Eek! That would be horrible. I've always loved Belle & Sebastian's name. But, this couldn't be 100% true, as the cartoon borrowed its name & plotline (I think) from an old french serial. I guess the creator of the serial could be angry. Oh well.

If they did change their name, I would think they should make a sly little change, enough that you can tell it's the same band. Like perhaps, La Belle Sebastian, or just Belle Sebastian. Some little play on words like that.

It is that woman who seems a spot unchuffed, although I doubt it'll come to anything. Hopefully not, it is a nice name, I'm surprised you can copyright something as generic as two names in a row, I mean, can you legally define the difference between John and Dave, or something - or Robson and Jerome, Renee and Renato? Bob Carolgees and Spit the dog? I dunno. A subtle change might work. Belle end Sebastian perhaps. Belle end Semenstain maybe? I wonder if she could actually take them to court over that issue, would Bel and Sebastian be enough? Do we have any lawyers in the house? Cheers, Keith. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net" List rules, FAQ etc., http://www.majordomo.net/sinister

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