The agreement marks an abrupt end to what could have been a major battle over copyright “fair use” and the legal protections for parody songs.
will.i.am, Taboo, Fergie and apl.de.ap of Black Eyed Peas pose in the portrait studio at the iHeartRadio Music Festival held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Sept. 23, 2011 in Las Vegas. lawsuit against a toymaker that promoted a brand of “unicorn poop” with a song called “My Poops” – a scatological parody set to the tune of
Released to promote MGA’s Poopsie Slime Surprise toys – unicorns that release sparkling “unicorn poop” slime – “My Poops” features similar musical elements to Black Eyed Peas’ 2005 hit, which reached No. 3 on the Hot 100 and spent 36 total weeks on the chart. But it replaces the words with joke lyrics like “Whatcha gonna do with all that poop, all that poop.”, BMG said the song was very clearly an infringement of its copyrights.
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