[HPFGU-Movie] Wyrd Sisters

[Sherry Garfio]

I wrote:
> So  again, WHY are they going after WB?  Has WB ever talked about touring  
> their
> piecemeal band as the Weird Sisters to promote the GoF movie?   Are they
> planning to credit them as the Weird Sisters on the  soundtrack?  Most likely
> they'll credit them as individual artists,  with "courtesy of" credits for 
> their
> labels; otherwise it gets confusing  because these guys *don't* have an 
> identity
> as the Weird  Sisters.

Lynda replied:
> I didn't know about the financial offers you mentioned, but as for  why 
> they're doing this -- look at all the "free" publicity they're  getting!!  As
> they 
> say, any publicity is good publicity as long as they  spell your name right! 
> 
> I'd say that's why they're keeping this stuff in  the press.   

You're absolutely right, and as usual the same thing occurred to me the moment
I logged off.  I didn't know the band existed until now, and I'm even tempted
to go look for a clip of their music.  Who knows, they could be awesome.  I
doubt that people will buy tickets to their concert thinking it's the HP band
though, which was also a concern expressed in the article.  Can't you just see
a throng of rabid HP fans mobbing the stage, demanding Jarvis Cocker?  (Okay,
maybe one or two, but I think most of us know the difference between fiction
and reality.  Probably.)

And not only is the press spelling their name right, they're pointing out the
spelling difference again and again!  The lawyer said that the spelling was
irrelevant (trying to head off people who would point out that "Weird Sisters"
is not trademarked by the Canadian band - and I have to agree with her on just
this one point, because in a movie the characters are not going to be spelling
the name - as in "Hey, did you hear who Dumbledore got to play at the Yule
Ball?  The W-E-I-R-D Sisters!") - but it's certainly relevant from a marketing
perspective!

Sherry


"Differences of habit and language are nothing at all if our aims are identical and our hearts are open."
    -- Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire





		
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