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Mac Miller Being Sued Again For $10 Million For Sample Used On His 'Macadelic' Mixtape
For the second time in less than a month Mac Miller has been hit with a $10 million lawsuit for copyright infringement.
In July Lord Finesse filed a lawsuit against the Pittsburgh rapper, Datpiff and Rostrum Records for using his song “Hip 2 Da Game,” for Miller's “Kool Aid & Frozen Pizza,” track off of his Macadelic mixtape.
Yesterday Patrick Berlinquette, aka Warm Speakers, filed a lawsuit for the same amount against the same three parties according to HipHopDx. According the the lawsuit Miller sampled Berlinquette's song titled “The World Around You” and used it for a track titled "F*** Em All" without first getting permission.
“[Miller] uses other people’s music because it’s easier, cheaper, and faster than creating his own,” reads the complaint. “Miller seeks to capitalize on the common misconception in Copyright Law that people whose music he takes have no remedy if he gives their music away for free.”
Berlinquette claims he was “irreparably harmed, suffered damage, and defendants have profited in an amount to be determined at trial.” He is suing for willful infringement; violation of Copyright Law and New York’s General Business Law; and is seeking a permanent injunction. He is also suing for damages and seeks to recoup "no event less than $10 million."
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Comment by MGODO on August 3, 2012 at 2:37pm -
you can't get sued if you give the music out there for free. just put for promo use only and you wont get sued. that fool aint getting nothing from the mac!!!!!
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Comment by the enforcer on August 3, 2012 at 11:11am -
Wow that's a damn shame. Mac miller isn't even a major label artist so how the f*** u gon sue for that much?smh. Greedy asses
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Comment by NotoriousRambo on August 3, 2012 at 4:52am -
LOOK TO BE HONEST IF MAC WASN'T AS SUCCESSFUL AS HE IS RIGHT NOW YOU WON'T EVER KNEW ABOUT THIS THE GUY ISMAKING PAPER SO EVERYBODY WANTS A PIECE OF THE PIE!!! AND THAT'S WHAT IT ALL COMES DOWN TOO
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Comment by SILENT JAY on August 3, 2012 at 2:55am -
If your NOT a PRODUCER then you wouldn't understand....It's NOT fair that artist can take peoples music and put it out as a MIXtAPE while they make profits from PERFORMING the records at their shows. The producer gets NOTHING....
However, $10 mill is RIDICULOUS....But ya if your NOT a PRODUCER, then you shouldn't even speak on this situation because you don't know how it feels to not be compensated for your work.
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Comment by kizer Soze on August 3, 2012 at 2:06am -
REALLY? THIS IS JUST STUPID, WHEN I FIRST READ ABOUT THE FIRST LAWSUIT I JUST LAUGHED BC/ THERE'S NO WAY THAT WILL EVER GO THROUGH, THAT'S JUST A BROKE ARTIST LOOKIN' FOR A BONE IN MY OPINION. YOU KNOW HOW MANY ARTISTS RAP OVER OTHER'S BEATS, IT'S NOT COPYWRITE INFRINGEMENT BC/ IT'S NOT A COMMERCIAL RELEASE THEREFORE NO SAMPLE RIGHTS ARE NEEDED TO BE CLEARED. FOOL'S AND THEIR ATTEMPTS TO MAKE MONEY NEVER SEEM TO SUPRISE ME, HOWEVER....SINCE IT IS BRANDED A "MIXTAPE" N NOT A COMERCIAL RELEASE I BELIEVE HE'S FREE OF HAVING TO PAY ALL DAMAGES, BUT WHERE IT BECOMES A FINE LINE BETWEEN A BOOTLEG MIXTAPE RELEASE N A COMMERCIAL RELEASE IS THE INDUCTION OF ITUNES....WHO'S TO SAY IF ITUNES OR DIGITAL DOWNLOADS ON SALES ARE A COMMERCIAL OR MIXTAPE RELEASE IS THE QUESTION. SHOULD BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THIS PANS OUT. N FOR THE RECORD MAC MILLER N THAT OTHER WHITE KID SIGNED TO BAD BOY F*****' SUCK, N THEY'RE LUCKY THEIR MAKING THE MONEY THEY ARE MAKING OFF THESE SHOWS BC/ I THINK THEY'RE LYRICS A TRASH IF YOU ASK ME...NOT HATING, JUST AN OPINION, N WE ALL SEEM TO HAVE THOSE....N YELAWOLF HAS FLOW, BUT FELL SHORT ON LYRICS FOR THE COMMERCIAL RELEASE ON SHADY, HIS BOY RITZ HAD FLOW LIKE A WHITE BONE THUG, HOWEVER HIS LYRICAL CONTENT WAS HIT OR MISS W/ ME AS WELL. NO ONES COME UP TO FILL SLIM'S SHOES SO FAR, MAY THE SEARCH CONTINUE......DETROIT....1
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Comment by Jason on August 3, 2012 at 12:48am -
get your money, fu.ck em all - mac miller
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Comment by YKham on August 2, 2012 at 10:25pm -
God Damn.....I know Rostrum aint too happy about this. But its their mishap in my opinion. Clearances should have been established before it released under their label. Now they gone have to settle with some of the Wiz Khalifa money.
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Comment by Focus The Truth on August 2, 2012 at 10:21pm
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Shiiiit
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Comment by fredy on August 2, 2012 at 9:57pm -
when the f*** did stupid looking white boys start getting deals f***, but then again if he was black they wouldnt be trying to play that. Lord finese is f****** trash. Just because you rap back in the day it doesnt automatically give you legend status.
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Comment by N.Y. Finest on August 2, 2012 at 9:25pm -
SMP suck a d***
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