Lil Wayne Sued Over Use Of Rolling Stones Track

He didn't get proper permission...

by Daniel Melia
Friday, July 25, 2008
filed in: Rock

Lil Wayne Sued Over Use Of Rolling Stones Track

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American rapper Lil Wayne is being sued for using a track by the Rolling Stones with out permission.

It is alleged that Wayne used parts of 'Play With Fire' by the Rolling Stones for his track 'Playing With Fire'.

Lawsuit papers filed by Abkco Music Inc in New York have accused the Hip Hop star, his artistic collaborators and his label Universal of copyright infringement and unfair competiton.

The allegations go on to say that Wayne's use of “explicit, sexist and offensive language” could leads fans of The Rolling Stones to believe that the band approve of his version.

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young dipset, thanks for making me laugh. I may not have a clue what point you were trying to make due to your lack of writing skills, but I sure had a good time trying to make sense of it all.
~ by An amused reader 7/25/2008
iam so glad she is alive and all d haters need to stop it and i hope this take lilwanyne and his daughter to be more than what you are and more they just allhating and cant stand to see people making it
~ by shedab 8/12/2008

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