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1/23/2006
Sam Goody or Sam Baddy? Supporting the Sale of Pirated Music
DALLAS, TX: Producer DAWGS DABATO and Blacklight Management are currently in a copyright dispute with the late recording artist Johnnie Taylor's grandson VERSE (Calvin Arterberry). VERSE recently released an unauthorized album, in Dallas area music retail stores, that was produced and recorded by Dawgs Dabato. The unauthorized album was released prior to the clearance of rights to use the copyrighted musical compositions for commercial release.
Dawgs Dabato's management is in the process of contacting all retail stores involved in selling the product. This includes stores such as Sam Goody at Town East Mall who has refused to cooperate with the request to pull the CD's from their retail shelves until the copyrighted music is properly licensed. To date, the retailer continues to sell the unlicensed music.
Founder and CEO of Blacklight Management and member of The Recording Academy (NARAS) Sheryl V. Glenn said, "I am optimistic that we will resolve this issue quickly through cooperation from the music retail chains and manufacturers without further attention from our counsel. Our priority is to protect our client Dawgs Dabato's musical compositions. If his music isn't paid for then it won't be sold in stores. We respect Verse as an artist but he clearly doesn't understand the business of making music. Dawgs Dabato reserves all the rights to his music exclusively and without his consent its blatant copyright infringement."
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CONTACT:
Blacklight Management
214.914.1046
E: blacklight @onebox.com
Dawgs Dabato's management is in the process of contacting all retail stores involved in selling the product. This includes stores such as Sam Goody at Town East Mall who has refused to cooperate with the request to pull the CD's from their retail shelves until the copyrighted music is properly licensed. To date, the retailer continues to sell the unlicensed music.
Founder and CEO of Blacklight Management and member of The Recording Academy (NARAS) Sheryl V. Glenn said, "I am optimistic that we will resolve this issue quickly through cooperation from the music retail chains and manufacturers without further attention from our counsel. Our priority is to protect our client Dawgs Dabato's musical compositions. If his music isn't paid for then it won't be sold in stores. We respect Verse as an artist but he clearly doesn't understand the business of making music. Dawgs Dabato reserves all the rights to his music exclusively and without his consent its blatant copyright infringement."
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CONTACT:
Blacklight Management
214.914.1046
E: blacklight @onebox.com
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