Salt-N-Pepa tells their registration mark not to pay it because it is fighting for the rights of their music.
The pioneering duo behind Hip-Hop Classics, including “Shooop” for 1993 and “Push IT” for 1987 in a lawsuit that the Global Music Group violates the law of copyright by refusing to agree to hand over rights to its main records.
Sherrill “Sult” James and Sandra “Pipa” Denton Denton of the Federal Court in New York on Monday, confirming that the 1976 Publishing Rights Law, which says that after several decades, artists can end previous agreements and restore their records, clearly now.
The battle, which led to the SALT-N-PEPA music from broadcasting services, comes from broadcasting services, where many artists who suffer from beloved legacies make profitable sales of their catalogs, while others stumble in classic battles of records on old contracts.
The lawsuit says: “UMG has made it clear that it would carry the rights of the plaintiffs, even if that means that the value of the music catalog for the plaintiffs and denying their fans to reach their work.”
UMG representatives did not immediately respond to an email to get a comment.
The lawsuit indicates that cases such as Salt-N-Pepa are the reason for the existence of the copyright law.
It allows artists who concluded deals “at the beginning of their career” when they were relatively unable to use cultural standing and the musical heritage they later created.
The lawsuit says that James and Denton submitted to end their agreement under law in 2022, “are keen to restore the full property of their art and their legacy,” but, “incomprehensible, UMG refused to honor” their rights.
James and Denton says that under the law, they must now be able to have early records, including their first album in 1986, “Hot & Vicious, and” Push It “for the year 1987, which is the B that caught Remix and became a great success.
They say other records must be legally later this year and 2026, including the 1993 album “It is very necessary”, which includes “Shooop” and “Whatta Man”.
The duo seeks to obtain both actual damage against lost and punitive money in the amounts to be determined for UMG actions. The lawsuit says that actual damage may “exceed one million dollars.”
They also want a permanent judicial matter that emphasizes their rights to records.
They said by withdrawing songs from broadcasts and other commercial platforms, and the poster has punished the SALT-N-PIPA “to assure their rights.”
The attorney of the brand in the messages listed as an opponent in the case said they encouraged mediation and wanted to reach a “mutual acceptable decision.”
But UMG lawyers said in the messages that James and Denton were not personally in the 1986 agreement that covered their initial albums, and there is no evidence that they were given the rights of copyright to the mark they can now recover.
UMG confirms that the recordings were “rental business”, which will not allow the restoration of rights. The Salt-N-Pepa suit says that women's agreements with the poster make it very clear that they were not.
Queens, New York, James and Denton Solt-Ni Pipa in 1985.
They were later joined by DJ Spinderella, who was not part of the early agreements in the conflict and did not participate in the lawsuit.
“I have boldly changed Salt-N-Pepa, the appearance of rap and hip hop,” says the lawsuit. “They were not afraid to talk about sex and share their ideas about men. Their vocal recordings” Let's talk about sex “and” nothing of your work “, for example, were tremendous successes. They spoke frankly about sexual life and empowering women when such topics were mobilized, criticized, and bid farewell to the warriors.”
In 1995, they became the first female rap group to win the Grammy Award, and in 2021, they won the Grammy Lifetime Account Award.
Later this year, they will become members of the Rock & Roll Celebrity Hall when they get the organization's musical impact award.
