| re: NJC: Meat Loaf suing Dean Torkington | |
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Infinite_Victims 06:28 pm UTC 07/05/12 |
| In reply to: | re: NJC: Meat Loaf suing Dean Torkington - bellminer 10:49 pm UTC 07/04/12 |
> Meat Loaf is going after a well-known Meat Loaf > impersonator like a bat out of hell -- claiming the > tribute singer is a filthy cyber-squatter ... hijacking > the website MeatLoaf.org ... and refusing to hand it > over. > > Meat Loaf -- real name Michael Aday -- filed the lawsuit > against Dean Torkington in L.A. County Superior Court, > claiming Torkington registered MeatLoaf.org in "bad > faith," and has since exploited the domain name to mislead > and confuse Meat Loaf fans into thinking he's the real > singer. > > Torkington uses the website to promote his act -- called > "To Hell and Back: A Tribute to Meat Loaf." > > Meat Loaf claims Torkington -- who's based in the UK -- > has no right to own or use the domain name, and is > currently breaking the law by cybersquatting ... in > violation of the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection > Act. > > Meat Loaf wants Torkington to shut down his website and > hand over the domain. He also wants $100,000 in damages. > > Calls to Torkington were not returned. > > I can't believe Torkington got away with it this long as far as avoiding Meat's wrath. He copies everything including album art for his "tribute". Having read the definition of cybersquatting this should be an interesting case, Torkington seems more to be ripping-off Meat's likeness and so forth than using it with bad intention. | |
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