Music Group “The Heavy,” CBS, and NFL Sued For Copyright Infringement Over “How You Like Me Now?” Song
Los Angeles, CA – Drive-In Music Company sued the musical group “The Heavy,” CBS, NFL and others for copyright infringement. In 1969, Arlester Christian wrote the musical composition entitled “Let a Woman Be a Woman, (and Let a Man Be a Man),” which was registered with the U.S. Copyright Office. All the rights to the song were then assigned to Plaintiff in the same year. Here’s the Plaintiff’s musical composition:
Plaintiff alleges that The Heavy composed the “How You Like Me Now?” in 2009, which song is included on their “The House That Dirt Built” compact disc. “The sound recording and musical composition of HOW YOU LIKE willfully infringes the musical composition, ‘LET A WOMAN,’ and uses the identical melody as ‘LET A WOMAN.’” Here’s the Defendants’ composition:
The NFL and CBS became defendants for airing a KIA car commercial incorporating The Heavy’s song during the Super Bowl®. Plaintiff alleges that the infringement is willful and intentional and demands enhanced damages and attorneys’ fees. I will go out on a limb and predict that this case will settle quickly. The case is Drive-In Music Co., Inc. v. CBS Corporation et al., CV10-01783 JFW (C.D. Cal. 2010).
