Rauw Alejandro performing in Spain on his ‘Saturno’ tour in 2023. – Credit score: Borja B. Hojas/Redferns/Getty Photos
Rauw Alejandro is going through a brand new lawsuit accusing him of not acquiring licenses for samples of a number of songs by reggaeton pioneer DJ Playero throughout his 2022 album, Saturno.
Notably, the lawsuit was not introduced by DJ Playero — who actively collaborated with Alejandro on Saturno — however BM Data, a Florida-based distributor and label that claims to personal a lot of DJ Playero’s catalog. BM Data introduced the same go well with in opposition to Unhealthy Bunny, claiming he sampled a number of DJ Playero songs on “Safaera” with out permission; that case was settled in 2023.
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BM Data’ new lawsuit, obtained by Rolling Stone, lists 4 Saturno tracks that allegedly include uncleared DJ Playero samples. “De Carolina,” allegedly incorporates “La Gente Sabe” and “Somos De Carolina”; “Panties Y Brasieres,” allegedly incorporates “Camuflash” and “Camuflash Dwell”; “Dejau’,” allegedly accommodates samples of six totally different Playero tracks; and “Punto 40,” allegedly samples “Tengo Ina Punto 40.”
Talking to the usually unusual nature of music rights possession, DJ Playero is credited as a featured artist and producer on “De Carolina” and “Dejau’,” whereas he additionally has a manufacturing credit score on “Punto 40.”
But BM Data claims of their go well with, “At no time limit did any of the defendants acquire a legitimate license to pattern the Playero works on Saturno. As such, the persevering with exploitation of Saturno infringes the copyrights to the Playero works owned by [BM].”
Reps for Alejandro and Playero didn’t instantly return Rolling Stone’s request for remark. BM Data’ lawyer declined to remark.
Based on the go well with, BM Data has “entered into a number of agreements” with DJ Playero through the years to amass the rights to a lot of his catalog. The go well with claims Playero “confirmed his alienation of the Playero Works as just lately as 2007 by the use of a signed written settlement executed between himself and BM Data.”
BM Data is looking for intensive damages, with every occasion of alleged infringement carrying a possible statutory most of $150,000.
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