Can anyone out there tell me exactly what was the nature of Michelin UK's suit against Momus? Was it libel? Defamation?
― mottdeterre, Wednesday, 2 September 2009 20:02 (seventeen years ago)
The original "Hippopotamomus" cover used an image strongly based on the Michelin 'tyre-man"
That's it.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 2 September 2009 20:05 (seventeen years ago)
So would that be copyright infringement?
― mottdeterre, Wednesday, 2 September 2009 20:10 (seventeen years ago)
yes.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 2 September 2009 20:10 (seventeen years ago)
more likely trademark
― miss pamela and the gtfo's (sic), Wednesday, 2 September 2009 23:47 (seventeen years ago)
maybe they didn't want to be associated with such shitty music
― mince lice (electricsound), Wednesday, 2 September 2009 23:48 (seventeen years ago)
lolll
― our soldiers die like chickens day by day (Trayce), Thursday, 3 September 2009 00:32 (seventeen years ago)
Still have a soft spot for this album. Soon after, Creation dropped Momus and signed Oasis. What were they thinking???
― Kim Tortoise, Thursday, 3 September 2009 11:21 (seventeen years ago)
That Liam and Noel were better moneymakers.
― Nathalie (stevienixed), Thursday, 3 September 2009 11:25 (seventeen years ago)
Just a wee bit
― Aw naw, no' Annoni oan an' aw noo (Tom D.), Thursday, 3 September 2009 11:26 (seventeen years ago)
Ah, but Oasis are no more, whereas Momus is still taking the world by storm with his latest vaudevillian breakcore album.
― Kim Tortoise, Thursday, 3 September 2009 11:39 (seventeen years ago)
And still selling 22 copies
― Aw naw, no' Annoni oan an' aw noo (Tom D.), Thursday, 3 September 2009 11:52 (seventeen years ago)
Claimed on LiveJournal that it was Michelin's fault that Bibendum got obese.
― Don't Be A Ned Raggett (King Boy Pato), Thursday, 3 September 2009 11:57 (seventeen years ago)
He has been sued by Michelin UK, for the song "Michelin Man", which compared the mascot to a blow-up doll, on Hippopotamomus (1991).
― fit and working again, Thursday, 3 September 2009 15:49 (seventeen years ago)
He made a reference to the fact that the Michelin man was born a woman.
― 123456789 (jim), Thursday, 3 September 2009 15:58 (seventeen years ago)
Two tossbags for the price of one?
― the visible spectrum is rainbows (snoball), Thursday, 3 September 2009 16:23 (seventeen years ago)
http://youthoughtwewouldntnotice.com/blog3/?p=3549
How about that one?
Pretty shameful, ripping off a young girl's uninteresting art project. Actually, she's the shameful one. Like that's creative at all.
― teflon monkey, Thursday, 3 September 2009 16:40 (seventeen years ago)
http://youthoughtwewouldntnotice.com/blog3/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/serious-300x279.jpg
"Yikes!"
― teflon monkey, Thursday, 3 September 2009 16:41 (seventeen years ago)
^ It's Doug Rocket's turn to sue
― Aw naw, no' Annoni oan an' aw noo (Tom D.), Thursday, 3 September 2009 16:45 (seventeen years ago)
more like Rick Wakeman's...
― the visible spectrum is rainbows (snoball), Thursday, 3 September 2009 16:47 (seventeen years ago)