Beautifully and articulately stated.Quote:
Basically this "law" is relatively meaningless. There are ways around anything. What's the difference if there is at least one original member of a group, the look and the sound will still be different. Here in the US, the oldies acts can't get the bookings or the bucks that they can get overseas anyway, so groups like the FLOS or SOTS still work consistently. Trademarks in the US are no good outside of the US.
You can change one letter in a name and still perform without breaking a law. Besides, it's only in a few states anyway that HALFWAY endorse this.
With everything going on, I doubt legislators give a rat's *** about this when the country as a whole could face a major economic depression in the very near future. Then NOBODY is gonna work. Let's get our priorities together. If you really want to stop fake Supremes and fake Marvelettes, etc., just don't pay to see them.