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Details On The Escalating Feud Between Lady A and The Other Lady A · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood. Last month, the band formally known as
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Speaker 1: Lady Antebellum decided to officially change their name to their
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Speaker 1: long used nickname Lady A after they learned that the
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Speaker 1: word antebellum had ties to slavery, but they weren't aware
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Speaker 1: at the time that Blues singer Anita White went by
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Speaker 1: the name Lady A, and after it seemed both parties
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Speaker 1: were going to iron it out so they could both
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Speaker 1: use the name, things have now soured and the band
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Speaker 1: has filed a lawsuit. Fans have long used the name
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Speaker 1: Lady A. The band actually filed for a copyright on
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Speaker 1: the title back in two eleven and received it, but
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Speaker 1: the singer Lady A says she's been using the name
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Speaker 1: for two decades. The group says once they started discussions
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Speaker 1: with her, she insisted on ten million dollars, which they
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Speaker 1: refused to pay. She says it's a name she spent
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Speaker 1: two decades working to build on and feels that the
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Speaker 1: band is trying to ease her. Hopefully both Lady Aids
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Speaker 1: can find a way to coexist together. That's Direct from Hollywood.