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- hlcno, on 11/20/2007, -53/+249Gay, sorry Red Hot, but that saying has been around way before your stupid album, go under a bridge and shoot up. AM I RITE FOLKS!
- mwolfzorn, on 11/20/2007, -0/+128Two second Wikipedia search: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Californication_%28po ...
"Californication is a portmanteau of California and fornication, written about in Time on August 21, 1972"
Which leads me to: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,8 ...
"The Great Wild Californicated West" Monday, Aug. 21, 1972
"Legislators, scientists and citizens are now openly concerned about the threat of "Californication"—the haphazard, mindless development that has already gobbled up most of Southern California. TIME Correspondent Sandra Burton recently spent two weeks traveling throughout the West, taking the measure of Californication and the attempts being made to stop it."
Ok I just did all the legal work for Showtime. Case closed. - Simplogic, on 11/20/2007, -33/+115i wish i could sue them for their suckification.
- tonaros, on 11/20/2007, -14/+66"Gay?" Come on..
- dext3r, on 11/20/2007, -9/+56its probably not RHCP but whatever label represents them. i dont think they personally care.i wouldnt.
edit: whoops. shoulda read the article. upon discovery of this new information; ***** them. - CapeKid, on 11/20/2007, -2/+42Album names can't be copyrighted, which is why they can't win this suit. And why you can still say "Nevermind" without Nirvana's lawyers coming after you.
- blitzer, on 11/20/2007, -2/+40David Duchovny is alive..?
- chilipeppers4u, on 11/20/2007, -7/+31Maybe so, but still the first time I saw a commercial for the show the first thing I thought to myself was "aren't they stealing the name from the Chili Peppers?". I think they're right when they say that "Califonication" is immediately associated with the band in the mind of the consumer. Without a trademark though, I don't think that's enough for them to win the lawsuit.
- 232430, on 11/20/2007, -2/+25Yeah guy's come on!! He's RIGHT! rabblerabblerabblerabblerabblerabblerabblerabble
- LordSeth, on 11/20/2007, -0/+19I guess someone should have shown this the to red chili peppers before they embarrassed themselves
- OswaldKenobi, on 11/20/2007, -1/+20It's good to see members of the entertainment industry suing each other. It only serves to weaken their cause.
- zengonzo, on 11/20/2007, -0/+19Two seconds, maybe, but you should bill for at least an hour and include a lunch meeting.
- sterntastic223, on 11/20/2007, -1/+18I think it's at least picked up for one more season.
- fluidfoundation, on 11/20/2007, -9/+25I say give this win the the RHCP simply based upon the fact they can't seem to say a sentence without using californication. You would be denying them half their vocabulary.
- ajamison, on 11/20/2007, -0/+15Well played, good sir! lol
- inactive, on 11/20/2007, -12/+26if it was that important to them . . . why didn't they trademark the term? Perhaps they need to 'trademarkcation' in the future!
- manfrin, on 11/20/2007, -2/+15It's been picked back up for at least another season. Californication is doing really, really well for them.
Because it's an awesome show. - Anth, on 11/20/2007, -1/+14Exactly! 1970s Oregon should sue RHCP over the word.
- jmpeagle, on 11/20/2007, -1/+14maybe California should sue them....
- deadnoob, on 11/20/2007, -1/+13i was wondering when this would happen
- Neticule, on 11/20/2007, -1/+13Caifornication has been one of my favorite shows over this last season, next to heroes and dexter.
- Falldog, on 11/20/2007, -6/+18Why wait this long? The only thing Showtime aired all summer was the same advertisement for Californication.
Also, what's with this random RHCP hate? - CancerBomb, on 11/21/2007, -0/+12"Californication is the signature CD, video and song of the band's career, and for some TV show to come along and steal our identity is not right," lead singer Anthony Kiedis said in a statement.
No, Anthony. Your signature song is "Give it Away". Your signature CD is "Blood Sugar Sex Magik". Your signature video? "Californication" is definitely the most distinct video you've put out, due to it being entirely computer animated, but it is arguably not your most memorable. (I'm not sure that they have a signature video, if that phrase is meant to imply that when you think of the band you think of that video [like Michael Jackson with "Thriller"].)
I'm a big Chili Peppers fan, but this is pretty lame. Tom Petty refused to sue them after they inadvertently ripped off one of his songs and turned it into the lead single for Stadium Arcadium because he didn't believe their intent was malicious. Meanwhile, there seems to be a legitimate, non-RHCP reason for the title of the show, and the naming of the character Dani California sounds to me like a writer for that show is a Chili Peppers fan who made the TV show-album title connection and thought the character name would be a silly reference for other RHCP fans who watch the show. - CapeKid, on 11/20/2007, -1/+13*I meant trademark. You also can't trademark song titles.
- moghua, on 11/21/2007, -0/+12My personal favourite band, the Rheostatics, used the word "Californication" in their song California Dreamline in 1993. They should sue the chili peppers for using it.
http://www.chartattack.com/damn/2007/11/2006.cfm - prcpaul, on 11/20/2007, -4/+15"Hey guys, this Californication show is doing well. Time to sue and get our names back in the papers. By the way, let's get some more b-sides from Blood Sugar Sex Magik and release them as a new album. Can you believe we've been doing this since 91 and no one has noticed we always sound the same. High five!"
- Falldog, on 11/20/2007, -1/+12This isn't even close to what Metallica did.
- statrick, on 11/20/2007, -3/+14sad cause its a pretty decent show. the creator is most likely a chili peppers fans if he put multiple references to the band in the show. to bad for him
- Azimuth1, on 11/20/2007, -2/+12Californicate, right?
- Makaveli604, on 11/20/2007, -2/+12Californication was basically porn for the first few episodes.
They need to smoke some weed and fornicate a little. - I010011010, on 11/20/2007, -5/+15Sometimes they can be real *****, this isn't the first incident like this. Next they'll probably claim to own the word California since it's been used in so many songs lately.
Soundgarden had a movie named after some lyrics to their song Outshined. They took it as a compliment. - zombiedepot, on 11/21/2007, -0/+10The truth is out there
- ajamison, on 11/20/2007, -10/+20Because RHCP is pulling a total Metallica-scale douchebag move.
- scotticus, on 11/20/2007, -1/+10It's a great show. With lots of sex.
- inactive, on 11/20/2007, -0/+9While Showtime has nothig to worry about since you can't trademark a song title, if you could, that is NOt how trademark law works. You don't simply have to find a couple instances where someone used it first for it to be public domain.
- Lax32, on 11/20/2007, -3/+12"The show features a character named "Dani California," which is also the title of a Red Hot Chili Peppers song released in 2006, according to the lawsuit."
If thats true, I can see where they are coming from. - Madsen, on 11/20/2007, -5/+13Maybe Tom Petty should sure RHCP...‘Dani California’ is a rip off of Petty's ‘Mary Jane’s Last Dance’...that'll teach 'em! Or maybe I should sure RHCP...Me and 35000 other people each paid almost 90$ for a RHCP concert ticket in Copenhagen 3 years ago...they stayed and...kinda...played for measly 50 minutes!
- DrummerAndrew, on 11/20/2007, -0/+8Some lyrics. Not the title track of the album. Look at Godsmack. (edit: don't look at Godsmack.) But I don't agree with this. It's trademarked as a song and album title, not TV show title. While you can't come out with a TV show called Jeopardy, you can make an album called Jeopardy. Sorry RHCP. But to claim that it's coincedence that there's a character named Dani California is nuts. Not like the Peppers are some unknown band.
- ZenMojo, on 11/20/2007, -2/+10Considering they let Showtime use the song for their ads, you'd think they would have caught this earlier. By the way, Dani's last name isn't California...do they even say her last name in the show?
Oh, and J. Giles wants his song title back...he called it "Californicate" back in 1984 and you're clearly ripping him off. - zolaar, on 11/20/2007, -0/+8They appeared on television wearing nothing but tube socks on their junk.
It probably takes a bit more than average to embarass the chili peppers. - asdfrewq, on 11/21/2007, -0/+8While it's a pretty ***** move, I agree with the above poster. Metellica-scale would be suing viewers of the show.
- KingGorilla, on 11/21/2007, -2/+9gay gay?
- bjs3171, on 11/20/2007, -2/+9the show is great, why do you think it'll be cancelled?
- steve220585, on 11/20/2007, -3/+9So let me get this straight, its ok for them to completely rip off tom petty with their song 'Dani California', but its not ok for a show to simply use the same name as one of their albums?
- banty19, on 11/20/2007, -1/+7I'm a big Chili Peppers fan but this is pretty weak. The Chili Peppers didn't invent californication. This is pathetic. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Californication_%28po ...
- killtherebel, on 11/20/2007, -2/+7The show is a lot better than the band.
- killtherebel, on 11/20/2007, -3/+8They really do release the same mediocre album over and over.
- MisterSam, on 11/20/2007, -4/+9Douchebags.
- Kirby2000, on 11/20/2007, -0/+5Has anyone here actually watched the show? The character is not called Dani California, its just her first name is Dani. David Duchovny calls her it once as a joke in reference to the song. Amusingly enough, all the titles of Hank (the main character's) books are Slayer albums. Are they gonna sue too? Its one of the best shows I've seen in the last few years, check it out before you condemn it.
- Monk22, on 11/20/2007, -2/+6for the record i hate NIN
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