Beyonce' Sued For Sampling Dead Social Media Star W/O Permission

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- Beyonce' stole a line from--now dead--New Orleans rapper, and then sampled it in her song, "Formation," without permission.

- Estate of Anthony Barré (aka Messy Mya) is asking for more than 20 million in royalties.

- Barre' was murdered in 2010.

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source: Beyonce Sued For Sampling Messy Mya Vocals on 'Formation'


BeyFraudce' up to her old tricks...
 

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Messy mya would've let queen bey use his or her?) voice for free
I don't know. But I DO know that this isn't the first time Bey has been caught stealing from other artists. I'm sure she felt entitled to that snippet assuming that he'd (its a dude) be okay with her using it. She's made a lot of money off of that sound bite, so hopefully his family gets whatever the courts feel they're entitled to.
 

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sampling isn't stealing <-- jus sampled this without permission of the poster itt
 

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This is just talking.....no instruments or clearly distinct sounds other then the words.......did she credit the person on the song? If so they have a case....if she didnt...then the lawyer could argue that could be anyone....I mean Beyonce got deep pockets she could afford to spend 1 mil to save 20. But she will probably settle out for a couple hundred thou......
 

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This is just talking.....no instruments or clearly distinct sounds other then the words.......did she credit the person on the song? If so they have a case....if she didnt...then the lawyer could argue that could be anyone....I mean Beyonce got deep pockets she could afford to spend 1 mil to save 20. But she will probably settle out for a couple hundred thou......
Why would this be worth a couple hundred thousand?
 
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