What's In a NAME?

Apparently big bucks.

Lawyers announced a settlement this week upholding the right of gay London DJ/producer Richard "Diddy" Dearlove to use the name "Diddy" within the United Kingdom.

Under the terms of the order and a settlement agreement, hip-hop superstar Sean "P. Diddy" Combs must pay Diddy Dearlove "significant damages" and will no longer be able to trade in the U.K. as "Diddy." He has also been ordered to pay Dearlove's $182,000 court costs and $18,000 in damages.

Diddy Dearlove said in a recent interview:

"Discussions about possible outcomes were floated around, and I had to consider what my response was if he wanted to buy the name from me. Wild figures floated around, but no matter how big I tried to think, I always ended up really unhappy with the idea of losing my name. It was such a surreal place to be in, thinking, 'Would you take X million? How about if it was doubled?'"

I'm sorry, but is this the kind of bullshit that our legal system actually has to deal with on a daily basis? If so, I don't blame our courts for being so completely effed up - look at the kind of people they have to stomach every day. Both Diddy's are completely moronic, and so are their dumb-ass names.

Here the man formerly known as Diddy frenching his Grammy.