Bad Bunny is taking a fan to court for sharing footage from his concert last month without authorization.
On Friday (March 8), TMZ reported that the Puerto Rican superstar is suing Eric Guillermo Madronal Garrone for uploading recordings of a February concert in Salt Lake City, Utah. Unlike many fans in attendance who shared clips from the show on social media, the defendant posted high-quality full song performances on his YouTube channel, MADforliveMUSIC.
The rapper and singer claims to own the rights to his shows, so he initially issued a takedown on the platform citing the Digital Millennium Copyright Act since he never granted Garrone permissions to share lengthy video from it.
After the the online personality filed a counterclaim, BB decided to sue him and is now demanding an injunction that prevents the clips from being shared on the internet, in addition to $150,000 for each post or any suffered damages that can be quantified in court.
As of now, all the videos in question have been removed from MADforliveMUSIC except the orchestral intro that kickstarted the show. Check it out below:
As for other legal matters in the music space, a judge recently ordered Dash to sell his shares of Roc-A-Fella Records after he allegedly refused to pay a $823,000 judgment to movie producer Josh Weber for the 2016 film, Dear Frank.
Both JAY-Z and Kareem “Biggs” Burke objected to the 52-year-old having to sell his portion in an auction given that company bylaws mandate that the board of directors must first approve the sell-off. However, US Magistrate Robert W. Lehrburger ruled that the former exec’s one-third ownership of Roc-A-Fella can, in fact, be seized to help cover the judgment since it is his personal property.
In his 15-page decision, Lehrburger blasted Hov and Biggs for creating a no sell-off clause during a 2021 board meeting that Dame did not attend or vote for. He then ordered Roc-A-Fella to deliver Dame’s stock certificate to the US Marshals Service for an auction in 180 days.
In addressing Jigga and Biggs’ concerns about an outsider purchsing the intellectual rights of Roc-A-Fella, Lehrburger said: “They can participate in the auction and place the winning bid.”
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Dash was sued for copyright infringement and defamation over the film Dear Frank in 2019. Although he was originally asked to direct the movie in 2016, he was ultimately removed from the project after he was deemed unfit for the job.
Webber and Muddy Water Pictures claimed he was always high on set while shooting the film on his Sherman Oaks property. They eventually finished the film without him.
They sued Dash three years later, claiming he tried to shop the film around as his own. They also alleged he sent promotional ephemera to networks such as BET but changed the film’s title to The List. Dame argued they shot the film at his home using all of his equipment, then stole the footage to make the movie without him.
The jury failed to see Dash’s perspective and handed down its decision in 2022. Attorney Chris Brown, who repped the plaintiffs, said: “I will get every penny due to my clients.”
