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Sat Dec 27, 2014, 11:00 AM Dec 2014

Sony About to Get Sued For Pirating Music in The Interview

Yoon Mi-rae (real name Natasha Shanta Reid) is a US-born hip hop and R&B singer who currently releases music on the Feel Ghood Music label. In January 2013 as part of MFBTY (My Fans Better Than Yours), the 33-year-old hit the number 1 spot in the Korean Music Charts and in September reached the same heights on Billboard’s Kpop Hot 100 list with her song ‘Touch Love’.

But while these recognitions were achieved by fans buying her music, she’s now in the spotlight for not getting paid for her work. It appears that Yoon Mi-rae was in negotiations with Sony to have her track ‘Pay Day’ appear in The Interview. Even though no agreement was reached, Sony used the music anyway.

“There were initial discussions for using ‘Pay Day‘ in the movie, but at some point, the discussions ceased and we assumed that it would not follow through,” Feel Ghood Music says.

“However, after the movie was released, we learned that the track had been used without permission, legal procedure, or contracts.”

Link: http://torrentfreak.com/sony-about-to-get-sued-for-pirating-music-in-the-interview-141227
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Sony About to Get Sued For Pirating Music in The Interview (Original Post) unrepentant progress Dec 2014 OP
That's a hilarious form of poetic justice. Jackpine Radical Dec 2014 #1
Remember too that Sony is the company who hacked their customer's computers unrepentant progress Dec 2014 #2
And one of the Hollywood gang so very much against pirating music and films. dixiegrrrrl Dec 2014 #3
lol! nt daredtowork Dec 2014 #4
I love this! MrScorpio Dec 2014 #5
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