ZFT vs Zappanale: Gail Loses
Taken straight from Der Spiegel (and translated to English by yours truly):
His name belongs to me, thought Zappa widow Gail — and so she started a lawsuit against the music festival “Zappanale”, organized each year in his honor by a Fanclub. She has failed however to convince the Düsseldorf civil court.
Yay Zappanale! So. That was money well spent, wasn’t it Gail?
Here’s the article according to Google Translate, if you’re in for a laugh.
Update: here’s the article in English.
Hat tip: Robert Graf-Waczenski!
January 21st, 2009 at 7:35 pm »
Hey…technically, the name DOES belong to her, you know.
January 21st, 2009 at 8:16 pm »
A quote from Jake St. Vitus:
Yes, but are we sure it ONLY belongs to her?
Not this fellow, Anthony Steven Zappa – the Mall of America fugitive:
http://www.ketv.com/news/546527/detail.html
Or this guy, Ricardo Zappa, the Milanese acoustic guitar virtuoso:
http://www.riccardozappa.it/
Or even this fellow, Chris Zappa, a specialist in ocean-atmosphere interaction (“The Ocean is the Ultimate Solution” after all…):
http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~zappa/
January 21st, 2009 at 10:30 pm »
For the record: It’s Robert Graf-Waczenski (now). Robert Graf was the guy who married my wife fourteen years ago.
January 21st, 2009 at 11:13 pm »
Awesome!! Go Düsseldorf ! ! ! !
January 22nd, 2009 at 5:44 am »
Congratulations Zappanale!
Good Luck Mr. Green (wherever you are!).
January 22nd, 2009 at 6:06 am »
This of all of these lawyer fees that could be used for more productive things…like stamp collecting!!!
January 22nd, 2009 at 6:07 am »
Think of how much better my postings would be if I bothered to proofread!
January 22nd, 2009 at 9:00 am »
Fucking sweet!
January 24th, 2009 at 10:32 pm »
i wish she would won ……….all a bunch a senfadoodels……………so what takes guts fighting in the courts of germany without knowing what
love you all may the lord bless you folks
the laws are for an older lady and her chances ……… wait a while and all be suing around the world lol gail just had to be the first one ….. as it usually goes with the zappas …… how ever one should take a look in the documentation os the zappandale and its dubious nonprofit tax returns ………….