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When your real name is someone else's DJ / producing alias...

Got a message on MySpace today.

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Originally Posted by David Michael (Him) Hi david, I don't want to sound like a jerk...but i've been using David Michael as my dj name for 12 years now...I have scheduled music releases in 2007 under this name and have played all over the country. I think that before you start promoting yourself you should check into what artists have the name that you are looking at. I wish you the greatest success. Cheers, David Michael Pulse Radio, BeatCode, Sweet Cherry Music

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Originally Posted by David Michael (Me) David, It has nothing to do with choosing a name and everything to do with my birth name. David Michael is my full name (first and last, respectively). I didn't "choose" the name, it's just my name. I didn't want to choose a producing / DJ alias because I wanted to be recognized by name and not by something made up. So I'm not sure what the best resolution is... By the way, nice tracks. I dig the funky/groovy basslines. Regards, David

Sigh.

MySpace: His | Mine


I wouldn't even care too much except for he has releases scheduled under that name (so now I don't want to release under that name to avoid confusion), and I guess he had the "name" first as far as music goes.

Dammit. And I just changed my MySpace page over to that one so that I would have a music page / new URL. My MySpace friends would be pissed if I made them re-befriend me AGAIN, heh.

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Dammit. And I just changed my MySpace page over to that one so that I would have a music page / new URL. My MySpace friends would be pissed if I made them re-befriend me AGAIN, heh.

ooh nevermind on that, looks like I can change both my "band" name and my URL.

Still sucks though.

copyright all ur shit then hes fucked

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Originally posted by KilldaDJ copyright all ur shit then hes fucked

+1...I learned that from the Gene Simmons show on E. According to him there was a 'Kiss' before 'Kiss'. But the people who had the name Kiss never copyrighted it. Gene Simmons copyrighted the name and owned all rights to the name, making it his! nyk nyk nykk

But can you copyright a "real name".....? What does it mean if you copyright yourself?

Plus I'm not exactly out to screw the guy over, but I'm not sure what to do. I really don't want to have to get a cheesy alias, and I dunno if I could think of something I like.

Hell yea man. Copyright your name.

why should you change your name just because some no-talent ass clown named michael bolton?

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Originally posted by Floorfiller why should you change your name just because some no-talent ass clown named michael bolton?

lol

funny.

I too have a name exactly like this dj from New York, which happens to be where I'm from. Lucky for me I don't plan on releasing anything. There's a way to get around this. In each country there is an artist registry which is legally binding which you can use against somebody else if they claim to be the real [insert name here]. Since we're talking about the U.S. here, then get your name in the system and as someone said before copyright all your stuff. It's basically a matter of who gets there first. Talk to your label about that registry stuff or google it. I don't know the exact details.

This is kind of crazy to see this all going on but I know David Michael. He was a DJ and used to spin here in Seattle quite a bit 3-4 years back. I haven't spoken to him in years though and always wondered what happened to him. Now I know. He was always a super nice guy. I'm sure you guys can work something out.

honestly i can't believe he messaged you about this.

How about, Dave Michael, David Mike, Dave Mike, ?

that's what i was going to say

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Originally posted by Floorfiller honestly i can't believe he messaged you about this.

Me neither, what a prick.
Firstly say "this is my name from birth, do u really expect me to change it" then id tell him to "Fuck Off"

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Originally posted by Floorfiller honestly i can't believe he messaged you about this.

Indeed.

I wouldn't have even responded to such nonsense.

Re: When your real name is someone else's DJ / producing alias...

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Originally posted by david.michael My MySpace friends would be pissed

Fuck him, it's your name.

tell him to get stuffed

LOL

He was born first, you lose!

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Originally posted by shades_of_gray Me neither, what a prick. Firstly say "this is my name from birth, do u really expect me to change it" then id tell him to "Fuck Off"

If you are born with a name, you can use it to do whatever you choose.

This other David Michael cannot legally stop you from using your birth name to record or perform under.

A person can trademark an artist name, which prevents any other person from using that name in the same industry --- with the EXCEPTION of a person who has the same birth name.

Also, it does not matter who was born first.

That being said, you may wish to change your artist name to avoid confusion.

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If you are born with a name, you can use it to do whatever you choose. This other David Michael cannot legally stop you from using your birth name to record or perform under. A person can trademark an artist name, which prevents any other person from using that name in the same industry --- with the EXCEPTION of a person who has the same birth name. Also, it does not matter who was born first. That being said, you may wish to change your artist name to avoid confusion.

Yeah. It really has nothing to do with what I "legally" can and cannot do.

Thats what your fuckin parents get for not having an imagination!

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Originally posted by Clovis86 Thats what your fuckin parents get for not having an imagination!

lol

It's hereditary. My father's name is Michael Michael.



No joke.

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Originally posted by david.michael lol It's hereditary. My father's name is Michael Michael. No joke.

And yet, its sadly still more original than your name...

Yeah, at least he gets all the cool nicknames. Michael Squared, Ditto, M&M, Xerox, etc.

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