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Televisa owns the Timbiriche name, Erik Rubín says
Erik Rubín says Televisa owns the Timbiriche name, which has been registered since the 1980s.
He says former members have been allowed to use it for reunion tours through temporary deals that involve making television content for the company.
The name became a focus again after ViX released an eight-episode dramatized series about the Mexican group on October 9.
Rubín said the former members receive no royalties from the series.
Six original members, including Rubín, said they did not authorize the use of their images, voices or identities in its scripts; Paulina Rubio did not sign their statement.
They also said the series mixes real events with fictional scenes about their lives and families.
The dispute highlights that owning a group’s name does not automatically mean having permission to portray its members or private lives.
Erik Rubín said Televisa owns the commercial rights to the Timbiriche name.
He said former members have used the name for reunion tours through temporary agreements with the company.
Those agreements have involved providing a television special or other content, he said.
ViX released an eight-episode dramatized series about the band on October 9.
Six original members said they did not authorize the use of their image, voices or identities in the scripts.
Rubín said the former members receive no royalties from the series.
- Who
- Televisa owns the Timbiriche name, according to singer and former member Erik Rubín.
- What
- Rubín said the band’s former members have to negotiate with Televisa to use the name for tours.
- When
- The ViX series premiered on October 9; the date of Rubín’s interview was not stated.
- Where
- The interview was on the Pipiris Nights podcast. The series was released on ViX.
- Why
- Televisa holds the commercial rights to the name, Rubín said, and use by the former members is subject to agreements.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
We've reached deals where they lend it to us and in exchange we do a television special or things like that
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The Timbiriche name was registered, according to Infobae.
ViX released an eight-episode series based on the band’s history.
- Name rights holder
- Televisa
- Records linked to Timbiriche
- More than 50, held by Televisa or its subsidiary Nueva Generación
- Series release
- October 9
- Series length
- 8 episodes
- Members who signed statement
- Sasha Sokol, Benny Ibarra, Alix Bauer, Diego Schoening, Mariana Garza and Erik Rubín
Sources
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