Lil Wayne Getting Sued by The Rolling Stones

Friday, July 25th 2008 | Leave a Comment

50 Cent’s suing Taco Bell, and now the Rollingstones are suing Lil Wayne.

Abkco Music Inc, a musical publishing company that owns the rights to the band’s song “Play With Fire” sued the rapper in Manhattan federal court Thursday, saying he released an altered version of the song without permission. The company is suing Lil Wayne, his guest artists and his record company, a unit of Universal Music Group, of copyright infringement and unfair competition. Abkco also said that Lil Wayne’s version uses “explicit, sexist and offensive language” and could lead the public to believe the company and the Rolling Stones approved of and authorized the new version. [ SOURCE ]

Suing folks is the hot thing in 2008, huh?

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  • Bre

    yo thats pure bullsh*t….. i think thats on some racial stuff…..

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  • http://www.playasnation.com John Paul

    Good cuz that fool is overrated anywayz. In 10 years everyone will be making fun of that scrawny lil’ man. I can name a few rappers off the top of my head that are 10x better than that fool and aren’t really that well known outside my state. BunB, Trae That Truth, Lil Keke, Tupac, Screw, Pimp C…….
    all these rappers are and were better than Lil wayne will ever be.

  • LaiDeE c

    ^^^^
    YEAH RIGHT..

  • YA GURL D

    i think dis is sum racial stuff after all his sucess they wanna sue him….datz a damn shame

  • http://www.soundclick.com/beatsbynonsense Nonsense

    That’s why you get your samples cleared before releasing the album. Especially when you know the album is gonna do major numbers…This is nothing racial, just stupidity on the record labels part for not clearing the sample.

  • http://www.soundclick.com/beatsbynonsense Nonsense

    Nevermind theyre suing for a “similar lyric”…I thought it was a sample clearance issue….Thats some bullshit theyre pulling.

  • http://www.Birdman-Jr-Jr.bebo.com Dre

    Man this some bull shit i need 2 know Waynes part though because wayne aint dumb enough not to get his Sample cleared….is he?? well lil wayne got enough money

  • http://www.myspace.com Rea Rea

    This is straight up bull Sh*t now why would they sue a man that can kill their A**. now what need to do is stop being racial. what they really need to do is sit there old selves down .

  • brownskin_beauty

    They’re not racial. They’re smart. IF PEOPLE WOULD JUST STOP SAMPLING MUSIC….nevamind thats another story. If he didnt get it cleared then thats on his ass, shoulda been signing papers instead of letting people sign his ass. (meaning tatts for all u window lickers)

  • bummerdrummer

    Haha, lil wayne is getting sued by the Rolling Stones for altering one of their songs “Play with Fire” without permission. Maybe this will teach rappers & other artists to actually create THEIR OWN music instead of altering or sampling from songs or tracks by other artists/bands. Unless you are doing a cover of that song, which you can change the music a little but have to keep the lyrics the same. So it is copywrite infringment. And its not racial, I bet anyone would get sued if they are in this exact same vote.

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