Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat

Sonia Van Der Mullen wrote:
>
> How can a line from Monty Python's "life of Brian" be the the
> basis of your argument? The fact is the inclination to have
> the operation sound like it was close to the WA Academy of
> Performing Arts shows probable cause. Why didn't the
> principals call it The Performing arts college of W.A?



As I guessed, Sonia, you are too confused to understand the basis of my argument. I suggest you read it again.

You seem to be blindly holding on to your premise simply because you are fault-finding with the WACPA. Let it rest, because as I said, your argument just doesn't stand up.


All right, if I must....the reference to 'the People's Front...etc' was not the BASIS of an argument, but an EXAMPLE which I thought people would easily recognise, to illustrate the point I had already made. Basically, I was being too lazy to open the Yellow Pages to quote any real examples - of which there are HUNDREDS.

According to your argument, your interpretation of the Trades Practices Act would have all these companies suing each other for false and misleading advertising...! (just opening up at random pages here)...

Dragon China Chinese Restaurant
Dragon City Chinese Restaurant
Dragon Seafood Chinese Restaurant
Dragon Village Chinese Restaurant
....................................... and I bet they ALL serve seafood dishes!


Building & Construction Inspection Service
Building Consultancy And Inspections
Building & Home Inspection Service
Building Inspection And Report Service
............................................very similar names; easy to get confused

Investcorp
Investwest Corp
Investor Iq
Investors Club
Investors Group
Investor's Guide
Investwest Life
Invest Australia
Invesco Australia
Investors Mutual
Invest 4 Life
........................................hard to tell them apart? I think they invest.

Pizza Academy
Pizza Lounge
Pizza Hut
Pizza Palace
Pizza Haven
................................there's only ONE Academy! The others are cheap imitations!

Daynite Couriers
Daynite Security
Daynite Signs
Daynite Towing
.................................like I said before, it should be obvious that titles with similar but different wording actually ARE different businesses.


What about:

WA Academy of Dance And Drama
WA Academy of Irish Dancing
WA Academy of Applied Computing
Academy of Contemporary Music
Academy of Ballet And Performance
Academy Dance Centre Ballet School
...............................................why aren't you crusading against them to change their names, which are far more similar?

And here's your favourite:

WA Primary Principals Association (WAPPA, as you like to spell it).
................................................maybe they ought to be suing YOU for misrepresenting them in your previous posts?



All of this to say:

The Trades Practices Act section about misrepresentation that you quote is to do with damages caused by a company to a smaller party (other business/consumer) through not providing services as described. For instance, promising (by name, advertising, contract, etc) to provide 100% fruit juice but providing something watered down. Or saying it's a real aussie beef steak pie and finding bits of cat.

An Academy of Performing Arts is a legitimate name for a school of performing arts, and so is a College of Performing Arts. If they are based in WA they have every right to proclaim so. There is no basis of misrepresentation in anything you have been saying.

Of course, you may still claim that they are failing in their ability to produce decent performances. If they were called the WA College of Producing Decent Performances, you might have a case...but you would still have to legally define what a decent performance is; a definition that varies according to personal taste. Whether or not you think the product is any good (especially in an artistic sense) is a matter of opinion.

You have made yours clear, and it appears there are many who have voiced a similar opinion. But that's an entirely different argument.

Cheers,
The Judean Popular People's Front