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The Pythons complained that their series had been heavily edited for US TV, without permission, and thus constituted copyright infringement. The Monty Python rule was set in 1976, when the British comedy troupe sued American network ABC. 15, 1992, on his own label, Death Row Records. Stylistically, Weezy’s first album cover gave us a hint of what was to come. Citing the Monty Python rule, the judge found Death Row's tweaks of the album cover to be "minor and inconsequential". Lil’ Wayne is one of the best rappers of my generation.
The decision is a turnaround from Snyder's ruling last year, which dismissed Dre's claim that The Chronic Re-Lit consisted of trademark infringement, false endorsement and a publicity rights violation. It’s a great idea to generate more exposure for your band: If you know visual or graphic artistsespecially if they have large online networksask them to reinterpret your album covers. "We are gratified that the federal court has that Death Row has no right to engage in such tactics." The case will now proceed to the issue of damages, Reuters reports, though the exact amount may be decided by a jury trial. "For years, Death Row Records forgot about Dre," his lawyer said.
His very early albums were violent but cautionary tales of the criminal mind, but Dre's records with NWA celebrated the hedonistic, amoralistic side of gang. Drakes second album Take Care was released in 2011 and the cover art, designed by Martin 'Drop' Wong, sees Drake sitting at a table and surrounded with expensive looking antiques. Andr Young, February 18, 1965) pioneered gangsta hip-hop and his own variation of the sound, dubbed G-Funk. From that exposure, his debut album like Doggy style was rated number one on both Billboard Top R&B hip-hop charts and Billboard 200 that led to his successful music career. This week, US district court judge Christina Snyder found that the terms of Dre's Death Row contract unambiguously prohibited the label from selling digital versions of his songs. Mini Bio (1) Considered by many to be hip-hop's greatest producer, Dr. Later in the same year, he collaborated with Dr.