Showing posts with label Black Eyed Peas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Black Eyed Peas. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Funk Legend George Clinton Sues the Black Eyed Peas for alleged Copyright Infringement, Entertainment Weekly, 12/14/10

Brad Wete, Entertainment Weekly; Funk Legend George Clinton Sues the Black Eyed Peas for alleged Copyright Infringement:

"Parliament Funkadelic leader George Clinton has filed a copyright lawsuit against each member of the Black Eyed Peas, UMG Recordings, and Cherry Lane Music, accusing them of wrongfully sampling his “(Not Just) Knee Deep” from 1979 album Uncle Jam Wants You on two remixes of the will.i.am-produced “Shut Up”: “Shut the Phunk Up Remix” and “Shut Up Remix” from their 2003 Grammy-nominated Elephunk album. The case was filed Dec. 10 in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles."