Playboy is suing Drake
Playboy is suing Drake
Last week, Playboy Enterprises filed a lawsuit against hometown hip-hop superstar Drake, alleging that his mix tape hit “Best I Ever Had” samples a song owned by the company. The song in question: 1975’s “Fallin’ in Love” by Hamilton, Joe Frank and Reynolds. From our listen, we assume it’s the intro to the song that has offended Playboy, so much so that it is demanding that “all infringing works be recalled and destroyed.” Ouch. Did Drake’s song cross the sampling line? You be the judge.
• Drake: “Best I Ever Had” [YouTube]
• Hamilton, Joe Frank and Reynolds [YouTube]
• Playboy suing Drake for copyright infringement [CTV]
So, Playboy sometimes makes videos, right? And nothing goes better with nude women doing non-nude activities (cooking, walking around outside, doing laundry) like the sounds of hit pop songs. Only, because Playboy doesn’t like to buy rights to popular songs, they’ll often just write a store-brand version of the song. You’ll hear it and think, is that Cheryl Crow? Now, admittedly, they’re not expecting you to listen to the music. But still, I think it’s funny that they should be suing Drake when they are crazy guilty of rip offs all the time.
not that I’ve ever watched a Playboy video or anything.
Your SHAMELESS Playboy….