Originally Posted by: JFRICKDoes anyone know if it violate's any kind of copyright law if a band is named after a character in a movie????? Like Beufort T. Justice (from Smokey And The Bandit.)

[font=trebuchet ms]Oh yeah - big time! :eek:

There's no copywright on Maryilyn and none on Manson, so that one worked out, but taking the full name of a movie character puts you squarely in the sights of a big studio's copywright lawyers. Your estimated lifespan = about 5 minutes past the time they notice you![/font]