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BobYoMeowMeow wrote on 2012-01-31 15:12
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich faces a lawsuit over his use of "Eye of the Tiger," the theme song to the movie "Rocky III," court documents show.
The claim for copyright infringement, lodged on Monday by Rude Music Inc in an Illinois federal court, relates to Gingrich's use of the song at his political rallies.
Rude Music Inc is owned by Frank Sullivan, who co-wrote the Grammy-award winning song. In addition to Gingrich, the complaint names his campaign, Newt 2012 Inc, and the American Conservative Union, an advocacy organization, as defendants.
The complaint states that the violation it alleges is intentional since Gingrich is "sophisticated and knowledgeable" concerning copyright laws. Rude Music Inc has requested the court to order an end to unauthorized use of the song by the defendants, and to award Rude Music Inc damages.
A Gingrich campaign spokesman could not immediately be reached for comment.
The case is Rude Music Inc v Newt 2012 et al, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, no. 1:12-cv-00640.
http://news.yahoo.com/gingrich-sued-over-rocky-iii-theme-song-022123038.html
eye of the tiger really?
that's been in like 9001 movies
[video=youtube;QEjgPh4SEmU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEjgPh4SEmU[/video]
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Xemnas wrote on 2012-01-31 15:18
More and more companies are seeing this time as the perfect opportunity to enforce copyrights.
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TA wrote on 2012-01-31 15:36
Don't you just hate copyrights...
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Malogg wrote on 2012-01-31 17:42
Dafuq? This song is everywhere!
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EndlessDreams wrote on 2012-01-31 22:33
When music companies can't make money, they go around sueing people in hopes to stay afloat.
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Sumpfkraut wrote on 2012-01-31 22:34
I think it's funny.
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Jana wrote on 2012-01-31 22:37
I wonder if they're just using this opportune time to snipe at people like Gingrich, who would push copyright laws... :3c
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Sayoko wrote on 2012-01-31 22:46
Corporate America is gonna turn America into North Korea at this rate.
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Yoorah wrote on 2012-02-01 00:51
I personally don't mind Newt getting sued. LOL
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Kollin wrote on 2012-02-01 03:08
Quote from EndlessDreams;757456:
When music companies can't make decent songs, they go around sueing people in hopes to stay afloat.
I fixed that for you.
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TA wrote on 2012-02-01 04:36
The worst part is they can sue for like $150,000 per infringed work. That's insane! Not only that, but they always seek maximum damages, even for soccer moms.
There should be like a one time fine, say like $500-5000 or so depending on severity, and then the price of each infringed work at retail cost. If they're going to do that.
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Sayoko wrote on 2012-02-07 10:10
Just one thing, why doesn't the recording industry of america sue every restaurant or shopping mall that plays their music? I worked at retail (CVS) and I know they don't play the radio. Stores have their own compiled soundtracks and I doubt they have to make a contract with the producers of each song before they can play it.