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Ad Nauseum

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008

Billboard – January 12, 2008 Ad Nauseum by Cortney Harding Indie Acts Battle Appropriation of Their Images Baltimore electronic musician Dan Deacon opened his December issue of XLR8R magazine to find he’d been named one of the worst artists of the year in the reader’s poll. But that wasn’t what prodded him into making an [...]


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Indie Bands Sue RJ Reynolds, Rolling Stone

Friday, December 21st, 2007

December 18, 2007 By Cortney Harding, N.Y. As first reported by the Daily Swarm, bands Xiu Xiu and Fucked Up have filed a class action lawsuit against RJ Reynolds and Wenner Media, alleging the unauthorized use of artists’ names, unauthorized use of artist names for commercial advantage (right of publicity), and unfair business practices. The [...]


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