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Dr. Dre’s Beats Electronic Is Bringing Suit Against Yamaha For Infringing Headphone Design

AllHipHop.com reports that Dr. Dre is suing electronics company Yamaha for alleged infringement on the producer’s now-iconic Beats By Dre headphones. Legal representatives of the rapper-cum-businessman are seeking at least $75,000 in damages for Trade Dress Infringement, Unfair Competition and Patent Infringement. The lawsuit argues that Yamaha’s PRO line of headphones heavily borrows design elements […]

Website pays for Pirating

A California based company website, Media Rights Technologies has been shut down for selling dangerously discounted songs. The website had been pirating music from artists like The Beatles, Coldplay and Radiohead without permission. They have agreed to settle a copyright infringement lawsuit for $950,000. Click here to see just how cheap they were selling music […]

Black Eyed Peas accused of song theft

For the second (and third) time this year, the Black Eyed Peas have been sued by musician’s claiming the group stole their work. This time, the songs in question are “I Gotta Feeling” and “Boom Boom Pow.” Find out more, here.