JumpinJack AJ Posted July 20, 2007 Report Share Posted July 20, 2007 I understand why an artist and his team would do this...because official sites can taint the image of an artist and have it look official since a site looks very professional. After all, FP had 2 do it. But at the same time, it seems like this kinda thing would losely be protected by "freedom of speech." Anyways, here's the article from TMZ thru' AOL... --- Usher F**ks With the Wrong Fan Posted Jul 19th 2007 5:27PM by TMZ Staff Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Music Usher Raymond is determined to sanitize all the Usher news around, even if he's got to strong-arm his biggest fan site with legal action in order to keep it that way. But the webmaster of the site tells TMZ she's willing to slug it out in court with her fave R&B star, just to make her point. Erika Jackson, webmaster of usherforever.com, tells TMZ that she's been hit with a full-scale legal blitz from a tag-team of both Usher's personal lawyer and his label's lawyers, and claims that the trouble started earlier this year when she refused to turn her site -- the self-proclaimed "biggest Usher site" on the Internet -- into a sanitized official site. (The legal threats were first reported by the New York Daily News.) Not long after, says Jackson, the lawyers tried to bring the hammer down on her, demanding that she "assign the url usherforever.com" to LaFace Records, Usher's label, because it might confuse fans into thinking that it had an affiliation to Usher. Jackson points out that other sites -- like Usher.net and UsherRaymond.org -- that are closer in name to the singer -- haven't been accused of being "confusing." Usher attacked the media and even fans last week in an open letter to People, saying that speculation about his relationship with fiancee Tameka Foster and the reported firing of his mom as manager were "disturbing." A defiant Jackson says that she won't lay down and that she's prepared to go to court with Usher. Neither Usher's label rep nor his lawyer responded to requests for comment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Hero1 Posted July 20, 2007 Admin Report Share Posted July 20, 2007 I think that's terrible.. fan sites are often better and provide more information than official sites.. they deserve to be supported not threatened with legal action Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Tiger Posted July 20, 2007 Report Share Posted July 20, 2007 Yeah, she should fight this. It's her site, not theirs. God Blessa! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VIsqo Posted July 20, 2007 Report Share Posted July 20, 2007 well, that is not good. We try to give support to the big and they wantto squash us like a bee. Thats not good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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