You can not spend any decent amount of time in New York City’s Times Square without seeing or “running into” the Naked Cowboy.  It’s a guy named Robert Burck who, wearing nothing but a pair tightly fitting perv shorts,  plays his guitar for the tourists, gawkers and registered sex offenders looking for a quick visual fix.

I have seen Burck in his guitar playing “nakedness”.  There is always a crowd around him.  Some get their photos taken, get serenaded, gawk at his physique, even get married.  I have always drifted to the other side of the street. Even letting my eyes fix for a millisecond would be the equivalent of a trip to a male strip club and possibly necessitate years of counseling about my sexual inadequacies.  That being said, I rarely see any guys getting their photo taken with him.

Until this day however, I had no idea that there was also a Naked Cowgirl who, for the last 30 years, has been pandering her wares and “talent” in NYC in much the same manner as the Cowboy.  Apparently in too much the same manner as she has allegedly been accused of trademark infringement by Burck.

According to a cease-and-desist order Kane received from Burck, the Cowgirl’s name and act infringes upon the Naked Cowboy trademark.  Burck is asking Kane to pay him $5,000 per year or $500 per month to use the trademark as part of a franchise agreement.

I don’t know how the legal battle will resolve but I support the right of anyone to get naked in Times Square with or without guitar.  That’s the naked truth!