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50 cent sued for stealing Luke lyrics 50 Cent sued for copyright infringement
MIAMI (AP) — Rapper 50 Cent stole some of the lyrics for his 2003 hit In Da Club from a song by former 2 Live Crew frontman Luther Campbell, an attorney claims in a lawsuit. Parts of 50 Cent's In Da Club steal Luther Campbell's It's Your Birthday according to the lawsuit. By Max Nash, AP Richard C. Wolfe filed the copyright infringement lawsuit against Curtis James Jackson, aka 50 Cent, in Miami federal court last week on behalf of Lil' Joe Wein Music. Parts of In Da Club, from the album Get Rich or Die Tryin', copy It's Your Birthday, released in 1994 on Campbell's solo album Still a Freak for Life, the lawsuit alleged. A message left Friday for Wolfe was not immediately returned. Lil' Joe Wein Music holds the copyright to It's Your Birthday and other songs Campbell produced with his rap group 2 Live Crew and as a solo artist. Lil' Joe Wein Music is owned by Joseph Weinberger, an attorney who formerly represented Campbell. Campbell's song I Like It, I love It can also be heard on the 2003 DVD 50 Cent The New Breed, the lawsuit claims. The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages in addition to attorneys' fees and other legal costs. Wolfe won a $2.3 million judgment against Campbell in 1994 for another rapper who claimed Campbell withheld royalties. A message left Friday for Dennis Dennehy, 50 Cent's publicist, was not immediately returned. ----- Copyright 2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed you look better on your facebook page than you do in person  | |
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he'll get off. Everybody is fuckin' sampling now a days, that why i barely listen to the radio. Almost every song i hear has a sample of a classic song, and the thing is, I'd rather hear the original than the shit on the radio.
rappers getting sued for stealing lyrics and samples is like when the members of a mafia family are arrested for indictments....they will always get off... I will forever love and miss you...my sweet Prince. | |
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You can't copyright a party chant. 
Copywriting "go _____! it's ya birfday!" is like copywriting "the roof, the roof, the roof is on fire" or "woo! there it iiiiis". | |
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missfee said: he'll get off. Everybody is fuckin' sampling now a days, that why i barely listen to the radio. Almost every song i hear has a sample of a classic song, and the thing is, I'd rather hear the original than the shit on the radio.
rappers getting sued for stealing lyrics and samples is like when the members of a mafia family are arrested for indictments....they will always get off... I agree 1 million%  | |
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But honestly, Luke did not invent that chant when he released "It's Your Birthday" in 1994. | |
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I guess there's no honor amongst thieves anymore. 
Actually, you CAN copyright a party chant. You just have to be the first one to do it in order to collect. Paul McCartney owns the rights to "Happy Birthday" (the song you sing to your friends and family members every year). Oh, btw, its actually Luke's ex-lawyer and not Luke doing the sueing. Reading is fundamental. [Edited 1/21/06 9:45am] | |
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BlaqueKnight said: I guess there's no honor amongst thieves anymore.
Actually, you CAN copyright a party chant. You just have to be the first one to do it in order to collect. Paul McCartney owns the rights to "Happy Birthday" (the song you sing to your friends and family members every year). Oh, btw, its actually Luke's ex-lawyer and not Luke doing the sueing. Reading is fundamental. [Edited 1/21/06 9:45am] God I love you..... I have got the biggest fucking crush on your ass.. You REALLY need to come to CT and see a gal!  | |
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BlaqueKnight said: Actually, you CAN copyright a party chant. You just have to be the first one to do it in order to collect. Paul McCartney owns the rights to "Happy Birthday" (the song you sing to your friends and family members every year).
freal? Lil' Joe might have a case then. As if he hasn't milked Luke's catalog enough! | |
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