The tool will be sued by 100 fans after the drama of the festivals group list

Is the tool a set of tools? It seems that part of their fans base believes it. At the Bunta’s opening destination festival at the end of last week, the attendees – who occupied thousands of dollars were not closed to be – after the promise of “two unique groups”. Instead, the tool at the sand festival shows contained many overlapping songs: TEN was played on the first night, then nine per second – with four repetitions. (Social media Shots Show people screaming and throwing obscene at Maynard James Keenan & Co. During the second night. Now, one of the disappointed lawyers, who was present at the festival, started to start a collective suit. Stas Rusek, a long -standing fans, told the case, Vulture that nearly 100 attendees have already participated. Although he does not have a date of consideration, Rusek plans to do this by “morally possibility” after investigating all his customers’ claims. “I expect a few dozen a day in the next few weeks,” he added.

Although it is not exactly not the level of the Fyre festival of chaos, the tools offer a new and entertaining legal logic: If your favorite artist asserts that they will do two distinguished parties and do not follow, do you have the right to obtain financial compensation? Peter Nicholas, his wife at the University of Washington, loses a little. “The fact that we are talking about this, at all, tells you that a tool is facing a problem,” he says. “It may not necessarily be a legal problem, although they are threatened with a lawsuit. But it is definitely a public relations problem.”

One hundred fans registered in the collective lawsuit, as it is expected to be added in the coming weeks. What does this number tell you about the strength of the case?
The number does not tell you much about the strength of the legal issue. It is the type of thing that the band does not want. The main thing that told my students, which relates to the intersection of music and the law, is even when the law is next to you, this does not seem good. As an artist, you do not want to threaten fans with your prosecution. This is bad. It is clear that fans are crazy and may have a basis for madness. With social media, you can quickly raise signatures for such things. They are low risk for recording.

The lawsuit depends on the fact that the fans have promised “two unique lists” at the festival. How can one determine “unique” in a lawsuit like this?
I think the fans had explained it as there was one collection of songs for Night One and One Songs for Night Two. This is where the essence of the conflict is, to the point that the basis of the lawsuit is a false declaration. There may be a little playing quickly and loose in the language and the word “unique”. There are two different ways that one can explain this word. What if it is, “Every night we will play one and unique song”? There is a legitimate argument that the fans did not expect any overlap, and there is also an argument for the band that “Farida” does not necessarily mean every song in the group list. Listen, I am not a fan of the tool myself. I don’t know any of these songs are their songs. Can I make a personal comparison?

naturally. I’m sure there are people who read this uncommon with a tool disgrace.
I am a fan of Cher Big. If I am going to a five -day festival where Sher would top it, I want to hear “if I can go back” every day. There are some things that resemble it: Is the song special? Is it related to deep wounds? Are four excessive songs in a collection of nine songs or ten songs? probably. But I am not sure whether there is a strong claim about the wrong announcement.

Is the high price of the festival worker at this at all? Some weekend packages went to more than $ 7,000 when you reach tickets and hotels.
I am a person who buys party tickets a lot at different price points. This is the thing: everyone will see the same music. The most expensive tickets usually include greater reaching, whether the distance from the theater or an opportunity to meet and salute. It feeds on what is the contract between the tool and the fans, or the promoters of the tool and its admirers. As long as the advertisement itself was not really misleading, the contract between them is what happens when purchasing the ticket and agreeing to all these conditions and conditions. I have no doubt that there are all kinds of things like, There is no guarantee for specific songs that are played and everything according to the appreciation of the artists.

The lawyer who leads the lawsuit was present at the festival, making his efforts to gather fans for personal registration. Do you feel that this makes a difference at all, instead of a random lawyer who has no strong feelings towards the band?
I do not want to criticize the lawyer, but one of the first things we taught at the Faculty of Law was “never represented yourself.” This is because what the non -interested lawyer will do is to bring this objectivity. It is, as a fan, naturally upset. I do not deduct that. But the unintended lawyer will tell him, “Look, maybe not a strong case.” I do not say that there is no chance, but there are a lot of things that work against this particular lawsuit, and it will cost you a lot of money. What it means, though, it makes it worse for the tool. Since this person is affected personally, using his time, and not trying to persuade another lawyer, he is excited. It has already caused them a problem simply of negative propaganda. My intestine told me that this will not go too far in terms of court lawsuit. This does not mean that it will not affect things.

The tool has not yet attached anything to the case. What does this suggest in terms of this effect?
If you think there is a dangerous lawsuit, you do not want your customers to come out and speak unless you know what is going on. You don’t want them to say something might make the lawsuit worse. As a business-and what group is eventually a work-they have faced a public relations problem. These people, who are allocated to spend $ 7,000 to attend this type of festival, are what feeds them. If I manage and advise, I say, “without saying that we did anything wrongly wrong, we admit the misery of the masses.” I would like to deduct part of the ticket prices. Again, not because they are legally obligated. It is just a good gesture. I think something like this may happen. Perhaps it will be negotiated with this particular lawyer, or perhaps the band decides to do so. I think there will be a brief negotiation to obtain this lawsuit does not happen. You don’t want this. Artists must be prosecuted due to the violation of copyright. They should not be prosecuted by their fans.

Do you worry about such a lawsuit at all, in terms of previously appointed to commercial musicians and what they can open in the future?
It is not the worst thing in the world if artists are more cautious about how to speak and what they put there. This will be the next natural step: If there is any privilege here, then the lawyers will be like, “be sure to let me look at your advertisement before it comes out. We don’t want to create a possible responsibility.” What will not be a good thing if one of the fans sued for a reason like, “I didn’t like how Tiger seemed the voice of this artist that night.” Some things go beyond the artist’s control. But this is something that can be controlled.