A federal judge ruled Tuesday that a copyright infringement lawsuit against Bad Bunny, Karol G, J Balvin and dozens more reggaeton artists can move forward.
A copyright infringement lawsuit that could significantly impact the reggaeton genre can move forward, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. The consolidated lawsuit, filed in April 2023 by Cleveland “Clevie” Browne and the estate of Wycliffe “Steely” Johnson in 2023, alleges that more than 100 artists illegally sampled or copied the drum pattern of the Jamaican producers’ 1989 instrumental track “Fish Market.
That same year, Dennis “The Menace” Thompson used the instrumentation for his popular “Pounder Riddim” and subsequently for “Pounder Dub Mix II,” which has become the backdrop for the reggaeton music genre. “Dem Bow’s instrumental is ‘iconic’ and has been widely copied in songs in the reggaeton music genre,” the lawsuit states. In June 2023, attorneys for the defendants asked judge André Birotte Jr. of the U.S.
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