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Gary Shaffer, owner of Back-Lite, a company ... [Freaky Stealy]
Idolator: Music News, Reviews, And Gossip —
... for $11 million after wantonly accepting a request to put a Red Hot Chili Peppers logo on one of his jackets. While it was a solitary request that was done a "promotional item" and without charge, Brava International, which owns the RHCP emblem, claims Shaffer could have "made over a million dollars in profits." If Brava's interested, I know a few people who drew RHCP logos on their backpacks in the late '90s. If the statute of limitations passed on that, how about a finder's fee? [Rolling Stone] ...
Music Industry Equals The Mob In Chili Peppers Lawsuit
Cinema Blend Music —
... seem fun and glamorous one minute, then the next minute it can pull a stunt that makes it resemble the Vegas casino racket, the Mafia, or the Corleone brood. Its like a 10,000-pound robot that has two settings: swindle (really hard), and sue (really hard). Example number 657: A small-time Florida-based clothing company called Black-Lite is being sued for a gargantuan amount of money after the company stuck a Red Hot Chili Peppers logo onto one of their jackets for a customer, Rolling Stone reported Thursday. To place the microphone closer, they made one jacket for one ...
