Mac Miller Slapped With SECOND 10 Million Dollar Lawsuit

[daze23]

finesse probably heard this and was like

he did it right and said Finesse's name right off the bat

that's what I was saying about the Lupe/Pete Rock thing. Lupe didn't shout them out, wear a t-shirt in the video, nada

 

[Harry B]

So coli is dumb-downed SOHH now huh? We used to have lengthy analytical discussions on topics like this. Now we have short paragraphs from posters that definitely didn't read the article. I feel ashamed.

Both lawsuits clearly doesn't only cover the recording of the song. It has to do with all the publicity, advertisement, concert revenue, usage of recording in commercials, etc that Miller has benefited from. This will not change the mixtape scene since it doesn't involve the actual recording of the song. Will songs stop being posted on youtube? Maybe. Will sites like datpiff stop their membership section? Probably. Will we stop getting original beats on mixtapes? NO. Will artists stop making mixtapes? Definitely not.

Also, if Miller put the producers name in the description that will make them entitled to receive a portion of the royalty and all other financial gains from the song. That is why Miller didn't put their name in there.

Stop overhyping bullshyt and start reading, this is getting ridiculous.

They have to prove that Mac Miller is profiting from that actual song in question.
You wrote a whole post before hearing the defense, knowing if it was going to court etc. Let's see how it goes through or if Mac Miller basically will be forced to settle.

 

[hustlemania]

They have to prove that Mac Miller is profiting from that actual song in question.
You wrote a whole post before hearing the defense, knowing if it was going to court etc. Let's see how it goes through or if Mac Miller basically will be forced to settle.

of he's touring/making money off shows, and performing the track at shows- that in itself is case.. same thing happened with Frank Ocean, and the Eagles..

 

[Harry B]

of he's touring/making money off shows, and performing the track at shows- that in itself is case.. same thing happened with Frank Ocean, and the Eagles..

Can they prove it in court though?
What happened with the frank ocean thing? Is it going to court?

 

[hustlemania]

Can they prove it in court though?
What happened with the frank ocean thing? Is it going to court?

can they prove a live performance happened in court..? of course..

as for Frank Oceans case, no idea.. haven't heard anything further..

 

[Hannibal Fox]

im not a miller fan, but these dudes are stupid for suin dude. some of the best songs ive heard are from mixtapes and they shyt on the original beat/songs


to all of yall supportin the lawsuits cuz yiou dont like miller gotta realize that this could hurt the mixtape game for good smh

You do know that originally labels, MC's, and producers would give DJ's tracks for mixtapes right?

If only you knew the shyt that would go down if you had a track you weren't supposed to.

Sidenote:

Some of this bs can be traced right back to cats like Big Mike with his "exclusives".

Of course also 50 Cent must shoulder some of the blame with his take on the mixtape genre, legendary or not.

 

[Professor Polo]

its not cuz hes white, its cuz hes wack so kill the racist shyt.

I can name a bunch of rappers wacker than Mac Miller that don't get sued or get this criticism...

 

[William Bassington]

...yet yall get butthurt when a an old white group refuses to clear a sample for a hip-hop rapper...


yall are fukkin racist as hell...Mac is doing something thats been done for YEARS, yet no one has said anything...Wayne has made a career off that, as well as 50...rapping on other people's beats has always been a welcomed part of the game..until now

 

[NvrCMyNut]

People sue & aim for the stars, lawsuits against celebs almost always end in small settlements. Eminems mom slapped him with a 10 million lawsuit and got like 5000. The biggest L here will be Mac Miller lawyers fee's & the ramifications on the mixtape game.

 

[Still Benefited]

its not cuz hes white, its cuz hes wack so kill the racist shyt.

I'm not gon lie to me its about race...but only partially...I would be on board with a lawsuit against anybody that's wack,but if it wuz a black artist I would get the feeling of "you can't sue another black man trying to get money"....in this case that voice doesn't come in my head at all.

 

[daze23]

...yet yall get butthurt when a an old white group refuses to clear a sample for a hip-hop rapper...


yall are fukkin racist as hell...Mac is doing something thats been done for YEARS, yet no one has said anything...Wayne has made a career off that, as well as 50...rapping on other people's beats has always been a welcomed part of the game..until now

just because you get away with something for "years" doesn't mean it's gonna last forever

 

[tremonthustler1]

At the end of the day my thing is..if u cant afford to pay for a sample,another producer's beat,voice etc...make your own original shyt

the downside to that is... if i have to go through this process just to ultimately put something out for FREE... fukk it, I might as well not put out anything that isn't for retail.

 

[MightyHealthy]

Because I'm not some washed up rapper trying to get a check while ruining mixtapes for everybody.

Not even a week later, the Currensy/Wiz mixtape gets held back.

We wldnt feel comfortable droppin #LiveInConcert until we get the samples cleared.with how these suits keep poppin up.. Mixtapes ain't safe

 

[jwinfield]

Not even a week later, the Currensy/Wiz mixtape gets held back.

Well, at least Finesse put that culture vulture Mac in his place right?







From the Finesse/Mac thread

And are people really cool with LF winning this case, setting a precedent that will prevent people from using others' instrumentals on tapes, random non-album songs and radio stations just to see Mac get an L?

*Remembers people talking about how this could mess up music and people going "No it won't. Just credit them and everything will be good."





This is just the start.

 

[Don Dada F Poppa]

man what the actual fukk, mixtape game boutta shift. Old nikkas fukking the game up smh