Rapper Paris has filed a lawsuit against a producer, NBC Networks and Warner Brother Pictures, according to Allhiphop.com.
A lawsuit filed on December 7th indicates that Paris is accusing the defendants of stealing the concept for “Your School Makeover,” using it in the series “School Pride” instead.
The complaint indicates that the rapper copyrighted the concept for the show, and registered the domain name YourSchoolMakeover.com in June 2007.
“In or about early October, 2010, Plaintiff began receiving unsolicited telephone calls of congratulations for finally getting the work produced, in response to advertising on defendant’s NBC’s network School Pride,” says the complaint.
The rapper’s lawyers claim NBC ignored all warnings and denied any copyright infringement allegations.
Paris is suing NBC for $20 million dollars, in addition to statutory damages of $30,000 for five different charges of copyright infringement.
This may be for money, it may not, but it’s a legitimate case. He did reserve that idea, and they did ignore the copyright infringement. He might not make it off with all that money, but he is in the right.
Paris is educated. He has a degree in economics and worked several years as a stock broker…amassing a small fortune before returning to the music scene…sharp brother.
Why does it matter if it’s for the money or not. You think corporate America is worried if they’re doing something “just for the money”. Any chance you get to steal their money, do it. It don’t matter if it’s $20
or $20 mil.
paris always had balls.
i agree, carnt believe this would happen, but then again its the entertainment business. you’ve really got to be on the ball if your a minow. he got a huge chance here.
IM WAITING ON SOMEBODY TO COPY SOME OF MY WORK!!!!!!!!! IM GONNA LET’EM BUILD IT THEN IM GONNA PERSONALLY TEAR IT DOWN!!!! LAWYERS ON STAND-BY
Get em P Dogg!
About that time an urban cat came correct with the paperwork! Too many times, we’ll see people who wont have any copyrights or anything just laying claim to everything, but this Paris dude seems to have done everything by the book and for a good cause at that. If he’s telling the truth, I hope he gets paid or some sort of credit.
Paris has to sue, because revolutionaries have to eat, too.
get ’em get ’em…them m’fuckers thought he too stupid to understand the laws of protecting you shit. guess they thought wrong. ay yo paris get that money, boss.
Get ’em mane! These scumbag tv muthafuckas is vultures. Get that money son!
Haha, a copyright from 2007, them nbc lawyers are gonna have their work cut out for them. Never heard of this Paris dude but looks like he’s about to get nigga rich
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Z20b3VSTG0
this is link to PARIS – one time fo yo mind
It’s the kids that stand to suffer the biggest loss from this ordeal. These schools in these low-income districts NEED updating FOR THE BETTERMENT OF SOCIETY IN GENERAL. This lawsuit killed the show, which, in turn, killed untold amounts of privately-funded improvements in our nation’s schools…so sad to see things like this.