Tunesmith, I understand what you are saying, but I don't think anyone trying to take legal action against the band "Hot Club de Paris" on the grounds that they don't sound anything like you might expect them to based on that name (Django, Grappelli, etc.), would stand a snowball in hell's chance of succeeding.

Yes, I agree it's plain stupid to call yourself that if you don't play the type of music the name implies, as you risk annoying people; but there's nothing anyone can do about it legally.

Would you have Blair interfere even further in our freedom than he already has done, by introducing laws about what names a band is allowed tocall themselves? I certainly wouldn't want that.