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The Well-Made Bed, Ready for Lying: Lady A Edition
It’s hard to imagine a more vivid example of how the outcry for real change and justice has more often than not turned into more posing than a yoga studio.
If revenge is a dish best served cold, then farce is best served up luke warm.
Actually, the better saying for this disasterpiece of bad PR and optics might be “play stupid games, win stupid prizes:”
Lady A, the band formerly known as Lady Antebellum, had a series of productive talks last month with Anita “Lady A” White over the use of the Lady A name. White has used the “Lady A” name for nearly three decades, but now, the battle is heading to court.
In a suit filed in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee in Nashville on Wednesday (July 8) that was obtained by SPIN, Lady A the band claims that White is attempting “to enforce purported trademarks rights in a mark that Plaintiffs have held for more than a decade.”The suit also states that the band isn’t seeking any monetary compensation, but say that White’s team is seeking a $10 million payment to use the Lady A name. It also says that the group has used the moniker informally since 2006, and has used the name on their website since 2008. The band…
