Guns and Roses rocker Axl Rose vs Dr. Depper

Guns N Roses rocker Axl Rose is very angry with one of my favorite soft drinks–Dr. Pepper, and he’s got every right to be angry too.

According to the Associated Press, he is accusing the company of making money off of the band’s name.  Axl is referring to when Dr. Pepper offered to give everyone in  America a free soda if the band releases their new album this year.

Of course when they did release their album, nobody got any free Dr. Pepper.  However, the soda Web site was flooded with Web site hits from fans wanting to know more about the offer.

Now, Axl Rose is demanding a apology from the beverage company.  His lawyer is demanding that the company issue a full-page apology in the New York Times, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal and the LA Times.

An apology? Is that all Axl wants is an apology? That’s copyright infringement. He should be asking for a share of the profits.

If he was smart, he would take this court and make the soda company compensate him.

Tim Henley