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Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Beyonce about to get sued!!
News just leaked that mega-star Beyonce Knowles will be taking the stand in a Chicago federal court on December 10 to defend Destiny Child’s usage of the song “Cater 2 U.” The song was featured on the group’s final and multi-platinum album Destiny Fullfilled. Local Chicago artist Ricky Allen filed allegations of copyright infringement back in 2006. According to the blog theboombox.com, “Allen copyrighted his 'Cater 2 U' in the mid-1990's, performing the tune around Chicago and updating its copyright three times, most recently in 2000. He claims he delivered a copy of his song to Chicago producer Maurice Joshua, who Allen planned to collaborate with on a demo. Though the demo never came to fruition, Joshua later recorded a song with Destiny's Child, but claims he never had a copy of Allen's song.”
A Chicago judge has ruled that enough evidence exists for Allen's case to go before a jury in Chicago's federal court, citing Joshua as a plausible link between Allen and Knowles."Do we say [Beyonce's] responsible for copying? Yes. But there's no such thing as innocent copying, even if it's unintentional," argued Allen's lawyer. "The jury will decide the notion that these are simple coincidences."
We see this type of allegation being made all the time with major artist. I’ve often heard that many major artists don’t except demos from local artists because their afraid of these kind of allegations backfiring on them. If Ricky Allen is to have a legitimate claim and own the copyrights to this song, more power to him for having his intellectual property protected. Many artists don’t know the value of having their material copyrighted through the government and are left with a great song and no money or credit to show for it. I’ve known the process of copyrighting sound recordings online for a while now, and it is not the easiest of task if you’re not familiar with the terms, but its doable and fairly inexpensive. It is only $45 to upload a maximum of ten songs at a time, and it can all be done online.
According to the RIAA, the Destiny Fullfilled album has sold over 3.5 million copies. Now hypothetically speaking lets say that Ricky Allen’s case proves to be legit, I think it is safe to say that he will make a pretty penny off back paid royalties. I’m taking a music publishing course this semester and I’m very curious to see what my professors have to say about this case, and if they can give me some sort of estimation to how much Ricky could make off of this settlement assuming he wins. So a lesson learned from this case is- local artist protect what’s yours, and major make sure you know what’s yours and what’s not.
A Chicago judge has ruled that enough evidence exists for Allen's case to go before a jury in Chicago's federal court, citing Joshua as a plausible link between Allen and Knowles."Do we say [Beyonce's] responsible for copying? Yes. But there's no such thing as innocent copying, even if it's unintentional," argued Allen's lawyer. "The jury will decide the notion that these are simple coincidences."
We see this type of allegation being made all the time with major artist. I’ve often heard that many major artists don’t except demos from local artists because their afraid of these kind of allegations backfiring on them. If Ricky Allen is to have a legitimate claim and own the copyrights to this song, more power to him for having his intellectual property protected. Many artists don’t know the value of having their material copyrighted through the government and are left with a great song and no money or credit to show for it. I’ve known the process of copyrighting sound recordings online for a while now, and it is not the easiest of task if you’re not familiar with the terms, but its doable and fairly inexpensive. It is only $45 to upload a maximum of ten songs at a time, and it can all be done online.
According to the RIAA, the Destiny Fullfilled album has sold over 3.5 million copies. Now hypothetically speaking lets say that Ricky Allen’s case proves to be legit, I think it is safe to say that he will make a pretty penny off back paid royalties. I’m taking a music publishing course this semester and I’m very curious to see what my professors have to say about this case, and if they can give me some sort of estimation to how much Ricky could make off of this settlement assuming he wins. So a lesson learned from this case is- local artist protect what’s yours, and major make sure you know what’s yours and what’s not.
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
The Smart Guy Can Sing!??
Taj Mowry, yeah that's right Tia and Tamara's little brother is pursuing a singing career...and he's not bad. Check him out singing Michael Jackson's "Dirty Diana."
Fab no like 50 Cent?
This past weekend 50 Cent hosted a hip hop concert, the ThisIs50.com Festival, in New York City. 50 Cent, usually known for bullying his competition, showed another side of himself by providing a line up filled with some of New York's hottest emcees. Guest included former enemies The Lox, as well as Maino, Corey Gunz, Wale, Jim Jones, Juelz Sanatana, and more. Prior to this festival, nobody has ever seen 50 be so collaborative outside of his G-Unit family. Fellow New York emcee Fabolous pointed out this fact via his Twitter account. "It's interesting to see 50 Cent unite with NY artists when he's one of the reasons NY hip hop became so isolated & crumbled.. Do u agree NY??"
He then added: "I wonder if this is a law in the 50th Law of Power' book? I guess it was a good show for New York.. But if you asked 50 a few years ago if he ever saw himself on stage with any of them, he would've said HELL NO!"
In another Tweet, Fab said he's not dissing 50 Cent "At 50's peak, his grind was unmatched, image was bulletproof, music was ignorantly motivational & catchy, even classic. Most never have that. ... So don't think I'm takin' shots at 50.. Just that NY show had me a lil' puzzled.. But I love NY so I couldn't knock it if I wanted to."
In my opinion there is some truth to what Fabolous is saying, a few years ago 50 Cent's intense competitive mentality would have never allowed him to collaborate some of the artist he brought on stage. However, in my opinion it is this competitive mentality that has allowed 50 to become the success that he is, and without 50 NY hip hop might have been in an even worse state. Although I feel that at the end of the day this was strictly a business move for 50 Cent, and a way to garner some good publicity before his album drops in November, I think 50 is becoming a smarter individual and realizing that his bullyish approach was getting old and gimmicky. I think Fab's statement was within reason, and I found it funny how he quickly made it clear that he wasn't taking shots at 50, knowing that 50 salivates at the opportunity of war, but I think Fab should just fall back and let the cards play out, and hopefully 50 is sincerely reaching out to some of these newer artist and creating a new image for himself.
He then added: "I wonder if this is a law in the 50th Law of Power' book? I guess it was a good show for New York.. But if you asked 50 a few years ago if he ever saw himself on stage with any of them, he would've said HELL NO!"
In another Tweet, Fab said he's not dissing 50 Cent "At 50's peak, his grind was unmatched, image was bulletproof, music was ignorantly motivational & catchy, even classic. Most never have that. ... So don't think I'm takin' shots at 50.. Just that NY show had me a lil' puzzled.. But I love NY so I couldn't knock it if I wanted to."
In my opinion there is some truth to what Fabolous is saying, a few years ago 50 Cent's intense competitive mentality would have never allowed him to collaborate some of the artist he brought on stage. However, in my opinion it is this competitive mentality that has allowed 50 to become the success that he is, and without 50 NY hip hop might have been in an even worse state. Although I feel that at the end of the day this was strictly a business move for 50 Cent, and a way to garner some good publicity before his album drops in November, I think 50 is becoming a smarter individual and realizing that his bullyish approach was getting old and gimmicky. I think Fab's statement was within reason, and I found it funny how he quickly made it clear that he wasn't taking shots at 50, knowing that 50 salivates at the opportunity of war, but I think Fab should just fall back and let the cards play out, and hopefully 50 is sincerely reaching out to some of these newer artist and creating a new image for himself.
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Monday, May 4, 2009
Lil Kim Alotta Fake!!
Lil Kim looks so fucking fake now its ridiculous. I guess if you don't care about authenticity then she looks great, but I care about real face, real tits, and real ass, and Kim has none of that, except for the ass :). But ladies, please believe me when I say that you get much more respect from us guys if you keep it real in every aspect of life. Remember that!
Thursday, April 30, 2009
This Dude is ignant but HILARIOUS!
This dude explains the importance having your kitchen stocked with drinks and food in order to game up chicks. Just watch and you'll be entertained, shout out to Helina for the link!
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