Black Eyed Peas Hit With Multiple Lawsuits
The award-winning mega-band the Black Eyed Peas may have a hard time jamming its way out of two recent lawsuits as recently reported by PRNewsWire:
Two separate but related copyright infringement lawsuits were filed today in the United States District Court for the Central District of California against the members of the Black Eyed Peas and their record labels and publishers, including UMG Recordings and Interscope Records. The songs involved in the suits are two internationally acclaimed hit songs that brought the Black Eyed Peas extraordinary profits and iconic success: "I Gotta Feeling" and "Boom Boom Pow."
Both of the artists in the lawsuits claim that they had submitted their recordings to major record-labels but were subsequently denied any signing offers.
Companies that claim a large percentage of the marketplace will often throw their weight around in order to secure the best deal for themselves. Major music companies receive thousands of recordings on a yearly basis, making it quite easy to pick the best pieces from certain tracks and give them to their more famous signings while refusing to give credit to the original artists. Beyond blatant theft, this process is tragic in that many of these tracks represent years of struggle for the performer both financially and artistically.
Monday, November 1, 2010 at 12:46PM |
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