Don’t be confused by the headline. No, there hasn’t been a time warped to the early millennium, this is simply a story no one could have anticipated. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Jay-Z may soon find himself in court over claims he illegally sampled another track for his smash hit “Big Pimpin.” You can read […]
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Jay-Z’s “Big Pimpin” could go to court
May 6th, 2011 
James Shotwell 
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Tags: big pimpin, copywrite, illegal sample, jay-z, lawsuit, sampling 
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April 1st, 2011 James Shotwell According to a new article from Rolling Stone, Rebecca Black (and her parents) are accusing Ark Music Factory of copyright infringement and unlawful exploitation of publicity rights for the song “Friday.” Click here to find out more. What we want to know is how much they’re going to want the masters next week when her […]
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March 28th, 2011 Grant Trimboli 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 […]
Posted in News Tags: California, coldplay, Copyright, discount, infringement, lawsuit, Media Rights Technology, Pirating, radiohead, The Bealtes Comments Off on Website pays for PiratingBret Michaels sues the Tony Awards
March 28th, 2011 Grant Trimboli As of Friday, rockstar Bret Michaels has filed a lawsuit against the CBS Tony Awards Productions. Michaels claims that producers did not instruct him how to exit the stage properly and was in turn smacked in the head by a piece of the set. Bret Michaels is strongly correlating this incident with the nearly fatal […]
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March 20th, 2011 Katy The hefty $3 billion dollar lawsuit against Dr. Dre was dismissed last week. This is the second lawsuit against him involving the controversial Up In Smoke Tour and DVD. Read more about it here.
George Clinton files a lawsuit
December 13th, 2010 Matth This seems to be the week for hip hop artists stealing songs. Funk legend George Clinton has filed a lawsuit against The Black Eyed Peas over their hit song “Shut Up” saying that they stole a portion of George Clinton’s song “(Not Just) Knee Deep”.
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December 13th, 2010 Matth Freeway Rick has filed an appeal claim against his previous lawsuit against Rick Ross.
Posted in News Tags: Def Jam, freeway rick, lawsuit, Rick Ross Comments Off on Freeway Rick to appeal case against Rick RossPlies accused of stealing “Bond Money”
December 9th, 2010 Matth Songwriter Romell Caldwell is filing a lawsuit against Slip-n-Slide Records, Plies, and an independent record label over the copyrighted song “Bond Money” from Plies. Caldwell claims the song was stolen from him when he recorded “Dim Hits” in 2001. Check out more details after the jump.
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Vampire Weekend in Trouble
July 28th, 2010 Grant Trimboli Renowned entertainment lawyer Dina Lapolt weighs in on Vampire Weekend’s “Contra-versy”
Posted in News Tags: Anne Kirsten Kennis, Contra, Dina Lapolt, entertainment lawyer, lawsuit, vampire weekend Comments Off on Vampire Weekend in TroubleProsthetic Records has filed a lawsuit against Razor & Tie
January 20th, 2010 Grant Trimboli Courtesy of Alt.Press: Los Angeles metal label Prosthetic Records has filed a lawsuit against New York-based label/distributor Razor & Tie in the U.S. District Court in the Southern District of New York. Prosthetic claims that Razor & Tie breached its distribution agreement and there is a disagreement about the expiration date of the contract. Prosthetic […]
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January 17th, 2010 Grant Trimboli Courtesy of Alt.Press: The $20 million lawsuit filed by the late Adam “DJ AM” Goldstein over his 2008 plane crash has been settled for an undisclosed amount. Goldstein filed the suit after the crash that killed everyone on board a Learjet except himself and Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker. Goldstein died this past August of an […]
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