Post subject: Drake Sued For Copyright Infringements
Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2010 10:41 pm
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Young Money rapper Drakes Best I Ever Had hit is reportedly the target in a copyright infringement lawsuit filed this month by Playboy Enterprises.
what the hell is going on, It must be Copyright infringement season because everyone is getting hit with this!!! Stop sampling and make your own tracks.
According to reports, the smash hit illegally samples another song.
The suit accuses Drake, Cash Money Records and Universal of Copyright Infringement. The song sampled at the beginning of Best I Ever Had is allegedly their song, Fallin In Love, by Hamilton, Joe Frankand Dennison/Reynolds. The copyright for the music belongs to Playboy Music, Inc. and Plaintiff, Playboy Enterprises, is its successor in interest. Since Playboy claims that the infringing conduct is continuing and ongoing, they want the court to issue an injunction, which pretty much means that they want the defendants to stop selling/distributing the song, and to stop making money off of it. Of course, Playboy also wants Drake and his peeps to account for all profits, gains and advantages made off of their song, and they want Drake to pay costs and attorneys fees.
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They knew or should have reasonably known, that the sound recording was protected by copyright and that each Defendant continues to infringe upon Plaintiffs rights in and to the copyrighted sound recording
Playboy claims Drake and company likely had prior knowledge of the sample.
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Post subject: Re: Drake Sued For Copyright Infringements
Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 3:56 pm
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here we go again... people have sleeping songs that nobody knows, some talented artist takes a sample and makes a hit record, now they awake and try to get all they can from this episode. Old production companied laying in wait like a hungry snake... bastards, let the musical expressions be and be honoured that your work was sampled.
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Post subject: Re: Drake Sued For Copyright Infringements
Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 11:36 pm
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Post subject: Re: Drake Sued For Copyright Infringements
Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 6:34 pm
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here we go again... people have sleeping songs that nobody knows, some talented artist takes a sample and makes a hit record, now they awake and try to get all they can from this episode. Old production companied laying in wait like a hungry snake... bastards, let the musical expressions be and be honoured that your work was sampled. 
