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martyb
on Sunday February 12 2017, @04:07PM
from the diamonds^W-copyrights-are-forever dept.
from the diamonds^W-copyrights-are-forever dept.
Beyoncé is being sued by the estate of a deceased New Orleans YouTube star:
Beyoncé's apparent appropriation of New Orleans culture stirred controversy with the release of her 2016 single "Formation" — with its groundbreaking video and the song itself nominated for an array of Grammy Awards this year.
But the family of a murdered New Orleans rapper whose voice is sampled on the bouncy track has spurred a new $26 million lawsuit claiming the celebrated pop singer, who recently revealed she's pregnant with twins, stole the copyrighted material.
Messy Mya was shot and killed in 2010.
[As an adjunct to this discussion, I cannot too highly recommend Spider Robinson's 1983 Hugo Award winning short story: Melancholy Elephants . -Ed]
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Beyoncé Sued for Over $20 Million by Slain YouTube Star's Estate for Sampling a Song
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(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Sunday February 12 2017, @05:10PM
A non-productive entity monetizing someone else's invention, while producing nothing of value themselves.
Is Beyoncé suing Beyoncé? Because, realistically speaking, she is a non-productive entity who produces nothing of value herself.....
Citation needed?:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJRnLUI1EZ0 [youtube.com]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeonBmeFR8o [youtube.com]
WTF? Why is she famous? I mean besides any eye candy effect???
WHY?????
--- Please remind me if I haven't been civil to you: I'm channeling MDC. ---Gaaark 2.0 ---
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 12 2017, @06:12PM
Because teens and young adults are impressionable and media is great at selling images. When you call out pop culture you don't suddenly become popular...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 12 2017, @11:36PM
That all depends on whom you compare yourself with.
If you believe everyone should judge every aspect of everyone else's life, then I guess you are entitled to be afraid not to like Beyonce (she and her fans will make fun of you, after all).