Chilis could struggle in 'Californication' lawsuit

litigious rock stars make me p2p

So the RHCP didn't invent the word, they didn't use it first, they didn't copyright it / register it as a trademark BUT they don't want anyone else to use it.

Learn how a language works you stupid yanks. Aside from when you make up an entirely new word, stopping people using existing words unless they are describing your product means we will run out of words soon!!

....... anyone remember when Windows were bits of glass in the wall to see out of?

The album's good, the show is...

...rubbish. David D. just wanders round from shag to shag, with every woman in sight immune to his charms. Although he doesn't seem to do anything to charm them, really. The first 3 episodes - which was as much time as I was prepared to give it - are nothing more than an excuse to show lots of breasts.

And the Dani California character is - in the series - a secretary who is also a Suicide Girl (i.e. Goth porn star) who lets her boss spank her. Of course, that scenario is going to happen every day.

The show is really just an excuse to show as much sex as possible, with a little violence and drug taking to keep it "edgy" - the plot is laughably thin, and with Duchovny as Executive Producer, the obvious question of why every woman in sight throws herself at a character who is meant to be on the skids is never dealt with, because the answer's obvious - because he's David Duchovny. Avoid.

In it for the money?

I saw the RHCP play at the Leeds Festival in August, and to be honest, they just looked plain bored, didn't interact at all, and it was a crap concert, and all of us in my group agreed that it wouldn't be long before they split up, and that they're only doing it for the money now.

It's a shame because Blood Sugar Sex Magik was a great album. Californication, however, was crap. Maybe they're just pissed that they didn't use the song as the theme tune because it would have inflated their bank accounts?

Nationalise Californication would be a Commune with Capitalism....

...... for a Sociable Communism .

"said the band should have registered Californication as a trademark" ... the danger is that it be perceived as a Virus rather than AI VXXXXine when wantonly selfishly abused rather than selflessly used.

But who would want to register Hedonism as a trademark, ...AI Private Playboy/Diamond Geezer/Font?

And why is there no mention of the earlier Eagles flavour, Hotel California? Surely a Prior Art Contender?

I used....

...to be a huge RHCP fans. The early albums are great. The last few have been utter, utter, utter unmitigating shite however. They've gone from funky, powerful and entertaining to middle of the road old men trying to cling to their youth and sound.

Let it go, you're not that much different to the Shadows now. Go join the likes of Sabbath, Kiss etc with their "Last reunion tour!" style of money grabbing.

Now I just think they're pathetic and seemingly no longer against the corporate brown-nosing they once were. In fact they appear to be a highly branded, image-lead consumer group no different to your average boy-band.

They are the bitches of the system now .... and the Foo Fighters are slowly going that way too.

@Jeremy

No they didn't invent the word which gives them no claim to it. However copyright is yours automatically once you create something, you don't need to register it. So for having a character called Dani California and blatently using their lyrics in one episode, with asking them if it was ok to do so gives them plenty of ammo in court

Huh ?

"The show is really just an excuse to show as much sex as possible, with a little violence and drug taking to keep it "edgy""

You manage to say that like it's a bad thing !

I like their music...

... but the band members themselves are knobs.

I saw them play in Manchester a few years back. They had a completely inappropriate support band on, Chicks On Speed, mainly because one of them was shagging one of RHCP. Unsurprisingly, CoS got booed off, but when RHCP came on, they proceeded to give the audience a bollocking for disrespecting their fellow artists. They worked through their set in a huff, one of the worst gigs I've been to. In fact, I think CoS delivered a better performance.

They're so far up their own arses these days it's painful to watch. They should go back to taking drugs, might improve their attitude a bit.

At least it makes me feel better about downloading all their stuff P2P for free.

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Steve

As you may have noticed, the Internet is full of porn of all shapes and flavours. The days of being reliant on a Channel 4 "Red Triangle" film to get your quota of mild filth for the week are long since over. Yes, if it was the early 90s I'd be *more* than happy to see Californication simply for the nipple-count - now that such things are available at the click of a mouse, I'd rather that TV dramas have a semblance of plot about them - or certainly more than "David Duchovny gets women with large breasts to bounce on top of him" which seriously constitutes around 40% of the screen time.

If TV shows on channels like ShowTime are able to deal with real life issues such as sex and drugs, at least let them attempt to do so within a dramatic framework. "Californication" is little more than a middle-aged man's w*nk fantasy, and I've enough of those myself without watching someone else's...

Ah Ben...

" "Californication" is little more than a middle-aged man's w*nk fantasy, and I've enough of those myself "

But isn't that the whole point of the plot of the show ? To examine the whole mid life crisis thing. Is that how we'd all be acting if we were Duchovny-style rich, feckless California dwelling divorcees ? Isn't that what all your MAWF are all about ? I mean I'm phrasing that as a question because I'm usually distracted by all the bouncing nipples, but it could be a valid point.

As for quality TV drama, yup, with you all the way. I'm a big 'Spooks' fan myself, especially now they have that gorgeous blonde totty in it, I mean w00f w00f!

Steve

If was the main character in that show, I wouldn't be having a mid-life crisis, because I would be being laid more frequently than tarmac on the M1, as well as driving a Porsche, living in LA, and not seeming to do much work. And being able to get away with frequently insulting my ex- and her husband and my agent (in fact, everyone) and somehow getting away with it.

"Californication" doesn't examine any issues in depth, apart from "how many hot women can take their top off in any one episode whilst Duchnovy looks bored / suave / ruffled ?"

Personally, I'd like to see him catch an STD, get a good shoeing from one of the cuckolded husbands / partners, and conspicuously fail to get laid for several months, whilst getting fat and addicted to Internet porn, then gambling away all his money on-line due to boredom.

Jealous, moi ?

Actually - no, but there we are.

Californication is a long standing term...

In two states to the north since the 1960's. It's used to described the wishes of people in that state who move to the other two states to immediately start trying to convert the culture, government and social services of their adopted state to the ****ed up nature of their state of origin. First they will tell you how much better the state is that they've moved to and almost in the same breath tell you how something was done so much better in California. Of course they don't mention the tax rate they were paying to almost get that done in California. And they definitely do not want to pay anything to get their new state of residence converted to be equivalent to the mess they supposedly moved from.

Chart Friendly Pap

Hahahaha serves the Mild Yellow Bell Peppers right. All their recent albums of chart friendly pap sound the same. They haven't written a decent song since Blood Sugar and even that album is diluted compared to their previous work.

Meanwhile...

I'm trademarking the term 'Tallaghfornication' which is a word that describes the high number of unmarried mothers in Tallaght, Dublin.