50 Sued For Plagiarism

2006-01-22 by Dave de Sylvia EMERITUS | 19 Comments
The former frontman of controversial rap collective 2 Live Crew, Luther Campbell a.k.a. 'Luke Skywalker,' has filed a lawsuit against rapper 50 Cent- real name Curtis Jackson- relating to his alleged used of a line originally written by Campbell, BBC News reports.

The song 'It's Your Birthday' appears on Campbell's 1994 solo album 'Still A Freak For Life.' Campbell claims that Jackson stole the entire opening line for his song 'In Da Club' from 'It's Your Birthday,' changing the word 'Sheila' to 'shorty.'

The claim was filed on behalf of Lil' Joe Wein Music, who hold the copyright for Campbell's composition. It also contains an allegation that Campbell's song 'I Like It, I Love It' can be heard on 50 Cent's 2003 DVD '50 Cent - A New Breed.' Campbell seeks unspecified damages, in addition to legal costs.

Curtis Jackson was unavailable for comment.

Tagged: 50 Cent

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NEDM
January 22nd 2006
1113 Comments


That shows 50 Cents not to mess with the law.

Zebra
Moderator
January 22nd 2006
2647 Comments


I find this extremely humorous, I'm really glad that you posted this.

JAStewart
January 22nd 2006
180 Comments


Someone please post the lyric.

Rockafella
January 22nd 2006
88 Comments


Hahahaha.

pulseczar
January 22nd 2006
2385 Comments


Sounds like fiddy's gonna get that long awaited 10th bullet.

Shuffle It All
January 22nd 2006
121 Comments


hopefully, hes such a bad role model for today's society.

Shuffle It All
January 22nd 2006
121 Comments


ok, his target audience is 12-16 year old kids, he brought out a shooting game and his new film, get rich or die tryin, which was stole from 2pac, is about his life, ie drugs, guns and alcohol, and he doesnt try to hide this and act as a sutable role model, he talks about it and influences people.
i myself am not influenced by him, but there are many people who dont contribute any goodness to this world, and he's one of them, if he stuck to entertainment then fine, but talking about gun crime is too far. If this had happened 20 years ago he would be in jail now.

bassplayer360
January 22nd 2006
4 Comments


what a loser, both of them

morrissey
Moderator
January 22nd 2006
1688 Comments


Does he mean the whole entire opening sequence as in "we're going to party like it's your birthday/we're going to sip bacardi like it's your birthday/and you know we don't give a fuck 'cause it's your birthday", or just "go [shorty] it's your birthday"? Because if it's the latter, this is the most retarded thing I've heard this year.

Jawaharal
January 22nd 2006
1832 Comments


Lets sue Dj Shadow to because he "stole" beats too.

morrissey
Moderator
January 23rd 2006
1688 Comments


[quote=Sylvia]Yeah, as far as I can tell it's just the first line and the melody that goes with it. [/quote]
But wait wait rap music doesn't have melody does not compute does not computeThis Message Edited On 01.22.06

Arrakakaka
January 23rd 2006
685 Comments


Pwnzored.

CushMG15
January 23rd 2006
1810 Comments


This humors me. I must say tho, it takes some balls to sue fiddy. I personally hate him tho.

morrissey
Moderator
January 24th 2006
1688 Comments


retards attempting pottery more like
Hey I'm gonna this guy's album and give it 1/5

I wouldn't even this guy's album tbqh
I'd give it 2 out of 5 live crewsThis Message Edited On 01.23.06

SaladTripp
January 24th 2006
32 Comments


Haha.

(>dragon~guitarist<)
January 24th 2006
243 Comments


It's funny how Luther Campbell a.k.a. "Luke Skywalker" is suing for plagiarism when you look at his alias.

morrissey
Moderator
January 26th 2006
1688 Comments


Posting to see if this will lead me to the second page

wikuk
January 28th 2006
1110 Comments


Sounds like fiddy's gonna get that long awaited 10th bullet.


and hopefully this time the bullet is right between the eyes.

tpett
January 31st 2006
1 Comments


Ha, that's fantastic. I hope he's found guilty.



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