Editing Thomas Dolby (section)

==Stage name==
[[File:Thomas Dolby 2018 (cropped).jpg|right|thumbnail|Dolby performing in 2018]]
The stage name Thomas Dolby originated from a nickname "Dolby" that he picked up in the early 1970s, when he was "always messing around with keyboards and tapes".<ref name="RBMARFireside">{{cite AV media|people=Thomas Dolby|url=http://www.rbmaradio.com/shows/thomas-dolby-fireside-chat|access-date=27 April 2013|format=webcast audio|title=Thomas Dolby|time=01:50|publisher=Red Bull Music Academy Radio}}</ref> The name derives from the name of the [[Dolby noise-reduction system|audio noise-reduction]] process of [[Dolby Laboratories]] used for audio recording and playback. He adopted the stage name "Thomas Dolby" to avoid confusion with British singer [[Tom Robinson]], who was popular when he began his career. Early publicity implied that "Dolby" was a middle name, and that Dolby's full name was Thomas Morgan Dolby Robertson;<ref>{{cite journal|last=Cohn|first=Stuart |title=Thomas Dolby: A Techno-Geek Aims for 'An Emotional Event'|journal=Record|date=June 1983|volume=2|issue=8|page=4}}</ref> this is legally incorrect, but he does sometimes informally go by the initials TMDR.<ref name="fruit"/>

After Dolby released "[[She Blinded Me with Science]]" in 1982, [[Dolby]] Laboratories expressed concern regarding the stage name. Dolby's record label refused to make him change his name, and Dolby Labs did not raise the issue again until later. After a lengthy legal battle, the court decided that Dolby Labs had no right to restrict the musician from using the name. It was agreed that he would not release any electronic equipment using the name.<ref name="Michael Davis 2008, p. 38">{{cite book | editor-first= Ernie | editor-last = Rideout | title=Keyboard Presents The Best of The '80s|publisher=Backbeat Books|year=2008|page=38}}</ref>

Dolby is unrelated to [[Tom Dolby|Thomas "Tom" Dolby]], who is a novelist, filmmaker, and son of the Dolby Laboratories founder [[Ray Dolby]].<ref name="fruit"/>