How are you going to sue a dead guy?
By Yahoo User • Category: Copyrights LawsuitMichael Jackson, Will Smith and Tupac Shakur are all being sued for stealing the same song.Blues musician Syl Johnson - real name Sylvester Thompson - has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against the three artists claiming they all used his 1967 tune ‘Different Strokes’ without paying him for the rights to do so.Johnson claims Jackson’s ‘Blood on the Dance Floor’, Smith’s ‘Who Stole The D.J’ and Shakur’s ‘Peep Game’ all illegally sampled his track.
You sue his estate.
You don’t sue a dead person, you sue the estate. However, my guess would be that the Statute of Limitations has expired by this time. But I don’t know what the SOL is for copyright infringement.
I guess sue his family? Good question~
They don’t sue the “dead guy”…they sue his “estate” for the damages.
Good question..I need to hear ‘Different Strokes’ and compare it to ‘Blood On The Dance Floor’
I am going to listen to Different Strokes, and Blood On The Dance Floor, see if there are any similar parts. We Love You Michael!!!
hahahahai really don’t know
maybe they’ll sue Tupac’s family
There are absolutely no similarities between that song and BOTDF, that guy is just another gold digger!♥♥We Love You Michael!!!!♥♥
I heard about this one the news and i personally think it is ridiculous because many people have copied michael and he never sued anyone. of course some songs will be influenced by other songs. it’s just how the music business works. for example, michael could have sued madonna (or her writers) for the song “like a virgin” which presented a nearly identical bass beat, that was so similar, madonna was even performing billie jean dance moves and lyrics during part of it during a tour. and michael could sue rihanna for “don’t stop the music” featuring “ma ma say ma ma sa ma ma ma cu sa”. and i heard bits and pieces of all the songs involved in this Syl Johnson thing and I don’t hear enough of a distinctive similarity to be anything close to stealing it. and the way that you sue a dead guy is buy suing his record company, the company that owns the rights to that particular song, or the writer of the song in question.