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Minding Your Business: Hey, You, Get Off My Name!

Aired November 18, 2002 - 09:52   ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.


PAULA ZAHN, CNN ANCHOR: You got Bill Wyman in the news?
ANDY SERWER, "FORTUNE" MAGAZINE: Bill Wyman.

You know, I love the Rolling Stones. I'm a Rolling Stones expert, I guess, self proclaimed. Maybe not an expert, but listen, I wrote about the Rolling Stones recently, and this story caught our eye. It's truly amazing. Here's the situation. There is a writer, a rock 'n' roll critic at the "Atlanta Journal-Constitution" named Bill Wyman. The ex-bass player for the Rolling Stones is also named Bill Wyman. So what, you say? Well, the Rolling Stone base player Bill Wyman, his lawyers have sent Bill Wyman of Atlanta a letter where they asking him to cease and desist from using his own name.

ZAHN: Oh, yes?

SERWER: Yes, in fact, his legal name is Bill -- we requested a prominent disclaimer accompanying every reference to the writer's name, indicating he is not the same Bill Wyman who is a member of the Rolling Stones." This is a different Bill Wyman.

ZAHN: So what? You don't have the right to keep your own name when you're writing in the newspaper.

SERWER: There are other Paula Zahns out there?

ZAHN: There probably are.

They're probably distancing themselves from me, Andy.

SERWER: The Bill Wyman the Rolling Stone, that's not even his real name.

ZAHN: It's not.

SERWER: His real name is William George Perks, and he changed his name to Bill Wyman.

ZAHN: What kind of case does he have if that's not even his real name?

SERWER: Zip, zero. He's not go case. And so Bill Wyman, ex bass player of the Rolling Stones, get used to it, OK, this guy at "The Atlanta Journal-Constitution" is going to use his byline for now and forever, and there is nothing can you do about it.

ZAHN: Since it's his own name. It's very funny. Sounds like a lawyer got rich off that one, Andy.

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Aired November 18, 2002 - 09:52   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
PAULA ZAHN, CNN ANCHOR: You got Bill Wyman in the news?
ANDY SERWER, "FORTUNE" MAGAZINE: Bill Wyman.

You know, I love the Rolling Stones. I'm a Rolling Stones expert, I guess, self proclaimed. Maybe not an expert, but listen, I wrote about the Rolling Stones recently, and this story caught our eye. It's truly amazing. Here's the situation. There is a writer, a rock 'n' roll critic at the "Atlanta Journal-Constitution" named Bill Wyman. The ex-bass player for the Rolling Stones is also named Bill Wyman. So what, you say? Well, the Rolling Stone base player Bill Wyman, his lawyers have sent Bill Wyman of Atlanta a letter where they asking him to cease and desist from using his own name.

ZAHN: Oh, yes?

SERWER: Yes, in fact, his legal name is Bill -- we requested a prominent disclaimer accompanying every reference to the writer's name, indicating he is not the same Bill Wyman who is a member of the Rolling Stones." This is a different Bill Wyman.

ZAHN: So what? You don't have the right to keep your own name when you're writing in the newspaper.

SERWER: There are other Paula Zahns out there?

ZAHN: There probably are.

They're probably distancing themselves from me, Andy.

SERWER: The Bill Wyman the Rolling Stone, that's not even his real name.

ZAHN: It's not.

SERWER: His real name is William George Perks, and he changed his name to Bill Wyman.

ZAHN: What kind of case does he have if that's not even his real name?

SERWER: Zip, zero. He's not go case. And so Bill Wyman, ex bass player of the Rolling Stones, get used to it, OK, this guy at "The Atlanta Journal-Constitution" is going to use his byline for now and forever, and there is nothing can you do about it.

ZAHN: Since it's his own name. It's very funny. Sounds like a lawyer got rich off that one, Andy.

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