inuborg 4,136 Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 The FKA in FKA twigs stands for "formerly known as," the result of a longstanding legal dispute between FKA twigs, aka Tahliah Barnett, and Linda and Laura Good, who have performed as the Twigs since the 90s, as Billboard reports. Back in 2013, when Barnett still performed as Twigs, she reached out to the Goods and offered $15,000 for the right to use the name, according to Billboard. The Goods, who hold a trademark on the name, sued Barnett in April 2014, forcing the switch to FKA twigs. But As Billboard points out, that doesn't seem to have been enough: The Goods are still pushing Barnett to change her name unless they come to a more substantial financial arrangement. Initially, the Goods sought a restraining order against Barnett. Barnett and her label, Beggars Group, argued that bands such as Dinosaur Jr. (formerly Dinosaur) and blink-182 (formerly Blink) have changed their names to similar ones in the past. The restraining order was denied, but the Goods retained the right to sue in the future. Source: http://pitchfork.com/news/58366-fka-twigs-stuck-in-legal-battle-over-name/ I root for you. I love you. You, you, you, you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighwayGuy 1,498 Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 It seems like so many artists nowadays are in some sort of legal battle Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
inuborg 4,136 Posted February 6, 2015 Author Share Posted February 6, 2015 If they don't sit their insignificant asses down somewhere and leave the good sis FKA twigsus alone I root for you. I love you. You, you, you, you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrappy 302 Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 She should just change her name to Tree Trunk as she suggested in the Dazed interview. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tove Lo 2,481 Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 What a mess. Hopefully she can keep her name. hop on that **** like a maniac Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaybeKermit 4,041 Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Gold diggers FKA Twigs needs ro be left alone k, just leave her alone :madge: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashamednudist 164 Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 she is so ****ing good it doesn't even matter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen 30,298 Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 what a mess. people are just money hungry Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nein 508 Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staryu 6,162 Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 Well that's annoying. Hopefully she'll be able to keep her flawless stage name. =/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAMROD 104,829 Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 Tisk tisk they just in it for the munnies. Once someone is getting ruch and famous, this BS always happen. If not from some stramgers claiming copyrights, it's from those people claimed as your uncles or aunts and they were never bat an eye on you even once before when you were poor. (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ✧*:･ﾟ 𝒮𝓀𝒾𝓅𝓅𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒻𝒶𝓈𝓉 𝓇𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉 𝒶𝓇𝑜𝓊𝓃𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓂𝑜𝑜𝓃 (*´艸｀*) ♡♡♡ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hexxx 2,244 Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 Poor twigs. But Her name Telilah sounds better than both :flutter: Lady Gaga/ Madonna/Lana /Azealia Banks/ Jazmine Sullivan/ DEEE-LITE/ Moko Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
field 98 Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 Cvnts. So done with these non-entities trying to extract cash from people who are making it. Hope things go her way. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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