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Deee-lite Singer Sues Sega Over Space Channel 5
According to this story at Rollingstone.com, the former singer of Deee-lite, Lady Miss Kier, is suing Sega for borrowing her image and style for the game Space Channel 5. She's seeking more than $750,000 for misuse of her likeness, and claims that Sega originally tried to negotiate a deal with her during 2000, but she declined. This calls to mind Nintendo's brush with Uri Geller.
space channel 5 isn't exactly new..... this is frivolity... also, I don't see the resemblence.
It isn't just the look, but the movement, voice and persona of LMK that Ulala has. The first time I played Space Channel 5, I was immediately reminded of LMK of Deee-Lite. A good example is her name, Ulala. On Deee-Lite's Sampadelic Relics and Dancefloor Oddities, there's a sample of LMK saying "Ooo la la, la la la la la la" and then speaking a bunch of French. The whole game is just a funky hodgepodge of dancing, style and flare, which is more or less what LMK has always seemed to convey.
Still, I think it's ridiculous that LMK thinks she owns the rights to a certain look. You don't see the first guy who started wearing khaki shorts and sandals suing everyone who has made a late 90's frat movie. Or, perhaps more appropriately, a 70's disco diva suing Lady Miss Kier.
This guy. This $#!%^ guy.
I love it when Has-beens pop up and are all of the sudden worried about the misuse of their "images". I see no resemblence really, unless we want to give full credit to dee-lite for go-go boots and orange dresses. Maybe se should sue the 60's while shes at it. That whole decade ripped off her style.
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