T-Pain, DJ Khaled, Rick Ross, Pitbull and Cash Money Records are among many musicians being sued by The Batiste Brothers band. A lawsuit filed by Paul Batiste, representing the New Orleans jazz band, was filed in United States District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana last week, according to a report by AllHipHop. The 118-page lawsuit reportedly accuses several musicians of illegally incorporating Batiste Brothers’ music into new material without permission from the band or compensation for the songs.
The lawsuit mentions songs like “All I Do Is Win” by DJ Khaled and T-Pain’s “Booty Wurk” as selections that illegally used work from The Batiste Brothers. In addition to Cash Money Records, several other publishing companies and record labels were included in the lawsuit, including Def Jam and RCA/Jive.
“Defendants have blatantly poached beats, lyrics, melodies and chords from Plaintiff’s songs,” the lawsuit says, according to AllHipHop. “Many of the Defendants songs have been released multiple times, in multiple versions and that each release constitutes an independent act of copyright infringement.”
Batiste is seeking damages, which exceed $100,000,000, according to the lawsuit. Batiste is also seeking profits from the records mentioned in the lawsuit. Beyond damages and profits, Batiste is also seeking a permanent injunction on use of the music in question without permission and accounting statements.
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I want in too I’m gonna sue them all for making weak ass music and being fake
I’ll sue Kendrick Lamar for turning hip hop into female karaoke.
he dont even sound like a female though.
Nah, Drake is turning hip-hop into female karaoke.
yikes
khaled looks like such a clown in that picture
wasnt he a former terrorist?
hes still terrorizing the american music industry if you ask me
kind of hope they win, The plantiffs that is.
WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT? WHO EVEN GIVES A FUCK ABOUT BATISTE BROTHERS? WHO ARE THESE GUYS? T-PAIN OR KHALED DON’T EVEN KNOW THESE GUYS, BOTH ALL I DO IS WIN AND BOOTY WURK ARE ORIGINAL SONGS WITH NO SAMPLES… AT LEAST ALL I DO IS WIN IS NOT USING ANY OTHER SONG.
AND 100,000,000, ARE THEY JOKING? I SERIOUSLY DOUBT THAT ALL STUFF MENTIONED IN LAWSUIT ARE WORTH HALF THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY.
Keep lying, bitch.
I don’t like this YEBO troll but anonymous, tell me exactly why he is lying on this one?
Everything.
YMCMB/MMG stay taking Ls.
big up the Batiste Brothers for this one, I’d be equally as pissed if a bunch of clown ass rappers took my music to make wack rap out of it
Wack or not…They should’ve been paid
YMCMB/MMG are ready for that war with the baptise brothers.
YMCMB isnt even ready for a charts battle with some no name rappers clown ass nigga
What do you mean?
YMCMB/MMG aren’t ready for any war. They’re fucking entertainers.
ITS FUNNY HOW THEY DONT WANNA PAY ANYBODY BUT DONT WANT ANYBODY ELSE SAMPLING THEIR SHIT….YMCMBITCHES WILL GO DOWN! EVERYONE GETS THEIR TURN AND THEIRS IS ALMOST UP…BABY CANT RAP, DRAKE IS GONNA LEAVE, NICKI PLAYED HER SELF OUT, TYGA TALKS ABOUT THE SAME DICK SUCKING SHIT AND WAYNE IS NO LONGER FOCUSED ON HIS RAPS..HES DONE WITH RAP. HES TAKING MORE TIME ON SKATING
just as Patrick explained I’m alarmed that anybody able to profit $4602 in 4 weeks on the computer. have you read this webpage… http://www.cafe44.com
Generally women lookin for a scholarship are probably fresh outta high school going away to college at the end of the month and are probably 17 or 18 year old! thats over half his age!!!!
Pay up Bitches !!!
GOOD SUE THEM. I BET NON OF THESE RAPPERS WOULD BE OK WITH OTHER PEOPLE SAMPLING THEIR SHIT FOR FREE
YEAH THEY WANNA FLOSS AND STUNT IN ALL THEIR VIDEOS SHOWING OFF THE CHAINS AND CARS AND MANSIONS BUT DONT WANNA PAY FOR SAMPLES
Nobody has ever heard of The Batiste Brothers. This is a money grab.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6zP7nnp-5I
woah… a hundred million
oh shit i thought it was 100k the first time i read this
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo319/thepun1sh3r/Wallpaper1.jpg
arent those the dudes the show tremes loosely based on???