Daz Dillinger going at Rockstar

[daze23]

http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/10/11/gta-5-rapper-wants-game-recalled-over-track-inclusion

Rapper Daz Dillinger has sent Rockstar a cease and desist letter, after accusing the developer of using his music in Grand Theft Auto V without paying him.

TMZ reports that Dillinger's tracks "C-Walk" and "Nothin' But the Cavi Hit" are included in the game, despite Daz having turned down Rockstar's "offensively low offer of $4,271.00 for both songs."

As a result, the ex-member of Dogg Pound has issued both Rockstar and publisher Take-Two an ultimatum: Make him a better offer, or recall and destroy all unsold copies of the game.

Speaking to TMZ, Dillinger said the move as about "respecting an artist's work. Rockstar didn't do that here and I can't let them get away with it."

He's given Rockstar 14 days to respond; as soon as it does, we'll update the story.

 

[Toe Jay Simpson]

Suge in '93 would have given this nikka a rib sandwich and a sack of weed and he would have taken it like, "g-g-good lookin' fam"

 

[5n0man]

Dude should be happy his music is being heard somewhere

 

[Kartel13]

Cacs holding the black man down yet again.

 

[BamdaDon]

Dude should be happy his music is being heard somewhere

*kendrick voice* nikka fukk THAT. 4 stacks when most people only probably listen to two stations and they just generated a billion off the game

 

[5n0man]

*kendrick voice* nikka fukk THAT. 4 stacks when most people only probably listen to two stations and they just generated a billion off the game

Thats true too, but still

 

[Artificial Intelligence]

.......................

 

[BamdaDon]

Thats true too, but still

With the release of Grand Theft Auto 5 on Sept. 17, the franchise moved beyond just being one of the biggest video game franchises in the world and set its sights on a larger crown; becoming the world's most successful release across all of entertainment. In just its first three days after release, Grand Theft Auto 5 raked in more than $1 billion in sales. Compare that to this summer's biggest blockbuster at the box office, Iron Man 3, which brought in "only" $372 million in its first weekend across the globe.

While games like Candy Crush and Angry Birds have attracted most mainstream attention on video games in the past year and have users in the hundreds of millions, the success of Grand Theft Auto 5 is a pointed illustration that big budget console games -- the game reportedly cost roughly $265 million to develop and market -- still drive global video game sales. How has Grand Theft Auto become such a dominant franchise and what does its success say about the future of video games?

yeah like i said 4k for TWO songs.

 

[stealthbomber]

i said it in the booth thread

they fukked up not handling this. he will get more now than before.

unless he really doesnt own the rights to those songs.

 

[5n0man]

yeah like i said 4k for TWO songs.

Does he even own the rights?

 

[MenacingMonk]

Dude should be happy his music is being heard somewhere

You wouldn't be saying that if you were the rapper.

 

[Bboystyle]

Does he own the rights or does his record company do? Cuz if the record company own all his music and they sign off on it then Daz is fukked. If not, Rockstar will pay their debts.

 

[BelowTheMasonDixon]

http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/10/11/gta-5-rapper-wants-game-recalled-over-track-inclusion

I hope he gets a couple hundred grand or a million fukk that. 4k for some dope old school hip hop. foh

 

[NZA]

Does he even own the rights?

well, i doubt they would offer anything to somebody who has no rights

 

[Bboystyle]

I hope he gets a couple hundred grand or a million fukk that. 4k for some dope old school hip hop. foh

that shyt is ridiculous. 10k Sounds about right