Cash Money Records Hit With Copyright Infringement Lawsuit
by on January 4th, 2008
More legal troubles are on the horizon for rapper Brian "Baby" Williams and his label Cash Money Records.
Williams, who was recently arrested after police found a pound of marijuana in his tour bus, is being sued by various music publishing companies for breach of contract and copyright infringement for sampling other artists songs without permission and failing to fully pay for royalties.
According to the Associated Press, Cash Money Records founders, Bryan 'Birdman' Williams and his brother Ronald Williams, allegedly released various albums including projects by Birdman and Lil Wayne, containing copyrighted material that was used without licensing agreements.
The suit also states that Cash Money Records only made a single payment of $400,000 but have failed to provide the publishing companies with “appropriate accounting” showing how much more money they owe.
The suit did not name any of the copyrighted songs



























Fuck that, u ain’t the best rapper.
Cass is, Jeezy,T.I, fif, G-Unit, Common
Banks,Buck, do it waithout crack. Am sniff.
Boss!
pay up nigga damn smh
deee-troit
when i first seen it i thought it was about to say CASHMONEY signs NEYO…..LOL
AND WAYNE DONT HAVE SHIT. BABY GIVES WAYNE ALL HIS OLD CARS THAT HE IS TIRED OF. BABY AND HIS BROTHER IS MAKING ALL THE CAKE OVER THERE. AND I DO THINK THAT WAYNE CAN DO A LOT BETTER OWN HIS OWN AND MAKE A LOT MORE MONEY.BABY HOLDS EVERY ONE ON HIS LABEL BACK. WIAT A MINUTE WAYNE IS THE ONLY PERSON ON THAT LABEL.
and mack maine
1) Lil’ Wayne
2) Souljah Boy
3) 50 Cent
4) Jay-Z
Honorable mention: Tie/Hurricane Chris & Mike Jones
Why??? These are the cats you should hate…
1) Tony Yayo
2) Rick Ross
3) Prodigy
4) Ma$E
Honorable Mention: Jim Jones
The reason I made this list is because even though this article ain’t about Wayne, over 1/2 the comments are dissing him. Wayne is actually a talented dude, no one on my hated list is nearly as good, but they don’t recieve 1/2 the hate. Get a life people. As for the article, Baby, give these folks they money. While you are at it, pay Juve, Turk, Wayne, Gizzle, and Mannie what they deserve too. Stop being so greedy. Nigga got a fleet of cars but he can’t give a nigga what is owed. Low class.
1.Ghostface Killah
2.NaS
3.Jay-z
4.Ice cube
5.Eminem
honorable mentions.. Scarface, Redman, Raekwon, Snoop, LL cool J
1)Kanye
2)Jay-Z
3)Lil’ Wayne
4)Ghostface Killa
5)Lupe Fiasco
These guys are puttin’ the best ish out right now, flow for flow, track for track.
nas hip hop aint dead nas is
jay z passed the torch down to wayne
ice cube cool but stick to makin movies
eminem fire but he fell
bad
ghostface killah and wayne in the same senence kill yourself
and your so called honarble mentions
well
smh
fuck um yeah I said it fuck em
whos seeing weezy?
1,876,987. Vanilla ice
1,876,988. Hurricane chris
1,876,999. Tony yayo
1,877,000. Murphy lee
1,877,001. Lil Wayne
and damn, u make niggas from the north look stupid. look at what u jus typed, let it sink in. im from philly and i never hate on people jus cus they from the south.
deeee-troit
“ballin’”
if he was so paid than maybe his boss should cut back on payin him so much and pay his bills. but i think you and me both know that the lil nigga is getting raped on his paychecks.
but make up your mind nigga. does his work ethic make him the best or his money? you know what i like most about him? he has fans that are willing to go on websites and remind people not to “forget the fuckin baby”
Do you know what he would do if he saw you in the club cashmonynigga? he would elbow you out of his way. and a nigga like you would probably go home and frame your pagne stained shirt cuz he touched it.
Jay-Z began his rap career on Def Jam in the early 90’s before being appointed as the label’s president in 2004. Due to his presidential duties, Hov would step away from the rap limelight and return in 2006 with his ninth solo album, Kingdom Come.
He dropped his tenth album, American Gangster, in November. Jay-Z divulged to Billboard that his next album via Def Jam will make him a free agent after being asked if he will drop a project next year.
“If I’m inspired,” replied Jay-Z when asked if he would release an album in 2008. “To be honest, I’ve been thinking about that lately. I have one album left on my contract, and then I’ve really come full circle.”
“This is all hypothetical but I’ve been thinking on the fly: I have one album left, right? If I’m inspired to make that album, then my contract is done and I’m not in the music business anymore as far as being an artist,” he continued. “I can still make music but how I reach people with that music … I can do anything with it at that point. It’s kind of exciting in a way. I’m not in the music business so I can drop a single every month. Who knows? The possibilities are endless — and without any pressure to sell anything. I could make whatever and do whatever with my music. Maybe the songs would just play in 40/40.”
Jay-Z is currently in negotiations to renew his contract as Def Jam president. Rumors surfaced last week that the talks between the label and Def Jam were stalling because of the rapper’s excessive monetary demands.
Jay-Z, who denied making the demands earlier this week, also stressed to Billboard that the negotiations are not being stalled by money.
“The rumors are about only because my contract is up,” Jay-Z explained. “If we can work something out that’s beneficial to all parties involved, we’ll see. But it’s not about money. It’s really about trying to invest in the future, trying to invest in maybe coming up with a new model. Because going in hard making records with artists and throwing those records into a system that’s flawed is not exciting for me.”
“It’s not the music; people ingest music the same way. It’s just that the model of selling CDs has changed. So doing things the typical way is not in the best interests of anyone and not exciting for me,” Hov emphasized. “My whole thing is, how do we invest in the future? If everyone is committed to doing that, then I’m sure there’s a deal to be made.”
During the interview when asked which hip hop artist has ‘next’, Hov would say Lil Wayne.
“The obvious choice would be Lil’ Wayne,” said Jay-Z. “ Speaking with Jay Z furter he reveals he has gotten a sneak peak of tha carter 3. " Its Definately An album that puts Lil Wayne in the forefront of the game, classic material," Said Jay-Z.
YEAH BITHCES
LET THAT ROAST
wayne gone shit on all you hatas