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Cardi B’s Back Tattoo Lawsuit Not Guilty Verdict Upheld By Federal Judge
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Prince Williams / ATLPics.Net Cardi B continues to win in court. Her original not guilty verdict from a lawsuit stemming from her mixtape cover is being upheld by a federal judge. As per Digital Music News the Bronx, New York native got some more good news right before the close of 2022. Back in October a jury sided with Cardi B regarding a copyright infringement matter where a man claimed his back tattoo was used without permission for the cover of Gangsta Bitch Music, Vol. 1. The project in question features a man with a very unique tattoo on his back with his head in between Bardi’s legs. Kevin Brophy Jr. says that the ink is actually his and the similarity caused him great distress therefore staining his reputation. Related Stories His legal...
Judge orders CFTC to serve Ooki DAO founders with lawsuit
A United States federal judge has ordered the Commodities Future Trading Commission (CFTC) to serve its lawsuit to the two original founders of the Ooki decentralized autonomous organization (DAO). On Dec. 12, District Judge William Orrick ordered the U.S. regulator to serve Tom Bean and Kyle Kistner, the founders of the decentralized trading platform bZeroX which was the predecessor to Ooki DAO. Bean and Kistner had already settled charges with the CFTC in September relating to illegal commodities offerings on bZeroX, while separate charges were laid against Ooki DAO token holders, which was served using a help chat box as well as a notice on its online forum. However, when Judge Orrick later discovered Bean and Kistner were alsOoki DAO token holders he reconsidered how the CFTC was to se...
Class action against Kim K, Mayweather over EMAX dismissed… for now
A federal judge in California has dismissed a class action lawsuit against reality TV star Kim Kardashian, boxing champ Floyd Mayweather and the founders of EthereumMax, explaining that the submissions failed to meet the “heightened pleading standards” for fraud claims. The judge has, however, left room for the plaintiffs to refile the proposed class action lawsuit if certain provisions are amended. In the original Jan. 7 court filing submitted by Scott+Scott Attorneys At Law, the plaintiffs argued that Kardashian, Mayweather, and also former NBA superstar Paul Pierce didn’t disclose they were being paid to promote EthereumMax (EMAX). The plaintiffs alleged that they promoted it with the objective to “artificially inflate the price of the token” through the use of “false or misleading stat...
Balenciaga Drops Lawsuit Against Production Company, Creative Director Demna Apologizes
It seems Balenciaga is taking more accountability for its recent advertisement campaign. The brand has dropped a lawsuit against the production company responsible for the ad and more. As per NBC News, the luxury label pumped the breaks on pointing the finger of shame at other parties. Last week, their lawyers filed a notice of discontinuance in New York essentially withdrawing their $25 million dollar lawsuit against North Six and set designer Nicholas Des Jardins. The CEO also shared a statement regarding their action plan to remedy the situation. “Balenciaga takes the following the following actions with the objective to learn from our mistakes as an organization. On the internal side, we nominate with immediate effect an image board responsible for evaluating the nature of out co...
Balenciaga Drops Lawsuit Against Production Company, Creative Director Demna Apologizes
It seems Balenciaga is taking more accountability for its recent advertisement campaign. The brand has dropped a lawsuit against the production company responsible for the ad and more. As per NBC News, the luxury label pumped the breaks on pointing the finger of shame at other parties. Last week, their lawyers filed a notice of discontinuance in New York essentially withdrawing their $25 million dollar lawsuit against North Six and set designer Nicholas Des Jardins. The CEO also shared a statement regarding their action plan to remedy the situation. “Balenciaga takes the following the following actions with the objective to learn from our mistakes as an organization. On the internal side, we nominate with immediate effect an image board responsible for evaluating the nature of out co...
Brett Favre Requests Dismissal From Mississippi Welfare Lawsuit
Written By D.L. Chandler , Senior Editor Posted 1 hour ago @dlchandler123 D.L. Chandler is a veteran of the Washington D.C. metro writing scene, working as a journalist, reporter, and culture critic. Initially freelancing at iOne Digital in 2010, he officially joined the iOne team in 2017 where he currently works as a Senior Editor for Cassius Life and Hip-Hop Wired. D.L. covers a variety of topics including breaking news, politics, Hip-Hop music and culture, fashion, and Black history. He currently heads the SPIRIT.ED column for Cassius Life, which focuses on adult beverages and their history. D.L. has worked in the past for MTV News, Billboard, and several other publications. His first big break in journalism came with the now-defunct Politically Black in 1999, the nation’s first B...
3LAU Faces Lawsuit Over Royalty Dispute Related to $11 Million NFT Sale
One of 3LAU‘s collaborators has served the artist a lawsuit, claiming she has been under-compensated based on the terms of their agreement. 3LAU has been one of the music industry’s most steadfast purveyors of NFT technologies. As a result of his efforts, his own Ultraviolet NFT offering was met with much excitement, fetching over $11 million at auction and serving as a watershed moment. Now, Luna Aura, his collaborator on “Walk Away,” says she is owed a 50% royalty share of the NFT proceeds pertaining to that track, but instead was met with a $25,000 lump sum offer from 3LAU’s team. Aura’s camp also maintains they were not provided notice of the NFT sale itself and she has not received any revenue thus far, Billboard reports. Scroll to Continue Recommended Articles...
3LAU Faces Lawsuit Over Royalty Dispute Related to $11 Million NFT Sale
One of 3LAU‘s collaborators has served the artist a lawsuit, claiming she has been under-compensated based on the terms of their agreement. 3LAU has been one of the music industry’s most steadfast purveyors of NFT technologies. As a result of his efforts, his own Ultraviolet NFT offering was met with much excitement, fetching over $11 million at auction and serving as a watershed moment. Now, Luna Aura, his collaborator on “Walk Away,” says she is owed a 50% royalty share of the NFT proceeds pertaining to that track, but instead was met with a $25,000 lump sum offer from 3LAU’s team. Aura’s camp also maintains they were not provided notice of the NFT sale itself and she has not received any revenue thus far, Billboard reports. Scroll to Continue Recommended Articles...
Blockchain Association throws support behind Ripple in SEC duel
United States-based crypto advocacy group Blockchain Association has come out in support of Ripple Labs amid its ongoing legal battle with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), claiming the case could be very important for the future of the crypto industry. In an Oct. 28 post, the advocacy group announced it will “stand” with the American crypto economy by filing an amicus brief, also known as “friend of the court,” in the SEC enforcement action against Ripple. Nearly two years ago, the SEC announced they were suing Ripple, former CEO Christian Larsen and current CEO Brad Garlinghouse in Dec. 2020 for allegedly raising $1.3 billion through unregistered securities sales through XRP (XRP). “This case, which is just one in a long line of SEC efforts to regulate by enforcement, h...
Pras Of The Fugees Sued For Allegedly Finessing Company Over Music Catalog Sale
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty Pras has some more explaining to do. A company is alleging he finessed them after they gave him a loan for his music. As spotted on Digital Music News The Fugees‘ member will have to answer for himself in a court of law. Back in January, a firm called Open On Sunday struck a deal with the “How Many Mics” performer. Both parties agreed the OOS would secure a loan based on his Sony Music royalties stemming from his work on Blunted On Reality, The Score, and his debut solo album Ghetto Supastar. Things seemed to get a bit messy immediately after the contract was finalized. In February, Pras allegedly asked for an amendment to the contract requesting for the loan to be based on a book deal versus his catalog which was denie...
Travis Scott Privately Settles First Astroworld Lawsuit With Victim’s Family
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Joce jfizzy/Bauer-Griffin / Getty Victims of the Astroworld tragedy are starting to see some light at the end of tunnel. Travis Scott has privately settled his first lawsuit. As spotted on Vulture the rapper has started to offer compensation to those who suffered trauma and loss at his 2021 festival that left an alleged 5,000 individuals hurt or dead. On Thursday, October 20 attorney Tony Buzbee posted to social making the announcement that they settled on behalf of the family of Axel Acosta. “The Buzbee Law Firm announced today that the claims brought by the family of Axel Acosta against Travis Scott, Live Nation, and others involved in the Astroworld tragedy have settled” the caption read. “The terms are confidential. Victim Axel Acosta was a belov...
Ed Sheeran Going to Trial Over Marvin Gaye Copyright Claims
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Joseph Okpako / Getty A federal judge has refused to dismiss the case against Ed Sheeran for allegedly lifting elements from Marvin Gaye’s iconic, “Let’s Get It On,” for his 2014 hit, “Thinking Out Loud.” According to Billboard, Judge Louis Stanton said there is “no bright-line rule” for deciding if the combination of simple elements that Sheeran allegedly stole were not unique enough to be covered by the copyright of the iconic Gaye hit. The decision sets Sheeran up to face a jury in the case which was filed by an entity that owns a partial stake in the Gaye hit. Related Stories The case was filed by a company called Structured Asset Sales which owns a one-third stake in the copyrights of Ed Townsend who co-wrote the hit song. David Pullman w...
