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The word you're looking for is copyright not copy-write, and more then likely you're actually talking about trademarks, not copyrights; intellectual property, such as music and lyrics, are copyrighted, names and logos are trademarked...
Trademarking a name can be important. Imagine if there were 20 bands with the same name as your favorite band: you would never know who's concert you were buying a ticket to, or who's album just came out. Imagine if anyone could open a POS restaurant and name it the same as your favorite high-end restaurant: you wouldn't know which one you were really supposed to meet your friends at, or who just failed their health code inspection...
I hear what you're saying, but it was up to the producer to be sure he wasn't treading on someone's copyright/trademark before he went into business using that name...
Now, IF the band had been inactive for that many years, they may not have kept up the trademark, there are fees to be paid and such, but chances are they caught back up when they went back on tour. The producer MAY be able to show that he was doing business under that name in the interim, but he would have to discuss that with a trademark lawyer, and it'll cost an arm and a leg to hire one and try to fight it in court, assuming the lawyer thinks they even have a shot...
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