Axl's lawyer responds to copyright suit
alphakitten
"frivolous" lawsuit filed against Guns N' Roses leader W.Axl Rose by two
former band members claiming Mr. Rose attempted to change the copyright
status and the royalty stream earned by the disgruntled pair when they
worked with the band Mr. Rose's attorney, Howard Weitzman stated: "This
is a classic case of premature accusation. If someone had taken the time
to investigate or ask about this situation before rushing to judgment
they would have learned that ASCAP (the entity that collects money for
songwriters) made a clerical error and failed to appropriately divide
and distribute the royalty's owed for the first quarter of 2005 to Axl
and the former Guns N' Roses musicians. The amount ASCAP mistakenly sent
to Axl's publisher was never received by Axl nor was he ever made aware
of the error. The publisher alerted ASCAP to the error, returned the
money immediately and asked ASCAP to remedy the situation by
distributing the funds appropriately."
Weitzman further comments: "Rather than pick up the telephone and
contact Axl or his representatives, his former partners scurried to file
a lawsuit that contained false statements about Axl rather then making
an effort to learn the truth regarding ASCAP's mistake. Slash and Duff
have an unfortunate pattern over the past few years of filing
sensational but baseless lawsuits for the purpose of generating anti-Axl
propaganda. It is clear that Slash and Duff are looking for another
opportunity to spread untruths about Axl in an effort to hurt his
reputation and to alienate his fans while at the same time creating a
profile for themselves.
"Contrary to allegations in the lawsuit, Axl has never denied that
others made substantial contributions towards the success of Guns N'
Roses, but there is little doubt as to who was the creative catalyst
behind the group's success."
Posted on businesswire.com
~Angel
The Muffin Man
"...creating a profile for themselves."
..a sentence or two later...
"..there is little doubt as to who was the creative catalyst
behind the group's success."
Not at all "creating a profile".........
Lawyers talk shite!!
The Muffin Man
"alphakitten" <alphak...@netscape.net> wrote in message
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FloydDoorz
> Lawyers talk shite!!
>
> The Muffin Man
>
Yeah, but at least Axl wasn't at fault here.
The Muffin Man
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>> Lawyers talk shite!!
>>
>> The Muffin Man
>>
>
> Yeah, but at least Axl wasn't at fault here.
>
Very true :D
The Muffin Man