Some of you may know that the U.S. postal service almost took legal action on the Postal Service for using their name.... here is the outcome (from the New York Times on 4 November)...
"The outcome was as unusual as the band itself: this week the United States Postal Service - the real one, as in stamps and letters - signed an agreement with Sub Pop granting a free license to use the name in exchange for working to promote using the mail. Future copies of the album and the group's follow-up work will have a notice about the trademark, while the federal Postal Service will sell the band's CD's on its Web site, potentially earning a profit. The band may do some television commercials for the post office.
The group also agreed to perform at the postmaster general's annual National Executive Conference in Washington on Nov. 17. The attendees might not realize what a rare treat they are in for since the Postal Service does not play many gigs. Mr. Tamborello and Mr. Gibbard are busy with their regular bands: Dntel, with its atmospheric electronic dance music, and Death Cab for Cutie, which has become a college rock favorite for its heartfelt, jangly punk rock known as emo."
"The outcome was as unusual as the band itself: this week the United States Postal Service - the real one, as in stamps and letters - signed an agreement with Sub Pop granting a free license to use the name in exchange for working to promote using the mail. Future copies of the album and the group's follow-up work will have a notice about the trademark, while the federal Postal Service will sell the band's CD's on its Web site, potentially earning a profit. The band may do some television commercials for the post office.
The group also agreed to perform at the postmaster general's annual National Executive Conference in Washington on Nov. 17. The attendees might not realize what a rare treat they are in for since the Postal Service does not play many gigs. Mr. Tamborello and Mr. Gibbard are busy with their regular bands: Dntel, with its atmospheric electronic dance music, and Death Cab for Cutie, which has become a college rock favorite for its heartfelt, jangly punk rock known as emo."
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Re: legality of the name, and prospect of something more
Sun, November 14, 2004 - 2:37 PMThat is so interesting. What pain in the ass for them. Wonder if they thought this through before choosing the name. -
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Re: legality of the name, and prospect of something more
Tue, December 7, 2004 - 8:47 PMinteresting that the author of that article calls death cab emo. i always thought that term applied to bands like slint, slow angsty post-punk, not really pop. death cab are pure indie pop as far as i'm concerned. but maybe the term emo has taken on new meaning since i was a college radio dj. -
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Re: legality of the name, and prospect of something more
Fri, December 17, 2004 - 11:44 PMI agree. When I think of emo I think of the promise ring, not bands like death cab. They are totally pop.
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