In Other News: Rap Artist Sues Against "CW" Network
J!
January 25, 2006
Hip-hop artist William Calhoun has sued Columbia Broadcasting and Warner
Brothers over plans to combine their two struggling networks to form the
"CW" in part of it's campaign to attract more viewers.
In court papers filed Tuesday, Calhoun, better known as WC, asked for an
injunction against Columbia and Warner Bros.' use of the name, saying he
had never given his consent for it to be used.
When contacted about the lawsuit, the multi-platinum artist known to his
fans as "Dub-C" stated, "C-Dub? They know good and d*mn well they can't
use C-Dub! Any muthaf*cka can see that these b*tches just took my name
and turned it the f*ck around! They can't be doin' that s*it!"
The judge directed Columbia and Warner Bros. to explain why it shouldn't
be barred from using the name.
Columbia Broadcasting and Warner Brothers said it was "confident that
the court will reject any legal claims by Mr. Calhoun to the popular and
fair use of acronyms. After all, no one has ever been sued over an
acronym, right?" Columbia and Warner hope to combine the popular shows
on separate networks to build a stronger view base on this new network,
which is proposed to begin programming in fall 2006.
When asked about any attempts to settle, both sides stated that they
will hold arbitration sessions on the "westsiiiide," with dates to be
determined.
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"J!" <itsall...@gmail.com> wrote in message news:iYQBf.14243$_S7....@newssvr14.news.prodigy.com...
Shouldn't he be suing Newsweek's "Conventional Wisdom" column as well?
CW say CW the rapper will loose big-time to the CW channel.