Lady Gaga Claiming Ownership Of 'Gaga'? Threatens Baby Gaga Ice Cream
from the oh-come-on dept
As a father of an infant, I can tell you first hand, that babies go through a phase where they say “gaga gaga” quite frequently. This is not new. So it’s not too surprising that the makers of the somewhat controversial “breastmilk ice cream” that’s been a controversial hit, decided to name it “Baby Gaga.” However, now there are reports (as many of you sent in) that Lady Gaga is threatening the shop for violating her rights. Does this mean pretty much every baby ever can sue Lady Gaga for copying their schtick? Look, if you’re going to pick a common baby phrase as your silly stage name, don’t be surprised when others use it too. But don’t go legal over it. It just makes you look like a baby.
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Comments on “Lady Gaga Claiming Ownership Of 'Gaga'? Threatens Baby Gaga Ice Cream”
Does this mean the Queen song “Radio Gaga” is on the outs?
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Nah, that’s prior art, which means….well….not much….never mind.
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Not fully, but all we’ll be able to hear is Radio Goo-Goo, not Radio Ga-Ga
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Actually, the Queen song is where her name originated from… and not the noise babies make
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And where did Queen get Goo-Goo and Ga-Ga from? Try again!
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Thus my point, a nice circular argument.
So her name is potentially a derivative work and of questionable “ownership” as well. How can you copyright a descriptor anyway. I also thought there was no copyright on fashion.
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So all they need to do is to get a “licence” from Brian May and she can’t touch them.
Umm, the ice cream is only part of it, the method of prentation (someone dressed up to look like Lady Gaga) sort of nails the problem.
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I saw that too. But, my understanding is that the servers dressed that way before the ice cream was served there. (I could be wrong through.)
Also, the shop owner comments that the costumes were paying homage to Madonna, not Gaga, and he could make a very very good argument there as Lady Gaga “borrows” a lot if inspiration from pop giants of the past.
That being said, Lady Gaga’s letter doesn’t make a comment about the way the items are served, only the name.
Seems like the Lady is riding a rather high horse to me.
What about Ga-ga European Championship?
A quick look at “Ga-ga” in Wikipedia pulls up a game that was popular in Latin American in the ’70s and that has a championship with 36 countries participating every year.
From reading the comments it seems that the shop owner has used controversy in the past to accomplish his goals…
I’m not saying this accusation is false, but perhaps if we actually saw the letter we could really see what this is about?
Plus it doesn’t help that he had some costumes that looked like lady gaga.
That’s why she sucks. Well, in part. Other parts include no talent, looking like a tard, acting like a nut, and being certifiable.
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And before the fanboys start flaming, being a success and having lots of money and sold albums has nothing to do with talent at all. All you need is someone to try to make a boatload of cash off you and start promoting you; like Britney and friends.
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So… What’s the ice cream flavor inspired by you? Santorum?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santorum_%28sexual_neologism%29
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The fact that you know this speaks volumes about you. No comment would ever emphasize that more than your own. I lol’ed, definitely. I hope you don’t eat that too often.
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Right, so your excuse for your lack of “talent” & toiling in anonymity is that your just not interested right? Oh, and can I have some napkins with that?
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So what’s your excuse?
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Mine is that I like to be an ass and insult trolls on TD but I’d rather the link between this as a funny pastime and my other, more serious, online endeavors not be made 🙂
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Good to see you like to insult yourself. There’s happy pills for men in white suits for that, you know. And your other, more serious one, should be learning to type.
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Also being a man before he was turned into a woman.
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[citation needed]
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Yeah but she has great legs..
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“Other parts include no talent”
Wasn’t this covered on the last Lady Gaga story that came up? Feel free to maintain that she has no talent. I’ll just claim that you have no taste.
Aside from hurt feelings
What legal right does she have? Regardless, this is likely to backfire.
Now let’s see her pa-pa-pa-pa-poker face.
Hang on a sec...
Didn’t she take her stage name from the Queen song Radio Ga Ga? Perhaps they should sue her. God damn no-talent tramp gives me the royal shits.
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DING ! ! ! DING! ! ! DING!
Winner!! ! ! ! !! !
Now I know why I'm not rich and famous
It seems that a humorectomy is a pre-requisite for being successful in the entertainment industry.
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“It seems that a humorectomy is a pre-requisite for being successful in the entertainment industry.”
Is that the name of the surgery that Lady GaGa got to tuck her man-sausage between her leg and up her pooper?
Because, if so, it’s a horribly undescriptive name for a surgery….
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Well, I didn’t say that was the ONLY operation La GaGa underwent.
Then again, if my penis was stuck up my rectum, I too might be lacking a sense of humour…
Gaga Claiming
She wants the shop to stop selling the ice cream – despite the fact Westminster Council pulled it from the shelves over health fears last week.
Heard it before her
Once again in the role of senior commenter… but I can’t even recall the first time I heard about someone “going gaga” over some hot thing or another. Like a shiny new buggy whip, or a Stutz Bearcat.
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You sir are the bee’s knees.
i guess if she copyrighted her name in USA then as the shop is in UK she can stick it. as to the actual name even a moron in a mad rush can tell the difference between a talent less transsexual and ice cream.
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You can’t copyright a name.
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Perhaps not, but it can be trademarked, which has pretty much the same effect.
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for the love of all that is holy… i do NOT want to know where any potential product confusion could be coming from on this one…
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copyright and trademark definitely do NOT have “pretty much the same effect” except the effect of “confusing people who don’t know much about copyright and trademark”.
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The name “Star Wars” is trademarked. Why don’t you make a movie and call it “Star Wars” and let me know how you come out with George Lucas’ lawyers?
Who's selling what?
I can’t speak for British law but here in the U.S. unless Lady Gaga is selling ice cream she doesn’t have a leg to stand on…other than a pile of money.
Oh, maybe they should change the ice cream name to “Lil’ Monster Ice Cream.” That won’t draw any lawsuits will it?
Here's another discussion point
Dear photographers, Lady Gaga wants the copyright on your work | TBD.com
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And here’s a bit more. There are other links on the story, but you all can go looking for those if you are interested.
Photographers Respond to Lady Gaga’s New Copyright Demands | Rolling Stone Music
Breastfeeding...
My understanding was that the shop was trying to spread awareness of the benefits of breastfeeding. The antiseptic ’40s and ’50s took its toll on the practice, and very few mothers that I’ve met actually do it.
So, is the takeaway that Lady Gaga is against breastfeeding? I just want to be clear on the message she is sending to her fans who are pregnant or new mothers…
History repeats itself in the strangest of ways
Back in the late 1980s/early 1990s, there was a dispute between two western Quebec french fry vendors (a.k.a. “chip wagons”). One guy called himself “Le Roi de la Patate” (Potato King). The new guy in town called himself “Gaga, le Roi de la Patate” (Gaga, the Potato King). The original potato king sued the new kid on the block for infringing his trademark. I have no idea of the outcome of the case because I moved away from the area around that time. But wouldn’t it be uproariously funny if Lady G were prevented from using her name because it turned out that it had already been trademarked by a small-town Potato King?
Surely, Queen got there first with Radio GaGa.
If anyone musical should sue, it should be them?!
Remember the controversy over the Lady Gag Gag doll?
While your all running around screaming how she is a talentless transsexual hack, did any of you happen to notice the background of the moron running the shop and making the claims?
To overuse an internet phrase, pics or it didn’t happen.
But by all means let us presume the worst, I mean a guy who stormed a TV show in the name of fathers rights and then turned around and supported his new wife denying he baby daddy access to the child in violation of a court order, or taking money for a movement and then disappearing, or turning up drunk… yeah he can’t possibly be creating a tempest in a teapot.
Notice they didn’t have a copy of the letter in the article? And statements about its contents are quotes from him… not the letter being cited.
Hey look… you got trolled!
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“To overuse an internet phrase, pics or it didn’t happen.”
I can’t find any evidence supporting this story either.
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It was a wonderful display seeing all of these people tearing down someone who quite possibly didn’t do anything. Attacking her music, image, gender, and a whole host of unrelated things all because some dude said she did something.
Well it sounds like something stupid she would do, really isn’t worthy of debate is it?
But you have all moved on to the photo release, and how dare she… but she is one of a long line of people who have done this.
And it is all her fault, but has anyone actually asked her if she knows about it?
While she does control her image, do you honestly think she saw every piece of paper some label lackey was handing out?
She is pretty accessible, and I would be entertained if anyone actually brought these things to her attention and got her response.
While someone in her “camp” might be responsible, I have a feeling her response would be to cut the lackey loose and apologize for having lost control of the media machine around her.
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“Well it sounds like something stupid she would do, really isn’t worthy of debate is it?”
You should see the stories about Courtney Love. It’s a weird thing.
Sticky Mess
Our company is about to release a new Glue Product made from animal himbo fat. Its called, Goo Goo GaGa. But with all this hoopla maybe we should call it Glue Glue GaGa.
Miss Lady GaGa, this is a real sticky mess your in. Your not royalty and have yet to register yourself as a trademark.
To boot your so stupid to have chosen a generic term for a Trademark name.
Not off to a good start are we love?
How do you like them lactating nipples, huh? : P
She’s a fugly copy cat bitch.
Madonna is QUEEN
Google
“lady
gaga copies”
YouTube “lady gaga copies”
ya think all of her hit songs are original and created from this chick.?
Think again.!!