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Interestingly, this track ended up in court with Mrs. Rosa Parks herself suing OutKast and their label for false advertising. Because it came to the 6th circuit on appeal from summary judgment, no decision on the merits was made other than that there was a material issue of fact as to the relationship of Rosa Parks to the song. The court said, “We believe that reasonable persons could conclude that there is no relationship of any kind between Rosa Parks’ name and the content of the song-a… song that is nothing more and nothing less than a paean announcing the triumph of superior people in the entertainment business over inferior people in that business.” The court also questioned the success of OutKast’s claimed metaphor for pushing their competition to the ‘back of the bus’ - Rosa Parks resisted moving to the back of the bus, she did not in fact force others there. “As the parties agree, she is “an international symbol of freedom, humanity, dignity and strength.” There is not even a hint, however, of any of these qualities in the song to which Defendants attached her name.”
In the end, the court reserved judgment on the artistic value of the song, saying “whether we personally regard it as repulsive trash or a work of genius is immaterial to a determination of the legal issues presented to us” and left it for the district court to decide. The case never made it back to the district court, and the song is still up on Last.fm, so we can assume the parties settled their differences.
In the end, the court reserved judgment on the artistic value of the song, saying “whether we personally regard it as repulsive trash or a work of genius is immaterial to a determination of the legal issues presented to us” and left it for the district court to decide. The case never made it back to the district court, and the song is still up on Last.fm, so we can assume the parties settled their differences.
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Bockop wrote:
GET CRUNK
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J_theChosenOne wrote:
always gets the party going. love driving to this in the summer windows down and blasted.
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aphexmouse1986 wrote:
one of my fav outkast tunes =]
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tuns3II8 wrote:
mhh i my lovin it
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PhilTLL wrote:
Doin' donuts round you suckas like them circles around titties.
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eardrumgenocide wrote:
hip-hop at its finest
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KMTema24 wrote:
great song
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golfmade wrote:
Baby boi you only as funky as your last cut, you focus on the past and your ass will be a has but.
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tovisch88 wrote:
nice!
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dagamAHH wrote:
ahhhh-heyy best song ever!
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jazzylia wrote:
it gets me how Rosa Parks thought her name was copyrighted... i can understand BOTH sides of the argument, but Outkast meant no harm... i remember not ever hearing this song on the radio after that... either way this song was and STILL IS HOTTTTTTTT
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urbangroovz wrote:
Methinks that was the people handling her income, not actually her
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Oppressotron wrote:
Yep, Outkast DID get sued by Rosa Parks for use of her name in the song. She objected to the lyrics (violence, misogamy, drinking, etc.) and because they didn’t ask her permission to use her name.
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DanielleKln wrote:
hey po-boy check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosa_Parks at the bottome of the section later years
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katospice wrote:
whheeww!......dem niggas can spit........rox
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robbus78 wrote:
oh!oh!oh!
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Po_Boy wrote:
Didn't Rosa Parks try to sue OutKast for this song?
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carrie86 wrote:
rosa!nice... =)
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epblumen wrote:
made me fall in love with outkast again . . . i still remember listening to aquemini in 1999. this and skew it on the barbi, sweet rhymin'
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f1ysouth wrote:
gotta give it up to big boi too though haha
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