The battle between musicians Rick Astley and Yung Gravy is over as the ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’ singer has settled his lawsuit against the rapper for plagiarising his song ‘Betty (Get Money)’. According to legal documents obtained by ‘People’ magazine, the iconic pop singer, 57, and the meme rapper, 27, settled the lawsuit filed by Astley in January against Gravy (born Matthew Hauri) and his collaborators for an undisclosed sum.
Gravy filed a notice of settlement, while Astley filed a notice of dismissal in his copyright infringement suit with an order to show cause hearing set for November 8, which had heated things up.
The new lawsuit was filed by Richard Busch, the music litigator who won the copyright case over ‘Blurred Lines’. The whole case was filed by Astley against Gravy for copying his song ‘Betty (Get Money)’ in one of his tracks, using an exactly ‘indistinguishable’ tune.
The lawsuit read:...
Gravy filed a notice of settlement, while Astley filed a notice of dismissal in his copyright infringement suit with an order to show cause hearing set for November 8, which had heated things up.
The new lawsuit was filed by Richard Busch, the music litigator who won the copyright case over ‘Blurred Lines’. The whole case was filed by Astley against Gravy for copying his song ‘Betty (Get Money)’ in one of his tracks, using an exactly ‘indistinguishable’ tune.
The lawsuit read:...
- 9/29/2023
- by Agency News Desk
The battle between musicians Rick Astley and Yung Gravy is over as the ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’ singer has settled his lawsuit against the rapper for plagiarising his song ‘Betty (Get Money)’. According to legal documents obtained by ‘People’ magazine, the iconic pop singer, 57, and the meme rapper, 27, settled the lawsuit filed by Astley in January against Gravy (born Matthew Hauri) and his collaborators for an undisclosed sum.
Gravy filed a notice of settlement, while Astley filed a notice of dismissal in his copyright infringement suit with an order to show cause hearing set for November 8, which had heated things up.
The new lawsuit was filed by Richard Busch, the music litigator who won the copyright case over ‘Blurred Lines’. The whole case was filed by Astley against Gravy for copying his song ‘Betty (Get Money)’ in one of his tracks, using an exactly ‘indistinguishable’ tune.
The lawsuit read:...
Gravy filed a notice of settlement, while Astley filed a notice of dismissal in his copyright infringement suit with an order to show cause hearing set for November 8, which had heated things up.
The new lawsuit was filed by Richard Busch, the music litigator who won the copyright case over ‘Blurred Lines’. The whole case was filed by Astley against Gravy for copying his song ‘Betty (Get Money)’ in one of his tracks, using an exactly ‘indistinguishable’ tune.
The lawsuit read:...
- 9/29/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
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Michael Rapaport’s legal battle against Barstool Sports had it all: evidence of a negative test for herpes, a sworn declaration from the actor that he isn’t racist since he’s married to a Black woman, and a photoshopped picture of anal sex.
The fight de-escalated on Monday with both sides dropping their breach of contract claims under an agreement that allows Rapaport to appeal a prior ruling that concluded Barstool and its founder David Portnoy didn’t defame him.
The saga detailed in the suit is befitting of a defamation duel between the bro sports network and the self-proclaimed “king of trash talk.” In 2014, Rapaport launched a podcast called I Am Rapaport on CBS Radio. He went over to Barstool three years later after being recruited by Portnoy. His contract entitled him to 600,000, revenue sharing and a promise that the company...
Michael Rapaport’s legal battle against Barstool Sports had it all: evidence of a negative test for herpes, a sworn declaration from the actor that he isn’t racist since he’s married to a Black woman, and a photoshopped picture of anal sex.
The fight de-escalated on Monday with both sides dropping their breach of contract claims under an agreement that allows Rapaport to appeal a prior ruling that concluded Barstool and its founder David Portnoy didn’t defame him.
The saga detailed in the suit is befitting of a defamation duel between the bro sports network and the self-proclaimed “king of trash talk.” In 2014, Rapaport launched a podcast called I Am Rapaport on CBS Radio. He went over to Barstool three years later after being recruited by Portnoy. His contract entitled him to 600,000, revenue sharing and a promise that the company...
- 9/13/2022
- by Winston Cho
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A wave of comedians’ copyright cases with the potential to seriously boost streaming royalties gained more clout Tuesday when George Lopez added his name to the list of comics seeking compensation from Pandora, TheWrap has exclusively learned.
Lopez joins a growing host of comedians including Lewis Black and Andrew “Dice” Clay — as well as the estates of George Carlin and Robin Williams — whose consolidated copyright cases are poised to change the way they’re paid by streaming platforms. Multiple legal experts have previously told TheWrap that if successful, the situation could play out like “The Napster of comedy.”
And it’s no longer a distant notion: Preliminary hearings in the consolidated cases are set to begin in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles at the end of this month, TheWrap has also learned.
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Lopez joins a growing host of comedians including Lewis Black and Andrew “Dice” Clay — as well as the estates of George Carlin and Robin Williams — whose consolidated copyright cases are poised to change the way they’re paid by streaming platforms. Multiple legal experts have previously told TheWrap that if successful, the situation could play out like “The Napster of comedy.”
And it’s no longer a distant notion: Preliminary hearings in the consolidated cases are set to begin in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles at the end of this month, TheWrap has also learned.
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- 8/23/2022
- by Josh Dickey
- The Wrap
Nicole Scherzinger is hitting back against Pussycat Dolls founder Robin Antin in a cross-complaint stemming from a failed reunion of the girl group, alleging breach of contract and fraud, among other claims, according to a new court filing obtained by Rolling Stone. The singer and TV talent-show judge is seeking restitution, including punitive damages, court fees, and “further relief” deemed necessary by the court in the case.
The new complaint, which was filed in the Superior Court of California in the County of Los Angeles, claims Antin “breached her duties and obligations to Scherzinger,...
The new complaint, which was filed in the Superior Court of California in the County of Los Angeles, claims Antin “breached her duties and obligations to Scherzinger,...
- 8/5/2022
- by Kat Bouza
- Rollingstone.com
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Pandora has been hit with another lawsuit by a comedian accusing the streamer of shortchanging artists by neglecting to obtain the proper copyrights to stream their works — this time by Lewis Black. According to a complaint filed Thursday in California federal court, Pandora “took and exploited his works solely to make themselves money while knowing it had no license and had not paid, and would not be paying, royalties.”
The lawsuit is the latest in an escalating feud between streamers and comedians pushing to change the landscape of compensation amid a boom in popularity for spoken-word content. They raise novel licensing theories arguing that they should be paid for writing their jokes, much in the same way that musicians are paid royalties for composing song lyrics.
The lawsuit filed by Black accuses Pandora of knowingly flouting its obligation to secure the proper copyrights.
Pandora has been hit with another lawsuit by a comedian accusing the streamer of shortchanging artists by neglecting to obtain the proper copyrights to stream their works — this time by Lewis Black. According to a complaint filed Thursday in California federal court, Pandora “took and exploited his works solely to make themselves money while knowing it had no license and had not paid, and would not be paying, royalties.”
The lawsuit is the latest in an escalating feud between streamers and comedians pushing to change the landscape of compensation amid a boom in popularity for spoken-word content. They raise novel licensing theories arguing that they should be paid for writing their jokes, much in the same way that musicians are paid royalties for composing song lyrics.
The lawsuit filed by Black accuses Pandora of knowingly flouting its obligation to secure the proper copyrights.
- 7/7/2022
- by Winston Cho
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Marshmello is facing a lawsuit from a fellow Edm producer, Russian DJ Arty, over alleged similarities between their respective songs. In a complaint filed Monday in California federal court, Arty (Artem Stoliarov) accuses the writers of “Happier,” Marshmello’s hit collaboration with Bastille, of “willfully copying” his remix of OneRepublic’s “I Lived.”
The complaint is unique given its focus on a remix. Arty specifically targets the songwriters — Marshmello (Christopher Comstock), Bastille frontman Daniel Campbell Smith and producer Steve Mac — for allegedly borrowing the “original composition elements” of the revamped track “note for note,...
The complaint is unique given its focus on a remix. Arty specifically targets the songwriters — Marshmello (Christopher Comstock), Bastille frontman Daniel Campbell Smith and producer Steve Mac — for allegedly borrowing the “original composition elements” of the revamped track “note for note,...
- 5/7/2019
- by Ryan Reed
- Rollingstone.com
The Pussycat Dolls, the girl group formed by Robin Antin in the mid-1990s which featured former “X Factor” judge Nicole Scherzinger, is suing British news outlet the Daily Mail over stories it ran in October 2017 claiming that the members were abused and that the group served as a “front for a prostitution ring.”
The allegations were made by a former backup singer named Kaya Jones, who was quoted extensively in an Oct. 17 article with the headline: “Exclusive: Defiant ex-Pussycat Doll Ms. Jones tells how top record exec sexually assaulted her in the back of his limo – one day after saying the band was more ‘prostitution ring’ than pop group.” In various articles related to the claims, she also asserts that the girls were “drugged” and that Antin was “responsible” for their treatment as well as the 2014 suicide death of Simone Battle, a member of girl group G.R.L.
The allegations were made by a former backup singer named Kaya Jones, who was quoted extensively in an Oct. 17 article with the headline: “Exclusive: Defiant ex-Pussycat Doll Ms. Jones tells how top record exec sexually assaulted her in the back of his limo – one day after saying the band was more ‘prostitution ring’ than pop group.” In various articles related to the claims, she also asserts that the girls were “drugged” and that Antin was “responsible” for their treatment as well as the 2014 suicide death of Simone Battle, a member of girl group G.R.L.
- 5/21/2018
- by Shirley Halperin
- Variety Film + TV
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