Midnight Syndicate is suing Jumpsteady and Psychopathic Records for copyright violations. In the lawsuit, Midnight Syndicate claims Jumpsteady used samples from 31 their songs on his 2013 spoken-word album “The Road and Other True Stories.”
The Midnight Syndicate is demanding $9.3 million, the maximum allowed for the total amount of alleged violations. You can read the full pdf of the lawsuit by CLICKING HERE. Psychopathic Records has not released a statement about the lawsuit at this time of this post.
From cleveland.com:
CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Midnight Syndicate — a Chardon-based band renowned for its creepy, gothic-tinged music — is suing a record label run by hip-hop duo Insane Clown Posse for what it says is the unlicensed use of its songs.
The suit, filed Friday in the Northern District of Ohio by the band’s company, Entity Production, accuses rapper Jumpsteady — real name Robert Bruce — of using samples from 31 Midnight Syndicate songs on his 2013 spoken-word album “The Road and Other True Stories.”
The lawsuit says the album’s liner notes “brazenly” claims Bruce’s younger brother and Insane Clown Posse member Joseph “Violent J” Bruce mostly created the album’s music along with Brian Kuma.
The suit alleges that the “vast majority” of the music on “The Road” — 65 minutes and nine seconds, to be exact — came from unauthorized samples of Midnight Syndicate songs.
The Insane Clown Posse’s label, Psychopathic Records, is also named as a defendant in the suit. Robert Bruce is a co-owner of the Michigan-based label.
The Midnight Syndicate is demanding $9.3 million, the maximum allowed for the total amount of alleged violations, and to bar the label from distributing or performing any of Jumpsteady’s music that uses The Midnight Syndicate’s without permission. The case was assigned to U.S. District Judge Patricia Gaughan.
The Midnight Syndicate is the name used by keyboardists and composers Edward Douglas and Gavin Goszka. It formed in 1998 and is known for its gothic-themed soundtracks, used worldwide in movies, video games and haunted houses. The band also sued Insane Clown Posse in 2011 for copyright violations. The case was settled out of court.
Entity Production’s attorney, Mark Avsec of Cleveland, did not return a phone call.
The Insane Clown Posse, which also includes Joseph “Shaggy 2 Dope” Utsler, has gained notoriety through songs that often have over-the-top violent lyrics. Its musical empire has grown, though, as the band and Robert Bruce have signed similar artists to Psychopathic Records.
Its fanbase, known as “Juggalos”, attend concerts with their faces painted like those in the band. The band’s annual “Gathering of the Juggalos” festival was held in Thornville in July and will be back again this year.
The FBI labeled the Juggalos as a “hybrid gang” in 2011, citing in a report that many of the fans “exhibit gang-like behavior and engage in criminal activity and violence.” The band has fought this by suing the agency, but a federal judge in Detroit dismissed its case in June.
Messages left for Psychopathic Records were not immediately returned.
Faygoluvers Comments
Hypnotized Ninja
Comment posted on Tuesday, February 10th, 2015 05:26 pm GMT -5 at 5:26 pm
Yeah this will go nowhere….that Jumpsteady cd probably made the company 300 bucks.9 million is retarded amount to ask
Lucem (Just An Asshole) Ferre
Comment posted on Tuesday, February 10th, 2015 05:35 pm GMT -5 at 5:35 pm
I don’t know. It’s the fact that they did it right after the last time. I don’t know if they could get that much, but I’m sure they will get something if it isn’t handled out of court.
It’s like they are asking to get sued.
sketchez
Comment posted on Tuesday, February 10th, 2015 05:48 pm GMT -5 at 5:48 pm
they talked about this for so many years ..twiztid did the same thing, and I know because I have the midnight syndicate cds and the samples are so obvious.
MASTERWEEDO
Comment posted on Tuesday, February 10th, 2015 05:50 pm GMT -5 at 5:50 pm
Has anyone checked the pdf document and albums to see if they are the same?
twiztidkillaxxx2
Comment posted on Tuesday, February 10th, 2015 07:20 pm GMT -5 at 7:20 pm
Yep I remember this year’s ago. Beats from mirror mirror and hells pit also.
And you can look up midnight syndicate on YouTube and just tell.
sketchez
Comment posted on Tuesday, February 10th, 2015 07:21 pm GMT -5 at 7:21 pm
fritz used a lot of them so maybe they thought it was made by him.
some I can think of are:
mirror mirror intro
tales from the lotus pod intro
hells pit intro
the world
twiztidkillaxxx2
Comment posted on Tuesday, February 10th, 2015 07:21 pm GMT -5 at 7:21 pm
I started a thread about it a year a so ago about it
Carnivalkilla44
Comment posted on Tuesday, February 10th, 2015 09:02 pm GMT -5 at 9:02 pm
When this happened a few years back ICP wound up putting MS ads on their website. Guess they thought they could just keep doing it.
ganjadude
Comment posted on Tuesday, February 10th, 2015 09:28 pm GMT -5 at 9:28 pm
lol, this CD made what 100 bucks? (meaning it cost them money to put out, it was a pet project lets be honest)
this lawsuit isnt going anywhere, not at those demands.
Lucem (Just An Asshole) Ferre
Comment posted on Tuesday, February 10th, 2015 09:56 pm GMT -5 at 9:56 pm
Depends on how they decided to settle it out of court
wonka69
Comment posted on Tuesday, February 10th, 2015 11:02 pm GMT -5 at 11:02 pm
what happen with the sexual lawsuit? they buried that one!
twiztidkillaxxx2
Comment posted on Wednesday, February 11th, 2015 02:11 am GMT -5 at 2:11 am
It’s not buried. Just hidden well. It’ll pop up in a, few years haha
scruffy
Comment posted on Wednesday, February 11th, 2015 10:47 am GMT -5 at 10:47 am
you seek the maximum so that when you settle, you dont settle for the minimum.
this is probably midnight syndicates bread and butter, by now.
dramaman127
Comment posted on Wednesday, February 11th, 2015 11:49 am GMT -5 at 11:49 am
ONLY NEWS THAT POPPED UP ABOUT THAT HARRASSMENT CASE WAS KID ROCK WITH THAT DILDO SO FAR
Hazmatik
Comment posted on Wednesday, February 11th, 2015 11:41 pm GMT -5 at 11:41 pm
I didn’t check them all out but I checked out the first 4 or 5 that were listed in the PDF document and they were definitely the same music.
BZA
Comment posted on Thursday, February 12th, 2015 03:56 am GMT -5 at 3:56 am
Haha at the facebook comments above these comments…
I’m the only person who likes the road and who cares about being sued for 9 million!!… Leave ICP alone even though they’re at fault!!
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