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News |  30 Jun 2010 17:28 |  By RnMTeam

Playboy sues singer Drake for copyright infringement

MUMBAI: Hip-hop singer Drake is being sued by Playboy Music for an alleged copyright infringement.

Bosses at Playboy allege that the rapper's breakthrough hit, Best I Ever Had, samples a 1975 song by Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds, owned by Playboy Music 

The lawsuit, which includes allegations that have not been proven in court, asks that each defendant account for how much the song has earned in order to seek damages 

Drake's debut album, "Thank Me Later," topped the charts in the U.S. and Canada in its first week of release.

"Best I Ever Had," which isn't included on the album but was featured on last year's record "So Far Gone" which is still the biggest hit the singer has had. The love song went to No. 2 on the U.S. charts last summer.

The suit asserts that Playboy "has suffered, and will continue to suffer irreparable injury" from the alleged infringement. The lawsuit demands that "all infringing works be recalled and destroyed."

As part of its claim, Playboy also alleges that "each defendant either knew, or should have reasonably known, that the sound recording was protected by copyright."

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