[kj] Johnny Depp/Dave Vanian

[Brendan]

You can only sue someone if they plagiarise
copyrighted material , and its not possible to copyright a look

I'm not sure you're right on either count there...


>

> "I'm not a lawyer"

>   There's no need to state that, I didnt think for one minute that you

> were..

> You are saying that Dave Vanian should phone up Dreamworks and say:

>     Ere mate, you know that new movie you got coming out soon , the one

> with Johnny Depp in, well I used to look a bit like that 25 years

> ago...........can I have $US1Million

> please.................................OH Ok then

> ..................how about two tickets for the film then at Boreham

> Wood entertainment centre?..........................Oh

> Ok..........................a signed photo then ?

>

>       Listen B.S Oliver, You can only sue someone if they plagiarise

> copyrighted material , and its not possible to copyright a look .

> Its about patents, copyrights and the law , you cant just phone up

> film studios and say "Can I have some money because I used to look

> like that"........that isnt how it works

>

>

>> Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 11:57:13 -0600> From: bigblackhair at sbcglobal.net>

>> To: gathering at misera.net> Subject: [kj] More on the Johnny Depp/Dave

>> Vanian "coincidence"> > I did a more detailed comparison of Johnny

>> Depp's upcoming "Sweeney > Todd" character with Dave Vanian's stage

>> persona, here: > > > http://www.cultpunk.com/?p=217> > > There's even a

>> comparison between The Damned's "Grimly Fiendish" video > and the

>> trailer for _Sweeney_Todd_ there.> > Here's my advice for Vanian, though

>> I'm not a lawyer: Mr. Vanian, your > real name is David Letts, and you

>> took on the stage name and persona of > "Dave Vanian" when singing for

>> The Damned. "Vanian" is a shortened form > of Transyl-Vanian. Before

>> Anne Rice wrote _Lestat_, about a vampire > rocker, Vanian was already

>> doing it. Thus, I think David Letts has some > intellectual property

>> stake in the character he created.> > Having said that, just look at how

>> closely Johnny Depp -- who played Ed > Wood as Jon Lovitz; Willy Wonka

>> as Michael Jackson; and Capt. Jack > Sparrow as Kieth Richards -- has

>> copied Vanian here. I'm ersonally tired > of mainstream culture ripping

>> off old punk stuff and none of the > original folks ever getting credit

>> or residuals of any kind. Vanian > should ask for some cut of the

>> Sweeney Todd revenue from DreamWorks, who > are producing the movie.> >

>> Comparisons at URL above. Hard to write it off as coincidence, the more

>> > I look into it.> > And I like Dave Vanian anyways. He deserves more

>> due than he's gotten.> > -Oliver> >

>> _______________________________________________> Gathering mailing list>

>> Gathering at misera.net>

>> http://four.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/gathering

> _________________________________________________________________

> Feel like a local wherever you go.

> http://www.backofmyhand.com_______________________________________________

> Gathering mailing list

> Gathering at misera.net

> http://four.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/gathering

>