Rapper 50 Cent Sued For Copyright Infridgement

MIAMI - Rapper 50 Cent stole some of the lyrics for his 2003 hit "In Da Club" from a song by former 2 Live Crew frontman Luther Campbell, an attorney claims in a lawsuit.

Richard C. Wolfe filed the copyright infringement lawsuit against Curtis James Jackson, aka 50 Cent, in Miami federal court last week on behalf of Lil' Joe Wein Music.

Parts of "In Da Club," from the album "Get Rich or Die Tryin'", copy "It's Your Birthday," released in 1994 on Campbell's solo album "Still a Freak for Life," the lawsuit alleged.

A message left Friday for Wolfe was not immediately returned.

Lil' Joe Wein Music holds the copyright to "It's Your Birthday" and other songs Campbell produced with his rap group 2 Live Crew and as a solo artist. Lil' Joe Wein Music is owned by Joseph Weinberger, an attorney who formerly represented Campbell.

Campbell's song "I Like It, I love It" can also be heard on the 2003 DVD "50 Cent The New Breed," the lawsuit claims.

The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages in addition to attorneys' fees and other legal costs.

Wolfe won a $2.3 million judgment against Campbell in 1994 for another rapper who claimed Campbell withheld royalties.

A message left Friday for Dennis Dennehy, 50 Cent's publicist, was not immediately returned

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060120/...0_cent_lawsuit

just another attempt to get sum money off of 50

Interesting.....

Can you even sue for " single" word usage, or "short" phrases?
I didn't know that you could copyright words, and phrases...
If so, then, everybody on the planet is succeptable to a lawsuit.

Maybe it's an attempt to get 50 to settle to avoid bad "PR". I don't know. Let's watch it and see how it goes down..

you can copyright phrase , paris hilton did it "that's cool"

she's so blond :D

Not everyword. but you can copywrite hooks n things. Notice that why jay -z said to nas. "I know who i paid god, serch light publishing." Dont know exact lyrics ne more tho.

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Originally Posted by chrome.be you can copyright phrase , paris hilton did it "that's cool" she's so blond :D

It was "Thats Hot" not "Thats cool"