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26-07-2008, 03:55 PM
Lil Wayne has been named as the defendant in a new copyright infringement and unfair competition suit filed a Manhattan court on Thursday (July 24).
The owners of portions of the Rolling Stones' catalogue are seeking unspecified damages for what they say is the rapper’s unauthorized use of the song "Play With Fires," by creating a song by the same title.
According to Reuters, Abkco Music Inc. accuses Wayne, born Dwayne Carter, those with whom he collaborated on the track, and Cash Money Records, of releasing an altered version of the Stones' recording, borrowing too closely from the song's original lyrics and music.
One example cited is Lil Wayne‘s use of the line "but you can't blame me if I set this stage on fire," which Abkco says is too similar to "but don't play with me, 'cause you're playing with fire" from the original.
Abkco also takes issue with what they call "explicit, sexist and offensive language" used on Wayne's "Play With Fire," which appears on his latest release Tha Carter III.
The company states in it's suit that the similarities between the two versions could lead audiences to believe that Abkco and the Rolling Stones approved the alleged "remake."
This is the second lawsuit levied against Lil' Wayne this year, for a track featured on Tha Carter III, which slipped to the number 2 position on the Billboard 200 chart this week, after a five-week run in the top slot.
In May, popular South African singer Karma-Ann Swanepoel accused him of using her track "Once" on the controversial song "I Feel Like Dying," which started out as a popular mixtape release before being added to the new album.
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26-07-2008, 04:04 PM
there is no c in bankrupt and he already filed for bankruptcy a while ago
but fucking with mic jager's money is no joke...he might get it bad in court this time
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26-07-2008, 04:19 PM
Woot woot. Go Jager. Fuck this piece of shit drug addict to the depths of Hell.
On a more related note, shouldn't it be the label getting sued in this situation? I mean, they do own the rights to Wayne's music, even if Wayne was the one who performed it.
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26-07-2008, 04:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Justin  Woot woot. Go Jager. Fuck this piece of shit drug addict to the depths of Hell.
On a more related note, shouldn't it be the label getting sued in this situation? I mean, they do own the rights to Wayne's music, even if Wayne was the one who performed it. | Thats Truer then a mutafucka
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26-07-2008, 06:13 PM
Tha bitch said im hot i said no BIEEETCH im blazin
^ Lyric from the song - I find the whole song bizarrely funny
BUT it really does have some hot lines IMO... it's just that his pseudo-singing shitty delivery just makes it all retarded. And considering that he openly admits to not writing his lyrics, that means he's getting rich PURELY off of his writers pretty much, all he does is show up high on syurp and slur his way through what's on the paper.
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26-07-2008, 06:31 PM
i think its a stupid reason to sue somebody, juss tryna get some money | |
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26-07-2008, 08:20 PM
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Originally Posted by mh bich who els i think its a stupid reason, juss tryna get some money | So is the rest of modern capitalism.
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26-07-2008, 10:03 PM
Its up to the artist/label to clear samples in the beats that they use. | |
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27-07-2008, 12:13 AM
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Originally Posted by mh bich who els i think its a stupid reason to sue somebody, juss tryna get some money | the rolling stones are waaaay richer than lil wayne is, they don't need the money...it's just business
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27-07-2008, 12:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Hof the rolling stones are waaaay richer than lil wayne is, they don't need the money...it's just business | do u think its a good reason to sue? juss cuz a song is "similar" to one another? | |
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27-07-2008, 01:27 AM
shit man u can pay the money and copyright the word "instead" and try and sue everybody that says it in public or on tape. Doesent mean nothing but wasting tax dollars
honestly, who gives a fuck,
and wayne is smart with claiming bankruptcy,,,,, how do u think suge kept himself rich
when u claim bankruptcy it is a self decided notion that no other individual can digress, because only you as a person can decide if u have enough money to live beyond your means
You know how many times Donald Trump claimed bankruptcy,,, u think hes really broke?
no
but because of federal rules, if you make income u can say when u aint
as much as the government fucks you, u can always fuck it back, just pay all your taxes, and report all income, theres breaks along the way.
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27-07-2008, 10:15 AM
PDP you bring a good point but what i would like to know is how you hide millions of dollars?
like okay the donalds first wife broke his ass because they didn't have a prenup
I been hearing wayne been having money issues but with him bout to go double platinum in a month and his show money its going to be hard to prove he broke
and i think they are sueing him because he is getting money off of they work its just business like hof said
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27-07-2008, 02:46 PM
That's fucking crazy. So let's say you get a sample cleared, can the person you sampled it from sue because they didn't like the song? What happened to freedom of speech?
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27-07-2008, 03:26 PM
thats how you get samples cleared they basically have to approve the use of their material im sure at some point they have to approve the final product.
And freedom of speech has been getting censored via hip-hop
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28-07-2008, 07:54 PM
But did he use a sample....it seems the claim is that he has a song title that's similar and some lines that are similar...if that's all it is then this lawsuit is a fucking joke
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