After filing a lawsuit against Wu-Tang Clan lyricist Ghostface Killah three years ago, “The Marvel Super Heroes” composer Jack Urbont has reportedly won his lawsuit. The Hollywood Reporter reports that Urbont won the lawsuit, which stemmed from Ghost’s use of Urbont’s “Iron Man Theme” on Supreme Clientel, due to a default judgment.
According to the publication, a default judgment was entered due to a variety of “procedural difficulties.”
A complaint was unable to be delivered to Ghostface, even by a private investigator. In addition to the issues involving delivering the complaint, the rapper’s lawyer requested permission to withdraw from the case due to nonpayment.
Lastly, Urbont’s attorney says the Wu-Tang Clan emcee failed to show up for a deposition and did not respond to requests to reschedule.
Urbont ultimately demanded a default judgment and was granted the judgment earlier this month.
“We obviously are pleased with the court’s decision and believe it to be correct and just,” Urbont’s attorney Richard Busch said, according to The Hollywood Reporter. “As far as Mr. Coles (Ghostface) is concerned, we will now submit evidence on damages to establish actual and statutory damages for willful infringement of Mr Urbont’s composition, and to establish our entitlement to actual and punitive damages for the willful infringement of Mr. Urbont’s sound recording. The default judgment does not apply to Sony, so the claims against Sony remain to be litigated.”
If Urbont is granted a large sum due to the lawsuit, The Hollywood Reporter reports that a lien could be placed on Ghostface Killah’s Wu-Tang Clan royalties.
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GOAT hip-hop album.
ya buggin , ironman was way better
copyright infringement is a motherfucka man. I wish this article explained exactly who it was that sampled the Iron Man theme. Did Ghost produce the track or is he getting the blame for the actual release? The album was dropped on Epic records which took a bulk sum of the profits for sure AND had to have cleared the shit for use despite them not getting the sample cleared. Unless he produced and used the sample himself, it’s kinda wack to have him have to face the charges
Sony owns epic.
Marvel ok’d it because they own iron Man, composer dude didn’t get asked
the skits were actually pulled from the album back then on later pressings so I don’t know how he gonna get starks’ royalties frozen/garnished
when it’s your album, your publishing company on it, you are liable
but keep in mind this dude did hulk, captain america, thor, ironman, and sub mariner and marvel ain’t f*ck with dude in none of the new sh*t
i feel like there should be a statute of limitations on samples, like if you dont catch them in 10 years you should suck it up and move on
Yeah really. There’s been a pattern of rappers getting sued for songs they sampled 10+ years ago lately and it makes me wonder why they wait so long.
ghostface killah broke
GFK has done more for Iron Man short of Stan Lee.
Robert Downey Jr. did the most for the character in most recent years.
and without ghost pumping out that music to amp up the marvel geeks there would be no movies
ghost even got deleted scenes in the 1st one
in other words get off robert’s nuts
Sony owns epic. There’s only like 3 major record labels.
So will he say “Fuck it, I don’t want to call myself Tony Starks anymore”?
no clown, marvel doesn’t have a problem with ghost, it’s the guy who made the theme song for the crude cartoon series
but dudes like you can’t read or critically think so someone has to point everything out to you
Ghostface top 5
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