Dance Badly, Get Sued

[tanya_the_dancer]

I'm sorry but that is just unreasonable. If this guy gets away with that, it sets a horrible precedent.

Yeah, I agree on the precedent part. But like Chris said, he just might kill his own creation.

 

[ChaChaMama]

am going to get inside dh's head on the legal defense for such a bizarre claim ...can't wait to hear it...I mean, I don't see how this is any differnet from a coach copyrighting their way of explaining a concept or me copyrighting one of my aeorbics routines... just not enforcable IMO...and besides ...its such a burnt out old fossil...what possible money does he think he stands to gain...I mean who on earth is profiting from playing it?....I mean, do you think a jr. high school is going to pay a fee for playing it?...goodness sakes

I'll bet he's HOPING to profit from films which have used the dance. For example, at the end of "The Best Man," they do a funked up version of "The Electric Slide."

I do think it's a frivolous lawsuit, esp. the part about people not doing the dance well. Can the writers of the international syllabus sue me for poor execution of the jive?

ChaChaMama

 

[fascination]

no doubt frivolous

 

[dgcasey]

If the latest interchange between warring branches of the international dance police don't already have you laughing, read this:

I've been following this clown's escapades on wikipedia.com for about a year now. It's hilarious the claims he's making.

 

[dgcasey]

Couldn't agree more!!! Some people need to get a life!!

More so, it is this Owl's not to be understated opinion that it should be a FELONY to file frivolous lawsuits (falling under the umbrellas of extortion and fraud) and both the person that filed it AND THEIR LAWYER should be sent to prison for a MINIMUM of 10 years! :bkick:

I think that's a bit outlandish. I do think it would be more appropriate to do it the way it's done in some other countries around the world. You file a $5million lawsuit and lose, you pay the other side $5million dollars. So you better make sure you have a GOOD case before you even think of filing.

 

[dgcasey]

I'm sorry but that is just unreasonable. If this guy gets away with that, it sets a horrible precedent.

He is not going to get away with it. I am the first to cast stones at the judicial system in this country, but even I can't believe that any judge would be stupid enough to try to tell the entire country that they have to dance the Electric according to this guy's choreography.

And if that did happen, I'd be the first one to learn to dance it all wrong and post it on YouTube. Gawd, I hope it doesn't happen. I don't know how to dance it yet and I don't want to learn. When they do it at the studio a couple of times a month, I look at it as a perfect opportunity to sit down and relax for a couple of minutes.