Black Eyed Peas sue Pooping Unicorns toy manufacturer for song parody

[BUtterfield 8 41,005]

A song-and-dance troupe of pooping toy unicorns could be in steaming hot trouble, legally speaking, all because the lil' stinkers did a send-up of a huge Black Eyed Peas hit.

Let us explain … a company called MGA Entertainment created a popular line of toys -- dancing unicorns that excrete sparkling slime called Poopsie Slime Surprise. Every kid's fantasy, right?

MGA ran a bunch of ads with animated unicorns singing and dancing to a song called "My Poops" – featuring the catchy hook "my poops, my poops, my poops, my sparkly glitter poops!"

If that banger sounds familiar, that's because it’s a play on BEP's classic "My Humps," and that's what lead to a lawsuit. Will.i.am and co's record label and music publishing company, BMG, owns the majority of the copyright to the 2005 smash hit, and it claims "My Poops" clearly rips off the melody, tempo, chord progression, and even features a vocalist who sounds a lot like Fergie.

BMG says MGA never got the rights to use the song, and now it wants at least $10 MILLION in damages.

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[OMF 3,152]

I love Poopsie!!! Bought one for a friends kid once 

[Knife 6,667]

Rooting for Poopsie Slime Surprise.

[weed 71,448]

I love poopsie slime surprise. Has Weird Al been sued?

[Borisapillar 8,309]

Isn’t parody legal?

[sillynate 6,170]

But they’re quiet with Anjulie  

[Werewoof 2,395]

I’m just imagining the lawyers having to read “my poops” in the courtroom with a straight face 

[Ouranos 676]

18 minutes ago, weed said:

I love poopsie slime surprise. Has Weird Al been sued?

Pretty sure he gets permission first but not 100%

[androiduser 7,438]

14 minutes ago, Borisapillar said:

Isn’t parody legal?

but this one is used in a commercial to sell a product

[Space Cowboy 11,670]

[VTV 12,769]

Ironic innit @will.i.am

 

[XxBones 928]

Ok but they kinda ate tho

[skaxboy 4,742]

53 minutes ago, Werewolves Wanted said:

I’m just imagining the lawyers having to read “my poops” in the courtroom with a straight face 

“Your honor, if I may, here I have evidence of plagiarism. Jurors, please direct your attention to the screen for exhibit A….”

 

“………My Poops My Poops”

[Catnikko 13,992]

3 hours ago, BUtterfield 8 said:

"my poops, my poops, my poops, my sparkly glitter poops!"

I can't breathe 

[River 106,558]

I swear I didn’t write this