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Nelly Copyright Lawsuit, T.I. Jury Verdict, Michael Jackson Estate Case & More Music Law News
Nelly faces a copyright lawsuit, T.I. wins a $71 million verdict, Michael Jackson's estate goes after an accuser, and more top music law news stories.
The case, filed by members of his early-career St. Lunatics group, claims that Nelly (Cornell Haynes) “manipulated” them into thinking they’d be paid for their work on the 2000 album Country Grammar, but that he ultimately cut them out of the credits and the royalty payments. and his wife Tameka “Tiny” Harris won a stunning$71 million jury verdict in their lawsuit claiming that toymaker MGA stole the design of a line of “O.M.G.” toy dolls from their real-life teen pop group OMG Girlz. Following a three-week trial, a jury found that MGA infringed both the trade dress and the likeness rights of the OMG Girlz — a defunct trio created by Tiny featuring her daughter Zonnique “Star” Pullins.
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