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Daft Punk Tribute...

Seriously? WOW

so some guys are goin dress up like daft punk and play daft punk tracks...i dont get it

Cock Tease

I hope they get a cease and desist.

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Originally posted by junkproject I hope they get a cease and desist.

It's a tribute. So it's almost fair game. DP would have to use resources to get them to change their act/name. So, it's not going to happen,

That's pretty sad though, tribute bands in general usually are. I wonder how many drink tickets they are getting paid to play there lol

we should do a Sasha and Digweed tribute. Maybe an Armin van Buuren vs Paul van Dyke tribute.

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Originally posted by Nerologic It's a tribute. So it's almost fair game. DP would have to use resources to get them to change their act/name. So, it's not going to happen, That's pretty sad though, tribute bands in general usually are. I wonder how many drink tickets they are getting paid to play there lol

DP doesn't need to do anything, the people protecting their IP aka the record label should be handling something like this. As long as they just play dp tracks that's fine. Once you start using helmet\art\design\logos\etc you can get sued.

maybe someone should forward that e/flyer to DP legal team.

Not the first time I've seen this done, so I doubt anything can be done legally about it.

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Originally posted by iLLiE586 Not the first time I've seen this done, so I doubt anything can be done legally about it.

oh is that how law works?

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Originally posted by jonmitz oh is that how law works?

hahaha

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Originally posted by jonmitz oh is that how law works?

lolol

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Originally posted by junkproject DP doesn't need to do anything, the people protecting their IP aka the record label should be handling something like this. As long as they just play dp tracks that's fine. Once you start using helmet\art\design\logos\etc you can get sued.

I would actually argue that playing entirely their music at the club is against the law. It isn't even remotely in the realm of copyright fair use, unless they have permission from the record label to do so.

You are definitely right that their likeness is an open and shut case. I'd say their flier is infringing on their likeness.

In any case, there are multiple potential infringements going on (likeness on the flier, likeness in the show, (non)-fair use of copyrighted materials, trademark infringement). Copyright, trademark, and IP law are all being infringed here. (Now if they try to replicate the helments they may also be infringing on a patent, but even if they design helmets on their own for this show, they are infringing on IP law likeness)

I'd say the only reason they haven't been sued yet is either 1) DP's record label hasn't seen this, 2) they are still filing paperwork, or 3) we just haven't heard about them being sued and/or a cease and desist order


I don't think I'd normally care about some major artist getting ripped off in some small fashion, but this is the most obvious illegal promotion i have EVER seen in the EDM community.

And this is different from a tribute band. Covering a song has exemptions in copyright law.

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