Empire Musicwerks announced today that a settlement was reached with Marilyn Manson and they will remove all artwork on Lunch Boxes & Choklit Cows that is similar to copyrighted works listed in the lawsuit that was filed on behalf of Marilyn Manson and Madonna Wayne Gacy on April 28th 2004 in United States District Court in Santa Monica California.
Goth-rock superstar, Marilyn Manson (birth name Brian Warner) filed a lawsuit against a former member of his own original band "Marilyn Manson & The Spooky Kids" and Empire Musicwerks. Empire Musicwerks recently released the CD with companion DVD, Lunch Boxes & Choklit Cows by The Spooky Kids, championed by former Spooky Kids/Marilyn Manson guitar player and producer Scott Putesky .
Brian Warner, p/k/a Marilyn Manson and Stephen Bier p/k/a (another member of Spooky Kids/Manson band known as Madonna Wayne Gacy) claimed in a lawsuit the release was an infringement of copyright, unauthorized use of illustration, images and film footage. Manson asked for cease and desist of sales of the CD Lunch Boxes & Choklit Cows, return and destruction of all product and promotional materials, and is claiming an estimated $500,000 in damages and asking for other punitive damages and attorney costs.
"We could have avoided all the legal B.S. if Brian would have just called me!" Said Scott Putesky p/k/a Daisy Berkowitz. Putesky is also refuting rumors that the release was testing the waters for a Spooky Kids reunion and the lawsuit was a publicity stunt to sell CD's. "I waited a long time to release this historic material, I could have released it a long time ago, but nostalgia is not something you can microwave!"
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Marilyn Manson has been a huge inspiration for our band,TourniKuet. The Spooky Kids will live on forever.
Posted by: Damien Byrne-TourniKuet | March 23, 2005 at 09:17 AM
Marilyn Manson has also been an inspiration for my band too!
We Love you Rev! Don't ever change!
Posted by: Dante Chase | March 30, 2005 at 07:46 PM
marilyn manson is my only true insparation and hero, he will live on in my soul, in my heart, and in my mind, no matter if they live or die, he will LIVE, no matter what...
Posted by: donnie | April 20, 2005 at 01:20 PM
hey, its me again... my band too is inspired by him!
Posted by: donnie | April 20, 2005 at 01:22 PM
manson is great lovin the new album cover.
Posted by: turner | May 19, 2005 at 10:16 AM
=u smell of shit
Posted by: poo | May 19, 2005 at 10:18 AM
he is the biggest faggot yet
Posted by: daniel | June 10, 2005 at 01:12 AM
Manson is the one thing that i will never let go in my heart.I will always stick with him.
Posted by: josh segraves | June 28, 2005 at 05:19 PM
If you like Marilyn Manson, there is a band that you should check out. They are called TourniKueT. They sound like Manson's old stuff(Spooky Kids days). You can check them out at google.com (keyword: TourniKuet) or at their site: www.TourniKuet.mirrorz.com
Posted by: Satan's Soldier | July 17, 2005 at 04:19 PM
unlike most singers his name will truely live on forever and no one can see that, when he die's he will be know even more for what he did for kids that felt like nothing he made us feel wanted, his voice might change and his look but he made the spooky kids and the marilyn manson band what it is today,they are one of the best rock and roll bands ever made he is and allways will be the shit he's probably helped alot of kids with there feel's and how to feel about this bullshit world we all love him in some way but mostly in his music.
Posted by: satan's hero | August 25, 2005 at 07:54 AM