Showtime, Fugees Member at Odds Over Documentary Licensing
Documentary production company Sweet Micky accepted all the terms of a license agreement with Showtime, and execution was just a formality that wasn't performed only because of the press of other business, Showtime responded (in Pacer) Wednesday in U.S. District…
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Court in Los Angeles. The response was in reply to an amended lawsuit (in Pacer) filed the day before by Sweet Micky -- owned by Pras Michel, a member of hip-hop group the Fugees -- in which Sweet Micky called its copyright infringement complaint "a classic David and Goliath case" and said Showtime continues to show Sweet Micky for President without a signed license agreement. Also named as a defendant is co-producer/director Ben Patterson.