The popular night spot which has recently been under fire for allegedly underpaying their staff has just been sued by major hit makers such as Michael Jackson, Kanye West, and Pharrell Williams, who are all claiming that the club is playing their music like “Billie Jean,” and “Gold Digger” without paying royalties.
According to TMZ.com, Broadcast Music Inc. filed the lawsuit yesterday in Manhattan District Court on behalf of twelve artists including, Kanye, Pharrell, R. Kelly, and Michael Jackson who’s music is being played without a license.
“A rep for the 40/40 Club says the club hasn’t been served with legal papers, and adds that “under no circumstance” would songs by R. Kelly, whose tune “Thoia Thoing” is mentioned in the suit, be played at the club.
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WHAT????????????
thats fucking gay i cant believe people like kanye and pharrel are suing jay after he helped them build their career, they would not be as rich as they are if it was not for jay.
but the jay its nothing if he loses, he is rich as fuck, only a few pennies out of his piggy bank.
what the hell?? why would kanye and pharrell sue him.. i'm so confused
This has got to be a rumor. I can see R. Kelly suing him, but not Kanye and Pharrell. Naw I don't believe this.
that cant be real...
Never mind I get it now. I really read into what this article said. BMI owns the rights to those songs. Not the actual artist Like Kanye, and Pharrell. BMI is suing's Jay-z's 40/40 club, not the artist who made the songs. I get it now, my bad! Damn can the nigga Jigga live?
Defsounds R — 4 minutes ago
Never mind I get it now. I really read into what this article said. BMI owns the rights to those songs. Not the actual artist Like Kanye, and Pharrell. BMI is suing's Jay-z's 40/40 club, not the artist who made the songs. I get it now, my bad! Damn can the nigga Jigga live?
oh shit thats true
DATS FUCKED UP
remember they are not suing jay-z they are suing the club
and its not the artists that are suing
Damn - where's the love? lol
THEM NIGGAZ HATING ON JAY HOMO ASS NIGGAZ
who knew u needed to pay ppl to play they song in a club. i thought it was about exposure 1st of all anyway. jay's ppl will pay the money if its a real lawsuit but i'm sure he didnt think anything of it himself.
i kno 4 a fact that even if MJ nd R kelly suing jigga, kanye and pharell would not sue him
plus this is probably a dumb rumor, that should be in the rumor section
KANYE STRAIGHT HOMO 4 THAT SHIT
this don't even sound right...i don't believe it
well sounds like these folk need money!!! cause its really petty crying over shit like this when ya gonna want to pop in for a party or something later on.
FOR THE RECORD KANYE WEST PHARELL AND R.KELLY AND SHIT AINT SUING DA CLUB OR JAY THEMSELVES IT IS THE COMPANY WHO OWNS THE RIGHTS 2 THERE MUSIC !!!!!!!! DAMN FUCKIN READ DA ARTICLE U DUMB BASTARDS!!!!
THAT IS STUPID IF ITS TRUE..HOW UR OWN PPL...UR MUSIC FAMILY GONNA SUE YOU...THATS WACK AN KANYE A HOMO IF ITS TRUE..INCLUDING PHARELL...I DOUBT THIS IS A FACT...BUT MAN..THATS JUZ WRONG TO SUE UR OWN BOY FOR...SHIT BE GLAD THEY ACTUALLY SPINNIN UR RECORDS..OTHER STARVING ARTIST..BEGGIN AN ASKING TO SPIN THEY RECORDS FOR FREE..AN THESE BIG HEAD NIGGAS COMPLAINING CUZ PPL HAVIN A GOOD TIME AN DANCIN TO THEIR MUSIC...ITS A STUPID REASON..IF SO...SO WUTZ UP WIT IT..IF ITS REAL..KANYE U GONE HOMIE..CUZ THAT SHIT AINT ROC....HOLL.A
Theres no way this is true
what the fuck man thay should be happy to be played at the club thay might get more ppl in to there shit
ya niggas r so gulable ya'll read sumn frm a fuckin website n belive it did u see any ov dez artist say it thurr selves? dic heads
RichYung is right!!!
i dont buy this shit!!!
if i c the vid ill believe!!!!
dont believe everything u read DUMB BITCHES!!!!
Lol, you guys dont know nothin.
Just cuz some company sued on their behalf, does not mean the artists sued. They might not even know that this is happening. Its called a class-action lawsuit and it happens all the time. Thats how many lawyers get rich. They sue for a group of people, collect a big legal fee and give the people they're suing on behalf of a little somethin. Thats it usually.
Just some legal BS that will get handled, http://www.datpiff.com/Str8-Business-Life-or-Death-Entertainment-The-Eay-mid3190.html
Listen kids your publishing company distribute your royalties. Which ever one your have ASCAP or BMI,if you sell your publishing rights then the company owns the rights to your music. Every time your music get play on the radio or any venue that is license by ASCAP or BMI you get a little change not much but it add up depend on how many time your song get play it's the publishing company that is sueing 40/40 not the artist.
Hiphop1984 Is right. Cant believe niggas cant figure this out lol. Yeah the artist have little too nothing to do with this. This is just the companies going after each other.
Damn this is crazy!
Industry rule #2,080!
If I were Jay...I'd say fuck it and just play all ROC shit!
Fuck Em!
~Be Eazy!
I VERY SERIOUSLY DOUBT THIS HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE ARTIST LISTED. I WOULDNT BITE THE HAND THAT HELP TO MAKE ME A MILLIONAIRE
WOW! None of you retards can read:
"Broadcast Music Inc. filed the lawsuit yesterday in Manhattan District Court ON BEHALF OF twelve artists including, Kanye, Pharrell, R. Kelly, and Michael Jackson..."
For those that don't understand, it basically means that the artists ALSO support the decision of filing the lawsuit.
To hidavi:
In class-action lawsuits, even though the artists aren't the ones that filed the lawsuit, they DO still have to GIVE PERMISSION to use their name in a lawsuit by saying. Take for example the class-action suits for certain types of medicines that have really bad side-effects. The lawyers/law firm contacts as many people they can who have these side effects, and put them all on a list, which is presented in court. They NEED permission to put the names on the list.
If this lawsuit was a class-action suit, BMI's law firm would have to get the PERMISSION of the artists to have their name on a list. Once this is done, the law firm can say that they are suing "on behalf of" those artists on the list.
Regardless of the relationship between Jay-Z and the other musicians, if this is a normal lawsuit, the artists ARE suing, and if this is a class-action suit, BMI is suing WITH the artists' PERMISSION.
However, we don't even know if this article is true. Also, look at what I found on Wikipedia:
"Broadcast Music, Incorporated (BMI) is a performance rights organization. It collects license fees on behalf of its songwriters, composers, and music publishers and distributes them as royalties to those members whose works have been performed."
I went on their official website, and confirmed that this is really what they do.
It is an organization that music artists can join. They don't own the rights to the music, but they do try to inforce them by making sure no one uses the songs without paying royalties to the artists. The artists in question (Kanye, MJ, etc) are part of this organization. BMI sues ANYONE that plays the music, regardless of who it is. It's not that the artists are personally choosing the sue, but it's BMI's obligation to sue anyone that uses the music without paying. I'm guessing that, if they wanted, Kanye, MJ, etc. could probably do something about it.
JAY Z IS SLOWLY DIEING
Thank you arathur.
if this shit is true jay' fucked and i guess kanye and pharrell aint friends with that nigga no more
fuck them niggas...u should be glad ya shit is gettin played but u bitchin bout it gettin played.
This just lets you konw that jigga still on top.My nigga can't breath the wrong way, without any body on his ass everybody coming at him, now million dollar companies. BUT i have a feeling he'll whole it down.
DIS SHIT DONT GOT NOTHIN 2 DO WIT JAY PERSONALLY ITS ALL BUISSNESS DAMN YA'LL NIGGAS IS DUMB
Yeah i can FUck with DNA07. why the fuck would u do so shit like that. it's just dumb ass corporate people being grim.
that seems dumb..they wouldnt back stab him for some dumb shyt like that.