Yikes! According to a new lawsuit, obtained by TMZ, Latin superstar Bad Bunny isn’t playing with one of his fans as he sues a man for uploading videos from his concert on YouTube. The Reggaetonero is seeking an injunction barring the fan from posting any further footage online, plus either a flat $150,000 fee for each of the videos uploaded or any actual damages the “Me Porto Bonito” rapper can prove he suffered from the fan’s actions.
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The publication reported that Bad Bunny is taking legal action after a fan posted unauthorized concert footage on a YouTube account. The new lawsuit, reportedly claims a man named Eric Guillermo Madronal Garrone uploaded full song performances on a YouTube channel that he runs called MADforliveMUSIC.
The court docs reportedly claim that Garrone attended Bad Bunny’s February 21 ‘Most Wanted Tour‘ concert stop in Salt Lake City, Utah, and recorded several videos of the “MONACO” rapper’s live performance. Following the concert, the recorded content was then uploaded to Garrone’s YouTube channel.
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However, according to the new lawsuit, Bad Bunny reportedly asserts that he owns the rights to the live performance music and that the fan did not have his authorization nor consent to record and post the live concert footage for fans worldwide to sit and watch for free.
Additionally, the Puerto Rican rapper-singer reportedly claims that the fan used his name and music to garner millions of views and impressions of his unauthorized videos and YouTube channel hosting the prohibited content. Essentially, it’s insisted that Garrone’s actions are directly affecting Bad Bunny’s pockets as the fan is taking away views and ad revenue from his own official YouTube page.
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In the court documents, the rapper reportedly notes that his team has already tried to take the necessary steps by demanding YouTube take down the fan’s videos by issuing standard takedown notices under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).
Congress passed the act in 1998 to criminalize the production and dissemination of technology, devices, or services (ie: reproduction and distribution of works) intended to circumvent measures that control access to copyrighted works. DMCA is also known as digital rights management or DRM.
Following the requests, Bad Bunny’s lawsuit claims that YouTube did remove the videos upon request, however, Garrone filed a counterclaim to get the content restored to his account; thus, resulting in Bad Bunny suing his extremely persistent fan.
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