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| | Cat Power [ mp3 ]album: You Are Free
format: mp3
release: 2003
bitrate: 256
length: 52:51 min
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 Tracks of You Are Free:
 I Don't Blame You.mp3
Free.mp3
Good Woman.mp3
Speak For Me.mp3
Werewolf.mp3
Fool.mp3
He War.mp3
Shaking Paper.mp3
Babydoll.mp3
Maybe Not.mp3
Names.mp3
Half Of You.mp3
Keep On Runnin' (Crawlin' Black Spider).mp3
Evolution.mp3
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| | Cat Power [ mp3 ]album: The Covers Record
format: mp3
release: 2000
bitrate: 192
length: 41:01 min
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Tracks of The Covers Record:(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction.mp3
Kingsport Town.mp3
Troubled Waters.mp3
Naked, If I Want To.mp3
Sweedeedee.mp3
In This Hole.mp3
I Found A Reason.mp3
Wild Is The Wind.mp3
Red Apples.mp3
Paths Of Victory.mp3
Salty Dog.mp3
Sea Of Love.mp3
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| | Cat Power [ mp3 ]album: Moon Pix
format: mp3
release: 1998
bitrate: 192
length: 46:19 min
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Tracks of Moon Pix:American Flag.mp3
He Turns Down.mp3
No Sense.mp3
Say.mp3
Metal Heart.mp3
Back Of Your Head.mp3
Moonshiner.mp3
You May Know Him.mp3
Colors And The Kids.mp3
Cross Bones Style.mp3
Peking Saint.mp3
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| | Cat Power [ mp3 ]album: What Would The Community Think
format: mp3
release: 1996
bitrate: 192
length: 47:44 min
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Tracks of What Would The Community Think:In This Hole.mp3
Good Clean Fun.mp3
What Would The Community Think.mp3
Nude As The News.mp3
They Tell Me.mp3
Taking People.mp3
Fate Of The Human Carbine.mp3
King Rides By.mp3
Bathysphere.mp3
Water & Air.mp3
Enough.mp3
Coat Is Always On.mp3
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News from our arhive: Barbie Girl Gets Stamp Of Approval |
The Supreme Court on Monday turned down toy maker Mattel's request to reopen its 1997 trademark infringement and defamation suit against MCA Records over Aqua's dance hit "Barbie Girl." The high court issued its decision without comment, letting stand a federal appeals court ruling dismissing the lawsuit on the grounds that the song was parody and protected as free speech. Mattel had claimed that "Barbie Girl" defamed Barbie with sexual innuendo. In the song, singer Lene Grawford Nystrom refers to herself as a "blonde bimbo " and sings, "I'm a Barbie girl, in my Barbie world/ Life in plastic, it's fantastic/ You can brush my hair, undress me everywhere." The company also said the song confused listeners into thinking the company backed it.
MCA defended the song as social commentary and stickered the album, Aquarium, with a disclaimer that noted the song was not "created or approved" by the maker of Barbie dolls.
After losing in lower courts, Mattel continued to appeal. Saying that "the parties are advised to chill," Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Alex Kozinski upheld a lower court ruling that threw out Mattel's suit as well as MCA's countersuit for defamation last summer (see "Finally, We Can Enjoy 'Barbie Girl' With A Clear Conscience").
"The problem arises when trademarks transcend their identifying purpose," Kozinski wrote at the time. "Some trademarks enter our public discourse and become an integral part of our vocabulary. How else do you say that something's 'the Rolls Royce of its class'? What else is a quick fix, but a Band-Aid? Once imbued with such expressive value, the trademark becomes a word in our language and assumes a role outside the bounds of trademark law."
Further, the judge ruled, the lyrics confirm that the use of the trademark is designed to convey a message about the song and not to identify the product's producer. "If we see a painting titled 'Campbell's Chicken Noodle Soup,' we're unlikely to believe that Campbell's has branched into the art business," Kozinski wrote. "Nor, upon hearing Janis Joplin croon, 'Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz?' would we suspect that she and the carmaker had entered into a joint venture."
"We always contended that the suit involved creative expression and free speech," MCA spokesperson Lillian Matulic said. "We are happy that the court let stand the ruling dismissing this lawsuit."
"Obviously we are very disappointed," Mattel spokesperson Jules Andres said. "We think the standard set by the [court] will make it very difficult for companies to protect their trademarks."
Mattel earns $1.5 billion or more annually in Barbie sales, according to the company's quarterly earnings reports. MCA sold an estimated 1.4 million copies of the recording. |
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