Lady A, perhaps you can reassemble some of those pieces better than a band starting out. 10:15 am. Theyre will to share the trademark with Lady A the artist, who is asking an exorbitant amount of money from them. As I have said, $10 million is a ludicrous number, but very well could have been floated out there simply as a negotiation platform, knowing they would never get it, hoping for half at best. Lady Antebellum was trying to do the right thing with the name change.. The case you are making doesnt actually make any sense because you dont. Because I should have to think out how every word in a statement may or may not offend someone. Its part of the living in the Nash bubble that has plagued Music Row for years, Eduardo Vargas 9:29 am. Theyre using the name because of a Black Lives Matter incident that, for them, is just a moment in time. Im sure hes an intellectual property specialist who knows a lot more about trademark law than anybody here. 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. Lady Antebellum had no reason to change their name or apologize, but once you go grovelling on your knees, hat in hand, youre finished. I write about leadership, politics, inclusion, and social change. 1:26 pm. Lets say the real Lady A loses this case in an all white setting in Nashville. This has nothing to do with PC BS, selfish, entitled and sanctimonious millennials or woke whatever. Except for Need You Now which is a great song.) Military bases named for Confederate generals are under consideration to be renamed. Anita White will go straight to Don Lemon and say the white woke millennial trio and Big Machine are a bunch of hypocritical racists. July 9, 2020 @ Or what used to be considered adult contemporary before Lizzo was considered adult contemporary. That is, until Jamie makes a delivery to an old acquaintance, Tom, who works at what he calls "an animal rights organization.". 10:19 am. They still havent figured out the JEWS were Country When Country Wasn't Cool Lady Antebellum's name-change blunder was easily avoidable, but they made this embarrassing misstep for the same reason they performed under an oppressive stage name for 14 years: a white . So artists, and their fans, should not do stupid crap that reinforces the stereotype. I understand that its ironic that they were attempting to be conscientious of African Americans and how their name may make them feel and end up choosing a name used by an African American artist, but if the same scenario arose between two white artists, would the optics be as bad? Because I saw the band Lady A at the Bluebird Cafe very early into their forming and have known them interchangeably as Lady Antebellum and Lady A pretty much ever since. I also dont believe for an instant that the members of Lady Antebellum are as woke as they claim to be or they would have relented the use of the name the moment they realized what they had done. The Scott Borchetta Zoom Calls at Big Machine I imagine have been a scream this week, jacob hatcher Egads. Despite an effort at reconstruction following the war, America has never truly made amends for the devastating effect of slavery on the nation and those who descended from slaves. The hurt is turning into hope. Photos by Ethan Miller/Getty Images and Lady A. Jake Cutter All they did was shorten their name!! The real question is still.WHAT DOES DAVE HAYWOOD DO? We hope you will dig in and join us.", The members ofLady A Hillary Scott, Charles Kelley, and Dave Haywood pledged to continue educating themselves and to "search the parts of our hearts that need pruning to grow into better humans.". The band continue to explain that while it realizes changing its name is just one step, there is more to be done. Yes, this is how the media outside country music perceive this situation involving the dulcet and sanguine Lady A. antebellum was a problem name to begin withplenty of money already, but never enough for the richchange the band name to something else, dismiss the lawsuit already, apologize for being bigots, donate some $ to a traditional black college, and be done alreadyshow real change & enlightenment with action! But by focusing on the inequities of others, you avoid addressing your own.. At least thats what you and your ilk would profess. I was excited to go to your show this year and now youve lost a fan for life. Nobody gave a crap about their name other than people who would never be caught dead listening to any Country music. the Slave Traders, creating the BS on White Plantation Owner narrative however the JEWS On Thursday, the country band formerly known as Lady Antebellum announced on Instagram that they changed their name in . ", LADY A SPEAKS OUT ABOUT BAND FORMERLY KNOWN AS LADY ANTEBELLUM FILING LAWSUIT TO SECURE NAME. Updated at 4:14 p.m. 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. Songwriter and producer Shane McAnally said it best. Once you yield to them, its never enough. July 9, 2020 @ 1:15 pm. True hypocrites, who do they think theyre fooling? no one wants to be associated with racism anymore, not even country musicians. 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., The group, which is made up of musicians Hillary Scott, Dave Haywood and Charles Kelley, added that they are, are deeply sorry for the hurt this has caused and for anyone who has felt unsafe, unseen or unvalued., Causing pain was never our hearts intention, but it doesnt change the fact that indeed, it did just that, they wrote. It appears they do want to share it, but they have no obligation. Country group the Dixie Chicks announced that they would henceforth be known as the Chicks. (Im a genius.yes, I know), T-grondo Is it an improvement? Feeling like Anita White would likely sue them, the band chose to take the preemptive step to sue her first. Also on this extortion question: Again, I think its a strong word and one I would not use. Photo: Gary Gershoff/Getty Images. Dee Manning This is my life. It doesnt make you too PC. And no one gives a crap about their name . We are deeply sorry for the hurt this has caused and for anyone who has felt unsafe, unseen or unvalued, the band wrote. And I probably dont agree with Isbell on most issues. This is a classic example of virtual signaling and wokeness blowing up in their woke faces and Im laughing way too hard at this than I should. Like how does your team not look into if they are other artists named that??? February 27, 2023 @ That may be where we disagree. 2:31 pm. appreciated. I find PC culture as irritating as you but I understand it.. The dictionary definition of antebellum literally means "before the war," coming from the Latin phrase, ante bellum. Weve recognized since at least Shakespeares time that lawyers are parasites on society. You have to actively use your trademark, and you must issue cease and desist actions on others who are infringing on your trademark. July 10, 2020 @ But from a publicity and optics standpoint, yes, simply changing to Scott, Kelley & Haywood or something similar would have put them much more on the right side of this issue publicly than they are now.

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