yeah he is...Xavier Roel or something.

Does no one remember the Sasha issue? He (his management)went to court over the use of his name as there is a really cheesy german pop singer who releases under the name of Sasha. In the end Sasha (DJ) won nearly all the areas that were being contested apart from Germany because although his records had been sold in germany they had never been released on a native german label, whereas the other sasha(pop) had. So you can sell records in another country but it doesn't guarantee copywright unless you can establish first use there.

Sorry to bring back such an old thread, but this recently came to my attention:

http://www.pioneerrecords.co.uk/mus...listo-somewhere
http://www.pioneerrecords.co.uk/kallisto_biog.html

Chris Shepherd and I have been using the "Kallisto" alias for our co-productions since 2004, and then last month these moniker-thieves came along with a tune. I don't want my name to be associated with their music.

Anything I could/should do?

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Originally posted by Fundamental Sorry to bring back such an old thread, but this recently came to my attention: http://www.pioneerrecords.co.uk/mus...listo-somewhere http://www.pioneerrecords.co.uk/kallisto_biog.html Chris Shepherd and I have been using the "Kallisto" alias for our co-productions since 2004, and then last month these moniker-thieves came along with a tune. I don't want my name to be associated with their music. Anything I could/should do?

I don't think there's anything you can do, really. That's pretty shit.

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I remember Blink 187. They were called Blink at first, but then they discovered there was a band in Scotland which had the same name. So they put some random numbers behind their name.

btw My artist name is Tiesto 643

you can use other people's names if they didn't copyright their logo and name. for example there is more than one KoRn, there's the rock super group and there's a latin singing group both named KoRn, there's more than one tool, a rock act and an electronic one. and ofcourse there are ways of getting around things, like if someone takes apple, you make it the apple, perfectly normal, in case of THE prodigy

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Thing is, for me at least, that I wouldn't want to use a name that someone else is already using. It just feels cheap somehow.

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I've been using the name skot_e since I was in school (way back in 1990) and used it on the net for years untill the late 90's -good old dial up. I dropped off the internet untill last December, and have discovered someone was using this moniker for a while. Can't believe someone else came up with the same spelling exactly.

As for trademarking your name, registering a buisness name for $150 in 7 states makes no sense. And regardless, your only covered in Oz.

Interesting read!

I am in a similar situation in where I have released two tracks in canada, usa and england as E:mortal, and there's another hip hop artist with a release in canada as E-mortal.

Reading this though I guess I'm safe, at least until one of us gets more attention

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Jan Johnston - Let the world fall apart (E:mortal remix) - Metallic Recordings
Headstrong ft. Tiff Lacey - The Truth (E:mortal remix) - SOLA
E:mortal - Lost Planet - Ministry of Sound & BTR, E:mortal ft. Tiff Lacey - Tell me - SOLA
E:mortal ft. Tiff Lacey - Footprints - SOLA, E:mortal ft. Tiff Lacey - Coming Home - SOLA
E:mortal ft. Vicky Fee - Say What You Feel - SOLA, E:mortal - Days On End - BTR
Headstrong ft. Kirsty Hawkshaw - In in Your Eyes (E:mortal remix)- SOLA

For all I know there is no such thing as a 'copyrighted artist name', though if your artist name is Mauro Picotto, making a tune called Alchemist or Iguana is an infringment, I guess.

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i have yet to run into any band or producer using my name.. hopefully no one does either

I've checked all the big internet sites and even a google search for the term brings me up as first hit

Transcendental Paradigm.... guess its just too original to steal

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I feel pretty safe on Armani Vespucci myself, particularly because it's a pseudo-Italian moniker formed from two last names.

Sounds sexy, though, doesn't it? *cough

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