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[skar23]

MONTREAL -Metallica are taking legal action against independant Canadian rock band Unfaith over what they feel is unsanctioned usage of two chords the band has been using since 1982 : E and F. "People are going to get on our case again for this, but try to see it from our point of view just once," stated Metallica's Lars Ulrich . "We're not saying we own those two chords, individually - that would be ridiculous. We're just saying that in that specific order, people have grown to associate E, F with our music."

Metallica filed a trademark infringement suit against the indie group at the US district court for central California on Monday. According to the drummer, the continued use of the two chords causes "confusion, deception and mistake in the minds of the public".

Metallica's lawyer, Jill Pietrini , told us that the band decided to
take legal action only after first sending a letter of complaint to the
Canadian band's singer/songwriter, Erik Ashley . "We sent a demand letter and haven't reached a resolution, so we had to sue," she said. "They continue to shamelessly feature the two chords on their website song samples and we just can't have that."

Ashley, in the meantime, is still shocked by the entire story, and
hasn't yet decided how the band will respond. "I thought it was a prank at first," he told us. "Now I'm not sure what to think."

Ulrich states that he's not trying to prevent Unfaith from using the two chords, only that he feels Metallica should be credited for them
whenever used, and is calling for 50% of all revenue generated from any song using them.

"It's nothing personal against them," he added. "We intend to enforce our rights with any band intending to use Metallica-branded chords in the future." This marks the first time anything of this kind has ever been tried in court, and it will be interesting to see how things develop.

Metallica's website has issued an official statement on the suit here .

Unfaith's official website hasn't officially responded at print time.


From Metallica's website;

METALLICA DEFENDS RIGHTS AGAINST CANADIAN BAND OVER E, F CHORDS |
7/16/2003

We have elected to pursue legal action against Unfaith, a Canadian band
using chords (E & F) traditionally associated with Metallica. We intend to agressively defend our rights in this matter to the fullest extent of the law. It's nothing personal against the band in question, as we intend to do the same to anyone else using the same chords in that order.

We're not saying we own the E chord, or even the F - that would be ridiculous. We're just saying that together, people have grown to associate them with our music, and their continued use in the same song causes confusion, deception and mistake in the minds of the public. We are fighting this fight for our fans, who don't deserve to be subjected to this confusion... just as we appreciate their support through this.


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[Celestial Dung]

http://metropulse.com/metroblab/mb_main.html

Already posted on the Blab. I have my doubts for it's authenticity. So far google searches provide little information.

I give it a day until it's exposed.

[Nexxus23]

Sorry, it's a hoax.

But it's still damn funny. The funniest thing is that it's believable.

[skar23]

arrgh it is a hoax... the linking to the MTV website was beautiful tho...
very nice spoof indeed....

[creapyrob]

I want to patent air. THEN everytime someone breathes they owe me a penny!!!!

I'll be rich, RICH I SAY!!!

But it'll all be in pennies. Damn it, Damn it all to hell!!!

I could refuse the pennies and take only dollars, cut a special rate 1000 breaths for 9 dollars or some such non-sense!!

[Hardcoregirl]

Hoaxes are cute...

For the record, I fucking hate Metallica. I think they've sucked pretty much for ever except maybe for Master of Puppets and thats probably argueable.

They suck and their napster lawsuit I just found nauseating. I wish James Hetfield had gone completely up in flames when he caught on fire. I wish they had the luck of like, Def Leppard and would lose some arms and band members....They were at the Lollapallooza I attended and I left shortly after they came on stage.


But I'm not bitter or anything....lol

[The Fallen]

For the best spoof on Metallica that I have seen check out Napster Bad

[Hardcoregirl]

Oh yeah, I love that Fallen.....in fact a lot of it is seared into my brain.

I want a mexican house boy and some phillipino sex slaves....

[The Fallen]

and be some fat greasy tattooed bastard's buttery cornhole?

j/k

[Nexxus23]

and be some fat greasy tattooed bastard's buttery cornhole?

j/k

Do we need to call her ButterButt now?

I know. Bad joke. Many apologies to ye, the unwashed masses.

[The Fallen]

and be some fat greasy tattooed bastard's buttery cornhole?

j/k

Do we need to call her ButterButt now?

I know. Bad joke. Many apologies to ye, the unwashed masses.

Oh bravo... better then my CupperButt

[MahoganyDawn]

OMG! This whole thread is so funny!

[Bone]

lol... started reading this thread and thought... well, then Budgie needs to sue metallica for Kirk Hammets blatent thievery of their entire guitar riffs.
First time I heard Budgies Panzer Division Destroyed I thought it was an Early Metallica song I hadn't heard

[Shadow]

when I read the header for this topic I thought it was about
Enuff Z'nuff.

Remember them?............Fly High Michelle............


Chip Z'nuff is wacko..........
he's like a homeless aging metalhead/glamrockertypedude


And as for Mettalica................"I'd smack you but shit splatters"*

("sung to the tune of nothing else matters")


*{NOT a slam to anyone except Lars....he's a tiny little fucktard}