OutKast being sued by Rosa Parks...

[RoadDawg]

Originally posted by hitech


Do you know the details of that suit? It's not as cut and dried as it first appears. They (McDonalds) had a HUGE number of complaints that the coffee was way to hot. They chose to ignore it. THAT is what got them in trouble (and pretty poor attorneys). Now, I still think that McDonalds should have won that suit. After all, what is coffee made from (answer: BOILING water). However, it is not as simple as it seems. They lost because they IGNORED what the jury agreed was a DANGEROUS condition. The attorneys failed to convince the jury that the coffee being dangerous wasn't their client's fault. It would seem simple, Attorney: "What is coffee made from?", plaintiff: "Boiling water?"... I haven't read the transcripts of the trial, but it's never as simple as it seems...

Now that is a whole other load of bs if you ask me. Ya the coffee was too hot but if it was too cold people wouldn't buy it nor drink it. Well unless it's in a Starbucks cup and mixed with chocolate and whip cream. Ya McDonalds messed up but still the way some people get all this money from suits is ridiculous. Now the whole Rosa Parks deal I feel shouldn't be a big deal. It's a title of a song. If a song causes "damages" then my god we should all sue some artist for damages for having to listen to some god awful music. We can't do that though cause it's freedom of expression. Either way this thread was not intended to cause a arguement but to more get the info out.

[beam]

Originally posted by Wc Keep


sorry beam i meant to put southpaws name but i looked at yours and put yours down. my sincerest apology.

Ahhh don't worry about it. :)

[steveg]

It would seem to be about trademark use and context
something that is completely within her right and law

http://ipcenter.bna.com/pic2/ip.nsf/...Y?OpenDocument

[Southpaw]

Wc Keep and whoever else does not like what I said. I think you need to look at this in the present. She does deserve some respect for what she did what 55 years ago! I think it is funny that Rosa never tries to correct the mother of civil rights exaggeration. She was not the first or in my opinion at all spontaneous in her rebellion. She had been working for the NAACP! I am Happy that we do not live in the world she grew up in except for the fact that I would imagine that there were WAY less lawyers per capita. She gets no sympathy from me on this law suit! In fact I should write a song about it!

[DiRTyBuNNy]

well..other than the name of the song "Rosa Parks" and the fact that the chorus says "Ah-ha Hush that Fuss...Everybody move to the back of the bus" it doesn't have jack squat to do with anything...is the Navy going to sue Outkast for using the "Sonar Ping" noise in the backbeat too?

[Wc Keep]

Originally posted by Southpaw
I think you need to look at this in the present.

you can never judge things that happened in history by the presents standards. we know what we do because of what happened back then.

[*ArKfEaR*]

Originally posted by DiRTyBuNNy
well..other than the name of the song "Rosa Parks" and the fact that the chorus says "Ah-ha Hush that Fuss...Everybody move to the back of the bus" it doesn't have jack squat to do with anything...is the Navy going to sue Outkast for using the "Sonar Ping" noise in the backbeat too?

[GhillieGuy]

OutKast is the only rap band that i actually like.. bummer. Hey anyone see them get punke'd?

[Gotenks]

Originally posted by GhillieGuy
OutKast is the only rap band that i actually like.. bummer. Hey anyone see them get punke'd?

OutKast always has fun songs, and they are so much more different than all the other rappers, thats why I love them.

I didn't know they were on punk'd, I have to see that now :)

And, I think a simple resolution to this situation would be for OutKast to stop production of Aquemini(sp?) change the song title, and begin production again, and maybe possibly if they want to go all out, recall all the copies that are still on the shelves, and put new print.

[Southpaw]

Originally posted by Wc Keep


you can never judge things that happened in history by the presents standards. we know what we do because of what happened back then.

well the Suit was brought about only a few years ago and is still is in the system so I think that I am judging THIS case in the right time frame. I did say this

She does deserve some respect for what she did what 55 years ago!

and

She does deserve respect though.

And as far as danger goes lets talk about King or however many people that the NAACP didnt have their back. The pregnant single woman or the people that did the same thing 50 years before HAD BALLS! It chaps my hide that her image is artifically inflated and she claims damages to it whatever

[GhillieGuy]

Originally posted by Gotenks


OutKast always has fun songs, and they are so much more different than all the other rappers, thats why I love them.

I didn't know they were on punk'd, I have to see that now :)

And, I think a simple resolution to this situation would be for OutKast to stop production of Aquemini(sp?) change the song title, and begin production again, and maybe possibly if they want to go all out, recall all the copies that are still on the shelves, and put new print.

Ya it was a the newest one, you gotta see it..

[ShooterJM]

"Ah ha hush that fuss/Everybody move to the back of the bus."

That's the only line that could even remotely be associated with Rosa Parks the person.

Damages...please. If it's not about the money, then just ask to change the song.