SHORT TAKES : 2 Live Crew Offer Refused
The raunchy rap group 2 Live Crew says $13,867.56 is all it owes for an unauthorized parody of Roy Orbison’s “Oh, Pretty Woman.”
But attorneys for Acuff-Rose, the music company that holds the rights to the 1964 hit, told a federal court that they were not satisfied with the offer.
The Nashville publishing house, an arm of Opryland USA, sued 2 Live Crew on June 18, claiming that the rap song “Pretty Woman” on the group’s “As Clean As They Wanna Be” album amounted to copyright infringement.
U.S. District Judge Thomas Wiseman on Friday ordered the money deposited into an interest-bearing account until the lawsuit is settled.
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