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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 12 2017, @11:41PM
Most people who are in love with the current interpretation of copyright law suddenly think it doesn't apply to them when they're caught, usually because whoever it is that's trying to defend themselves can't afford a team of overpriced lawyers.