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Lady Gaga has taken legal action and successfully blocked Lady Goo
Goo, a cartoon parody by Moshi Monsters, the popular children’s website,
from performing songs such as “Peppy-razzi”.
Mind Candy,
the company behind Moshi Monsters, had been hoping that Lady Goo Goo’s
“Moshi Dance” might become a number-one hit after it received millions
of views on YouTube.
But Lady Gaga,
one of Universal Music’s most successful artists, sought an injunction
just a week before the single was due to go on sale on Apple’s iTunes
last month, claiming that it could cause confusion among consumers.
Moshi Monsters, which is based in East London’s “Tech City” cluster
of start-ups and has 50m registered users, is still allowed to use the
Lady Goo Goo character in its games but some parents may be relieved to
know that her Crazy Frog-style must fall silent.
On Monday, Justice Vos prevented Mind Candy from “promoting,
advertising, selling, distributing or otherwise making available to the
public The Moshi Dance or any musical work or video which purports to be
performed by a character by the name of Lady Goo Goo, or which
otherwise uses the name Lady Goo Goo or any variant thereon”.
Michael Acton Smith, founder and chief executive of Mind Candy, said
the ruling was a “huge disappointment”, as the single was to be the
first release for a new Moshi Music label. Mind Candy has successfully diversified its virtual world into a large number of physical products, including the UK’s most popular children’s magazine.
“It’s pretty obvious that kids will be able to tell the difference
between the two characters,” said Mr Smith. “The shame is that millions
of kids fell in love with Lady Goo Goo’s debut single on YouTube and now
won’t be able to enjoy her musical exploits. It was all done in the
name of fun and we would have thought that Lady Gaga could have seen the
humour behind this parody.”
She is one piece of work isn't she. Take a listen to the song in the video below. This is the song that Stefani blocked from being sold on iTunes because it "might cause confusion". Seriously? I wonder if Stefani has even heard it. Even a fetus couldn't confuse the two songs. So now, the popular Moshi character, a favourite among small children, can sing no more, which in turn ruins the fun for so many young children as the Lady Goo Goo character was a much loved one.
"Might cause confusion". You do know what that really means don't you. It means that if "consumers" were to actually become confused, which they won't, they might BUY the Moshi song thinking it's Bad Romance and if that happens, Stefani doesn't get any extra money. How is this any different than the Mini Pops, which have covered at least two Gaga songs?
Way to go Stefani! Thanks a lot for upsetting tons of small children
just so you can keep your pockets swollen. Corporate bitch is what you
are. Artist schmarist.
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