You can’t just steal someone’s name, dude

Score one for the little guy.

According to a Tuesday (September 12) ruling by San Diego Judge John Houston, the producers of CBS’ “Rock Star” are going to have to come up with an alternate name for Supernova, the band made up of Mötley Crüe’s Tommy Lee, Voivod’s Jason Newsted and former Guns N’ Roses guitarist Gilby Clarke.

Last month, the original Supernova — an Orange County, California, punk trio — filed for a preliminary injunction in San Diego’s U.S. District Court against CBS Broadcasting, Mark Burnett Productions and Lee, Newsted and Clarke, who are starring in the second season of the reality show. The injunction sought to halt the television-contrived act from performing or recording under the name “Supernova” if the band fails to change or add any words to the moniker.

Lee, Newsted and Clarke were dropped as defendants late last month at the request of the original Supernova’s lawyers (see “Supernova File Injunction Against Tommy Lee’s ‘Rock Star: Supernova’ “).

Earlier Tuesday, Houston granted the request from the members of the original Supernova — bassist Art Mitchell, drummer Dave Collins and guitarist Jodey Lawrence — for the preliminary injunction. The injunction keeps the producers of “Rock Star: Supernova” — which concludes Wednesday night — from “performing rock and roll music, or recording, or selling rock and roll music recordings under the same [name], pending a trial of this action on its merits, or until otherwise ordered by the court.”

Tommy Lee is the backer and controlling interested in “Supernova.” He owns the thing.  It was originally tagged “A Tommy Lee Project.” Tommy damn well should have changed the name when the real Supernova first contacted him.  How uncool, how not artist-supporting was it to just try to steal the name because you’re bigger?

Here’s to the little guy.

Posted by JimK at 11:38 AM on September 13, 2006
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