Ludicrous Case For Kanye West and Ludacris
June 5th 2006 07:31
Grammy Award winner Kanye West and rapper pal Ludacris were recently accused of stealing lyrics for their 2003 hit single Stand Up from a small New Jersey group known as I.O.F. The District Court of Manhattan cleared the names of the two rappers last week and dismissed the accusations of any breach of copyright laws.
The musicians from I.O.F attempted to argue that the rhythms and words used in their music was plagiarised by West and Ludacris. Specifically, the words “like that” which are repeated a number of times in both songs. However, lawyers for West and Ludacris successfully argued that these words and rhythms were in no way original to I.O.F. Ten jurors returned the verdict in favour of the two rappers after just one day of deliberations.
It sounds like it was a pretty standard copyright case.
But then I started thinking: Imagine how awesome it would have been to be a juror in this matter. I mean, submissions of evidence would have involved listening to rap music plus Ludacris’ hairdo would have been enough to keep me entertained. And what about the lawyers who had to question the guy. Do you think they interrogated him by referring to him as Mr Ludacris? (For all you gullible ones, his real name is Chris Bridges and no doubt, he was referred to as Chris Bridges throughout the proceedings.) Correct me if I’m wrong, but it sounds like for the first time in history, jury duty may have actually been quite...fun?
from www.morguefile.com
The musicians from I.O.F attempted to argue that the rhythms and words used in their music was plagiarised by West and Ludacris. Specifically, the words “like that” which are repeated a number of times in both songs. However, lawyers for West and Ludacris successfully argued that these words and rhythms were in no way original to I.O.F. Ten jurors returned the verdict in favour of the two rappers after just one day of deliberations.
It sounds like it was a pretty standard copyright case.
But then I started thinking: Imagine how awesome it would have been to be a juror in this matter. I mean, submissions of evidence would have involved listening to rap music plus Ludacris’ hairdo would have been enough to keep me entertained. And what about the lawyers who had to question the guy. Do you think they interrogated him by referring to him as Mr Ludacris? (For all you gullible ones, his real name is Chris Bridges and no doubt, he was referred to as Chris Bridges throughout the proceedings.) Correct me if I’m wrong, but it sounds like for the first time in history, jury duty may have actually been quite...fun?
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