Zappa Family Trust
The Zappa Family Trust was founded in Los Angeles during the lifetime of the composer and rock musician Frank Zappa . With the exception of the rights to evaluate large parts of the Zappa catalog of works, which were transferred to Rykodisc in 1994, the company manages all Zappa ventures in trust.
history
The company was founded on November 15, 1990 in Los Angeles. His name appeared for the first time on the album The Yellow Shark, which was released shortly before Frank Zappa's death . The company coordinates all business activities of the Zappa family. So the company exercises control over the companies that were still founded by Zappa, provided they are still active. In addition to the record labels Barking Pumpkin Records , Vaulternative Records and Zappa Records , these include the mail order company Barfko-Swill , the project company Intercontinental Absurdities , the music publisher Munchkin Music and the recording studio Utility Muffin Research Kitchen (UMRK), whose name is also used as a catalog number for served three albums from Zappa's musical legacy.
In addition, the bereaved have secured extensive trademark rights under the umbrella of the Zappa Family Trust . The titles "Frank Zappa", "FZ", "Zappa", " Dweezil ", " Ahmet ", " Diva Magika ", "Diva Zappa", "Sexy Bitch", " Moon Unit ", "Joe's" are protected as brand names Garage "," Fear of Clothing "," The Mothers "," The Mothers of Invention "," Project / Object "," Thing-Fish "," Beat the Boots! "," Pipco "," Zappa Institute of Technology " (ZIT) and "Zappafrank". The trademark protection applies to recordings on records, compact discs, DVDs, video tapes as well as audio and video cassettes, to printed items such as books, songbooks, tour books, magazines, postcards, posters and printed matter or to clothing such as shoes, caps and Hats, ties, polo shirts, sweat shirts and t-shirts for containers and vessels.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Year of foundation ( Memento of the original from September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (As of April 2007)
- ↑ Protected trademarks (as of April 2007)
literature
- Barry Miles : Zappa . German edition. Rogner & Bernhard at two thousand and one. 2005. ISBN 3-8077-1010-8 .
- Carl-Ludwig Reichert: Frank Zappa . DTV, Munich, 2000. ISBN 3-423-31039-1