Watching The Throne

It seems that Kanye West may be in some hot water! A recent lawsuit was filed against the artist/producer for copyright infringement of works of associated artist. A famous blues musician named Syl Johnson from Chicago, claims that Mr. West utilized portions of his song "Different Strokes" and never gave him credit or paid for it. He feels that Kanye West had more than enough resources to get it cleared.

After doing some research I found that Syl Johnson's lawsuit is against Kanye West, but the fact of the matter is that Kanye actually did not produce the beat. Industry veteran Pete Rock produced the beat and knows he should of gotten clearance. It is the responsibility of the producer and label to make sure all clearance go through before using copy written works. Even though Kanye has ties to Syl and he is also a producer, it does not make him totally responsible. In this case he is just the artist and the label is more responsible than anyone.

Facebook Sued Again

This week Social network giant Facebook was sued by a company named Walker Digital for having privacy controls. Walker Digital, an innovation company claims that Facebook used its patent for privacy controls on its website. The controls allow its users to control what information pertaining to there identities is released the public. After researching this patent it seems that it is very broad and that if they sued Facebook successfully, then a lot of other companies would be susceptible to these frivolous lawsuits. I believe the patent protects the way the Walker Digital has their setting structured not completely covering the privacy settings for anything.

Facebook file suit agianst Google's new Social Network

Facebook recently filed a lawsuit against Google for violating several patents and copyrights. Google just recently released its Google Plus social network, that operates very similar to Facebook. Facebook claims that Google Plus copied many of their patents to structure its platform. After researching the Google Plus website, I noticed that there are no similarities what so ever. I believe that Facebook is just trying to stop the media giant from expanding into its territory.