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12-13-2006, 09:44 AM
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| MegaJunkie  Join Date: Jun 2003
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 |  Evel Knievel Sues Kanye West Registered members do not see ads. Register or logon for a better view. DECEMBER 12--Retired daredevil Evel Knievel is suing Kanye West, claiming the rapper ripped off his trademarked look in a recent music video in which the performer, using the handle "Evel Kanyevel," wears a red, white, and blue jumpsuit during a failed rocket ride over a gorge. Knievel, 68, charges that West copied his look down to a distinctive "EK" belt buckle in the video for "Touch The Sky," a single off his hit album "Late Registration." An excerpt from Knievel's trademark infringement lawsuit, which was filed last Friday in U.S. District Court in Tampa, Florida, can be found below. Included as an exhibit to the complaint is a copy of a September 1974 Sports Illustrated cover showing Knievel--who was then preparing to jump Idaho's Snake River Canyon on a rocket-powered contraption--in his trademark jumpsuit. As seen in the video still at right, the 29-year-old West's outfit appears to be modeled on the Knievel threads. The lawsuit, which does not specify monetary damages, also names as defendants West's record label and Chris Milk, director of the video, which debuted on MTV in February. (9 pages) http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/1212061evel1.html
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12-13-2006, 09:44 PM
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| FreshJunkie Join Date: Jun 2005
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| Re:Evel Knievel Sues Kanye West Ok.....so it is pretty stupid to SUE somebody for something that really didn't harm you or made you lose money......but Its bullshit that West copied his style down to the belt buckle....Kanye could have avoided this by putting in a phone-call and asking if it was cool......He could have given him a little money or at least a cameo in the video and everything would have been straight.... Yes its a parody, and it would be impossible to put a price on how much this damaged Evil, but I think this is more about people biting without having some kind of agreement with the people they are biting from...that make any sense? |
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12-13-2006, 11:09 PM
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| HipJunkie Join Date: Apr 2004
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  | Re:Evel Knievel Sues Kanye West Evel Knievel is pretty much saying that he has cornered the market on tacky and he doesn't want any squaters on his turf
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12-13-2006, 11:46 PM
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| CoolJunkie Join Date: May 2005
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| Re:Evel Knievel Sues Kanye West Quote:
and actually he is the one of the most gifted hip hop artist out there. he's arrogant as a motherfucker but very good.
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