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Clik here to view.In "hurry up" news, Wu-Tang Clan member Ghostface Killah has some legal problems on his way, but they're operating at a turtle's pace.
The man who composed the original 1966 theme to Iron Man has filed a lawsuit against Ghostface Killah, Razor Sharp Records and Sony Records, claiming they illegally used his “Iron Man Theme” on Ghost's 2000 album Supreme Clientele.
Songwriter Jaques "Jack" Urbont filed the lawsuit on June 30th, in United States District Court, Southern District of New York.
Urbont is the legal and beneficial owner of an undivided interest in the original copyrighted musical composition and sound recording for the theme for the “Iron Man Theme” and the music from the 1966 television show.
Urbont is a world-renowned songwriter, who has composed, orchestrated and conducted music for episodes of TV shows like Mission Impossible, Mannix, and others.
Additionally, Urbont composed the themes and lyrics for The Guiding Light, One Life to Live, General Hospital, and the TV representations of Iron Man, Captain America, Hulk, Submariner, and Thor.
Urbont claims that he owns the exclusive rights to the “Iron Man Theme,” and that Ghostface Killah, Sony, and RZA have been using his works, resulting in substantial revenue for Ghostface.
Ghost, born Dennis Coles, debuted in 1996 with his album Iron Man.
Since then, has been using the name "Tony Starks/Iron Man" moniker, in addition to his original name of Ghostface Killah.
The lawsuit claims that in addition to illegally using the “Iron Man Theme” on the album Supreme Clientele, the usage of the name "Tony Starks" is also infringing upon Urbont's copyrights.
"Urbont is over 80 years old and would not normally encounter the defendants rap music in the ordinary course of his dealings in the music industry or otherwise,” Urbont's lawyers said.
Some points to consider …
- "Tony Starks" has nothing to do with Iron Man, who's "Tony Stark." Moreover, this dude does not own either — that's Marvel's intellectual property, and they've had him up at the offices and I believe even had him in the first Iron Man movie, so clearly they're cool with it. It's a legally allowable allusion. Suck it, old dude.
- Unless you're going after Black Sabbath too, seriously, suck it, old dude.
- The lawsuit is attacking a ten year old album, and he's saying that because dude is old, he wouldn't have seen it. So … isn't that a failure of his legal team in properly defending his intellectual property? Suck it, old dude's lawyers, you seem ill-prepared to make this work, in that you could have made a straight case of sample use and won easily, paperwork notwithstanding.
- Seriously, how is this anbody's beef outside of Marvel, who clearly don't care?
Please start retirement saving now so you won't waste people's time with frivolous lawsuits when you're retired and/or washed up.
[Source: AllHipHop.com]
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