A federal judge in California is set to rule this fall on whether the foundational Fish Market riddim, better known as Dem Bow, is copyrightable, a decision with multi-million-dollar implications for how the Reggaeton industry credits its Jamaican roots.
Shea Johnson has officially assumed the role of executor for his father, Wycliffe “Steely” Johnson’s estate, replacing his late sister Anika Johnson.
A federal judge in California has ruled against a defense motion to disqualify attorney Garth A. Clarke from Steely & Clevie Productions Ltd.’s massive copyright lawsuit against over 160 Reggaetón artists, producers, and record companies.
Garth A. Clarke, one of the attorneys representing Steely & Clevie Productions Ltd in its Reggaetón copyright lawsuit, is facing disqualification from the case due to an alleged conflict of interest.
Over the years, the influence of both the Giggy Riddim (created in 1991) and Shabba Ranks’ Ting-a-Ling has spawned a wave of new songs that were inspired as much by Shabba’s delivery as they were by the instrumental itself.
Dawn Penn’s You Don’t Love Me (No, No, No) is featured in Netflix’s latest hit, Kaos.
An attorney-at-law representing Dancehall veteran Norman ‘Tiger’ Jackson has issued a cease and desist order to producer Gussie Clarke of Dubplate Music Publishers to stop acting as the authorized publishing representative of the 64-year-old artist.
There is a mushrooming dispute over the compositional rights of Tiger’s song When in the wake of news that Drake’s latest track, Blue Green Red, allegedly interpolates lyrics and melody from the Dancehall artist’s 1991 song without permission.
Canadian rapper Drake could face a second lawsuit from Jamaican producer Cleveland ‘Clevie’ Browne over his latest track, Blue Green Red.
Now that a US federal judge has cleared the way for Steely & Clevie Productions’ copyright lawsuit to proceed to trial, expert testimony on musical elements is expected to play a critical role in shaping the outcome.
Daddy Yankee’s Que Tire Pa’ ‘Lante, one of the over 1,800 songs listed in Steely & Clevie‘s consolidated copyright lawsuit against him and more than 160 other Reggaetón artists, producers, and record labels, has now surpassed one billion views on YouTube.
A federal judge in California has ruled that Steely & Clevie Productions has made a strong enough argument to move forward with their copyright infringement claims against over a hundred Reggaetón musicians and producers, whom they’ve accused of ripping off the 1989 Fish Market riddim, better known as “Dem Bow.”
Thursday, December 21, marked the 30th anniversary of the murder of Dirtsman, the Dancehall artist, best known for the hit song Hot This Year, who had his career cut short when four gunmen took his life in 1993.
Lawyers for Steely & Clevie Productions Ltd have called attention to a fresh U.S. Appeals court decision to bolster their arguments against the dismissal of the copyright infringement they’ve filed against more than 160 Reggaetón artists, producers, and record labels.
Haitian-American Judge André Birotte Jr., who revealed on Friday that he worked as a party DJ while in college, has questions about whether Steely & Clevie Productions Ltd’s massive copyright infringement lawsuit could hamper creativity in not just Reggaetón, but also Reggae, Hip-Hop and other genres.
Doniger/Burroughs – the law firm representing Cleveland “Clevie” Browne and the estates of the late Wycliffe “Steely” Johnson and Ephraim “Count Shelly” Barrett – wants a California court to hear clips from old interviews where a few Reggaetón producers acknowledged the use of elements from the Jamaican producers’ Fish Market riddim.
A hearing on several motions to dismiss the copyright infringement lawsuit brought by Dancehall production company Steely & Clevie has been rescheduled for October 20.
The legal battle between Reggae/Dancehall production company Steely & Clevie and almost all major Reggaetón artists is poised to roll into a California courtroom this month.
Ethnomusicologist Ewan Simpson says Steely & Clevie‘s mega copyright infringement lawsuit against the Reggaetón genre is rooted in a long-held racial hierarchy that extends across the Americas.
Steely & Clevie Productions has firmly responded to five motions seeking to dismiss its massive copyright infringement lawsuit against nearly all of Reggaetón’s biggest stars, including Bad Bunny, Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee, Pitbull, Drake, and Justin Bieber.