Rock guitarist Joe Satriani has sued British band Coldplay, accusing the Grammy-nominated stars of plagiarizing one of his songs.
Satriani’s copyright infringement suit, filed on Thursday in Los Angeles federal court, claims the Coldplay song “Viva La Vida” incorporates “substantial original portions” of his 2004 instrumental “If I Could Fly.”
The 52-year-old guitar virtuoso is seeking a jury trial, damages and “any and all profits” attributable to the alleged copyright infringement.
When the heads of the Detroit Three auto companies return to Washington this week to testify before Congress about their restructuring plans, they won’t be traveling on their corporate jets. Not after the story broke on Nov. 19 that they had flown their “luxurious” aircraft to Washington to beg for $25 billion in loans to keep their companies afloat. Official Washington was outraged at the extravagance. Columnists and comics were ever so grateful for the gift. “I mean, couldn’t you all have downgraded to first class or jet-pooled or something to get here?” whined Representative Gary Ackerman of New York.
Apple is victorious in a trademark suit! No, not against Psystar, but against a company in China that used an apple logo strikingly similar to the US computer- and gadget-maker’s.
ASICS, best known as an athletic shoe company, smashed the record for “The World’s Largest Lite-Brite” at Splashlight Studios in New York City last month. The event featured Kid Sister, Flosstradamus, & DJ 24Court—and celebrated the ASICS Sportstyle collection, with the unveiling of the world’s largest Lite-Brite, a modern pop culture artwork masterpiece. ASICS has now gone NATIONWIDE with the Lite-Brite, first with New Orleans’ Voodoo Fest, and now with Miami’s Art Basel on deck.
The launch of the new Blackberry Storm device last week draw long lines of customers as predicted, but it also drew a guerrilla-marketing stunt from a competitive product.
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