Dr. Dre Sues Death Row Over Rights to The Chronic

[Darksider]

Dr. Dre Sues Death Row Over Rights to The Chronic 

 Renowned producer Dr. Dre filed a lawsuit against Death Row Records in U.S. bankruptcy court on Wednesday (August 15) over the rights to his groundbreaking 1992 album The Chronic. According to the Associated Press, Dre is asking the court to rescind two prior agreements, made in 1992 and 1996, that first granted Death Row permission to distribute The Chronic, and later relinquished the album’s copyrights to the label. Under the 1996 agreement, he agreed to sign over the copyrights on the condition that he would continue to receive royalties.

In 2000 the Aftermath boss notified Death Row that, due to their failure to pay these royalties, he was rescinding the two prior agreements and demanding the rights to the album be returned to him. Dre now claims that, because of that notice, he is once again the rightful owner of the copyrights. The suit also asserts that the Chapter 11 trustee currently overseeing the label is in the process of trying to sell the copyrights without proper permission. The lawsuit seeks a permanent injunction against Death Row and the trustee that would prevent any such sale. Dre is also asking to be paid restitution for any revenue earned by Death Row during its use of the copyrights.

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[Ozir]

Redemption 

I hope Dre gets to recoup his masterpiece.

[GangstaBoogy]

I hope Dre gets to recoup his masterpiece.

Co-sign

[EastsideLBC]

I hope Dre gets to recoup his masterpiece.

Co-sign

Wonder what Suge thinks of this.........glad to see Dre stands up for what is rightfully his.

[StevenQBosell]

This is good to hear that Dre is taking Suge/ DR to court.

I wonder if he wins, does he just get The Chronic 92 masters back, or his all the Dre stuff deathrow still has?

Either way, he deserves to have the rights back to his masters. Although back in 96 when he left, I was under the impression that he signed all his rights away just to leave. It's no surprise that Suge didn't fullfill his end of the agreement. I remember they reissued all those classic records a few years ago, so you know there's money that is supossed to be going dres way

[AboveTheLaw]

Hope he gets those Master Tapes back. Perhaps the other former DR artists will follow suit, leaving Suge completely down and out.
I'm so sick of these on going greatest hits compilations and remixes which don't differ in track list.

Although bringing this kind of lawsuit at this time onto Suge is like beating a dead horse. But those tapes should be under Dre's possession.

[Lunatic]

I hope Dre gets to recoup his masterpiece.

Co-sign

[The Predator]

Good he should get them back and the be able to remix those songs or mix beats/lyrics for hooks etc...in his future songs.

[eNgIeS]

i hoope he gets rights to everyhting he fuckin touched there

same for Snoop, DPG, Rage, Nate, Warren, 2pac's estate, outlawz & everyone that evil mofo stole

Dre needs to release the vault before he retires, for his real fans

[Darksider]

Hope he gets those Master Tapes back. Perhaps the other former DR artists will follow suit, leaving Suge completely down and out.
I'm so sick of these on going greatest hits compilations and remixes which don't differ in track list.

Although bringing this kind of lawsuit at this time onto Suge is like beating a dead horse. But those tapes should be under Dre's possession.

suge isnt releasing most of these compilations....koch and the trustee are doing that...with some influence from suge
suge doesnt really care about deathrow anymoore..its moore like a side projekt for him...sure he will fight about the rights and he will still have some when the whole case is over...but thats not his main thing..he got different plans in and outside of the music industry and allready got a new situaion in the music industry...but psst you heavent heard that from me

[gator313]

Suge broke ass needs to sell the rights to Dre because he needs the money with all this lawsuits. lol !!!!! Damn,  Death Row would have been better than Def Jam with the legendary artists they had on that starting lineup, but Suge was a cancer!!!!!!!

[Sosna]

If we're talkin' about Death Row, I wait 4 only one thang - unreleased tracks in CDQ...

[OG Hack Wilson]

Hope he gets those Master Tapes back. Perhaps the other former DR artists will follow suit, leaving Suge completely down and out.
I'm so sick of these on going greatest hits compilations and remixes which don't differ in track list.

Although bringing this kind of lawsuit at this time onto Suge is like beating a dead horse. But those tapes should be under Dre's possession.

suge isnt releasing most of these compilations....koch and the trustee are doing that...with some influence from suge
suge doesnt really care about deathrow anymoore..its moore like a side projekt for him...sure he will fight about the rights and he will still have some when the whole case is over...but thats not his main thing..he got different plans in and outside of the music industry and allready got a new situaion in the music industry...but psst you heavent heard that from me

suge is fucking broke nigga he needs every dollar he can get his hands on

his music career aint shit anymore and karma is kicking him square in his nuggets

[Darksider]

Hope he gets those Master Tapes back. Perhaps the other former DR artists will follow suit, leaving Suge completely down and out.
I'm so sick of these on going greatest hits compilations and remixes which don't differ in track list.

Although bringing this kind of lawsuit at this time onto Suge is like beating a dead horse. But those tapes should be under Dre's possession.

suge isnt releasing most of these compilations....koch and the trustee are doing that...with some influence from suge
suge doesnt really care about deathrow anymoore..its moore like a side projekt for him...sure he will fight about the rights and he will still have some when the whole case is over...but thats not his main thing..he got different plans in and outside of the music industry and allready got a new situaion in the music industry...but psst you heavent heard that from me

suge is fucking broke nigga he needs every dollar he can get his hands on

his music career aint shit anymore and karma is kicking him square in his nuggets

sure

[OG Hack Wilson]

Hope he gets those Master Tapes back. Perhaps the other former DR artists will follow suit, leaving Suge completely down and out.
I'm so sick of these on going greatest hits compilations and remixes which don't differ in track list.

Although bringing this kind of lawsuit at this time onto Suge is like beating a dead horse. But those tapes should be under Dre's possession.

suge isnt releasing most of these compilations....koch and the trustee are doing that...with some influence from suge
suge doesnt really care about deathrow anymoore..its moore like a side projekt for him...sure he will fight about the rights and he will still have some when the whole case is over...but thats not his main thing..he got different plans in and outside of the music industry and allready got a new situaion in the music industry...but psst you heavent heard that from me

suge is fucking broke nigga he needs every dollar he can get his hands on

his music career aint shit anymore and karma is kicking him square in his nuggets

sure

man the gun in the studio incident when dre's friends were using harry o's phone line, being behind the killing of Dramacydal's first manager, being behind BIG's death

macadoshis said Suge took a bunch of dudes on a ski trip and made some bell boy strip butt naked outside in the snow just to humiliate the guy and show off his power

suge used to be the man, but all he does is fuck people over

imagine if he had just dropped Crooked's album 5 years ago, Death Row would still be relevant!