Brutte notizie per Mary
pare ke il pezzo dell album Work That sia stato utilizzato da Mary e dalla Geffen senza autorizzazioni della Dream Family Inc., compagnia sotto la quale è scritturato Neff-U, il produttore del pezzo.
Work That sarebbe stato usato senza consenso come singolo promozionale, e come spot per la Apple.
Pare ke la Dream Family abbia citato Mary e la Geffen per 2milioni d dollari
Questo è quello ke ho capito io, ma molte cose nn m sn chiare, cmq ecco l articolo del Daily News
Mary J. Blige faces 2M lawsuit over stolen song
By Melissa Grace
Daily News Staff Writer
Thursday, August 7th 2008, 4:00 AM
Grammy-winning phenom Mary J. Blige is facing a $2 million federal suit claiming music on her most recent No. 1 album, "Growing Pains," was stolen.
Producer Theron (NEEF-U) Feemster wrote the music for the song "Work That," but the tune is owned by Dream Family Entertainment Inc., according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday in Manhattan Federal Court.
The court filing claims the New York-based firm never gave Blige, Feemster or Geffen Records, the distributor, rights to use the song.
"Mr. Feemster created the music while he was under contract with Dream Family. Dream Family then owned the music, yet the music was used without permission in a Mary J. Blige release recording," said Dream lawyer Brian Caplan.
"It was released as an album, a single and in a commercial," Caplan said.
Rights to the lyrics of the song - which was featured with Blige in an iPod commercial - are not in question.
Geffen Records, Feemster and representatives for Blige didn't return calls.
Caplan said it was unclear if Blige knew the music belonged to someone other than Feemster, and said the producer "had no rights to the music he used."