Rapper 6ix9ine could have extra monetary difficulties following a copyright infringement case associated to his track “Stoopid.”
America District Courtroom dominated towards 6ix9ine in a lawsuit by Seth Gordon over his track “Stoopid” for utilizing a nine-second radio drop initially of the track with out authorization.
Regardless of Gordon’s copyright registration for the musical composition “Yung Gordon Intro,” 6ix9ine included the drop in his track with out looking for permission from Gordon.
This unauthorized use of Gordon’s artistic work led to a authorized dispute that in the end resulted in a default judgment towards 6ix9ine.
As a result of the Brooklyn rapper refused to answer the lawsuit in time to defend himself within the case, the courtroom issued a default judgment towards him, holding him accountable for copyright infringement.
The courtroom’s ruling mandates that 6ix9ine should now flip over earnings generated from his album Dummy Boy, which options the track “Stoopid,” and the earnings from the only itself.
The courtroom decided that 6ix9ine should pay damages to Gordon, calculated as 1/thirteenth of the earnings from the album, attributed to the unauthorized use of the radio drop within the track, amounting to $61,538.46.
Moreover, he’s required to cowl the authorized bills incurred by Seth Gordon through the litigation course of, together with the legal professional’s charges related to the case, which quantity to virtually one other $12,000.
The monetary obligation considerably burdens 6ix9ine’s already contentious authorized state of affairs.
Final week, 6ix9ine’s customized Bentley and Lamborghini had been bought for over $260,000 at a authorities public sale to cowl a invoice to the IRS.