Posted: 2/1/2006 7:17:39 AM by foxxylady
A federal court jury in Houston has found Lil' Flip and Sony Music guilty of copyright infringement for the song "Texas Boyz." Sony and the rap star were ordered to pay $150,000 to songwriter/producer Tommy Granville of Shreveport, La., The New York Daily News reported. Granville filed suit claiming Lil' Flip stole his music for the song, "Texas Boyz" off his debut album. "We're very pleased that the jury agreed with our contention that Tommy Granville's music was illegally used," attorney Scott Hemingway told the New York Daily News. "Sony has been one of the biggest proponents of copyright protection and hopefully, they will now follow their own statements and honor the copyrights of others." Namco America Inc. has a suit pending in New York against Lil' Flip and Sony for sampling sounds from its "Pac Man" game for the song, "Game Over." GIMME BACK MY DEMO Ashanti has filed a federal suit in New York seeking more than $1 million for the release of demos she made as a teen. The long list of defendants includes Genard Parker, Ellenwood, Ga.-based TEAM Entertainment, German distributor ZYX Music, Australian companies Big Records Australia and Rajon Distribution, Japanese label Farm Records and Britain's Simply Vinyl Recordings and Unique Corp., it was reported Tuesday. Ashanti claims in the suit she recorded the demos eight years ago when she was 16 for Parker and T.E.A.M. in hopes of landing a contract with a label. To her surprise, she said, various editions of the demos showed up on the market last year. The suit seeks an injunction halting sales of the demos, damages for lost profits and harm to her reputation as well as punitive damages in excess of $1 million. FACING TIME The manager of The attack happened after Xzulu made a joke about a cell phone earpiece that Rosemond was wearing. Rosemond will be sentenced in April and faces up to 10 years.
A jury found 40-year-old James “Jimmy Henchman” Rosemond guilty of the unprovoked beating of WKYS announcer DJ Zxulu.