ABSTRACT

The artist as ‘star-text’ remains intrinsic to the music industry's understandings of ‘authenticity’ and subsequent commodification of the music artist (and circulations of celebrity). Partial band ‘reunions’ and touring acts with few original band members speak to the economic rewards in continuing well-known bands as brands. This article examines the cultural and intellectual property contexts of the current Little River Band, and the bitter battle between founding and current members/company owners who own the band name trademark. Within the contemporary entertainment industries, it unpacks the concept of intentionality to examine a case study where the current band enterprise has arguably blurred histories, continuances, authorship and intent. Beyond its complex legal contexts and histories, the Little River Band case study is useful for raising other questions about cultural heritage and who has the right to speak ‘truth to cultural experience’ (Middleton 1990, 127).

摘要

艺术家作为“明星文本”仍然是音乐产业对“真实性”的理解以及随后对音乐艺术家（以及名人的流通）的理解所固有的。部分乐队“重聚”和很少有原创乐队成员的巡回演出说明了将知名乐队继续作为品牌带来的经济回报。本文探讨了当前小河乐队的文化和知识产权背景，以及拥有乐队名称商标的创始成员/公司所有者之间的激烈斗争。在当代娱乐行业中，它解开了意向性的概念，以研究当前乐队企业可以说模糊了历史、延续、作者身份和意图的案例研究。除了复杂的法律背景和历史，