Village People cop sues Village People
p2pnet news view Music:- The original Village People cop isn’t happy with his former disco buddies.
Victor Willis, who left in 1979, filed a lawsuit in San Diego against the current crew and their company, Sixuvus Ltd, accusing them of misleading fans into believing ticket holders will be seeing the original Village People, says the Orlando Sentinel.
Universal Orlando also is named in the lawsuit, says the story, going on:
“The current group will perform at Universal Studios’ Mardi Gras celebration on Feb. 15. Willis’ publicist, Linda Smith, said the theme park is using Willis’ version of ‘Y-M-C-A’ to promote the show.”
He’s also suing several venues where the new line-up has played, says the BBC, adding:
“Last year, the 57-year-old had surgery to remove nodules from his vocal cords leading to the cancellation of his Disco Dance Tour 2008. In 2006, Willis avoided jail on drug offences after agreeing to undergo a lengthy drug treatment programme.”
Almost exactly a year ago, “Disco band Village People is the latest crew to bring the deputies into town,” said p2pnet, going on
Arctic Monkeys, which owes its initial popularity to P2P file-sharers, later used so-called Web Sheriff to give the finger to downloading fans, His Purpleness, Prince, did the same, and now, In a twin assault, the Web Sheriff anti-piracy outfit is looking to recruit Swedish group ABBA to fight against The (Evil) Pirate Bay, and at the same time launching legal action against on behalf of The Village People, says TorrentFreak.
Village People`s YMCA has been merged with old WWII flicks featuring Adolf Hitler and other Nazis, the hilarious results being posted onYouTube.
So John Giacobbi, the oily depity who runs Web Sheriff, sends notices to GooTube ordering it to remove the video.
But each time it complies, someone posts another version, and so it goes.
And so it does. It’s offline again due to a “copyright claim by Scorpio Music S.A. / Can’t Stop Productions Inc”.
For the moment. 
Orlando Sentinel – Original Villager sues current Village People, February 9, 2009
BBC – Former singer sues Village People, February 10, 2009
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