Family Guy sued for 'I need a Jew' song
While research something completely work related (no, really!) on Wikipedia, I stumbled across a recent lawsuit against the producers of Family Guy. In the Family Guy episode 'When You Wish Upon a Weinstein', Peter sings a musical number to the music of 'When You Wish Upon a Star', praying for a Jewish person to save him from his (self-inflicted) financial woes. Surprisingly, there isn't a video of this on Youtube, but they do have a video of a life performance of the song, but only the last verse.
The copyright owners of 'When You Wish Upon a Star' have sued various Fox companies, the company that produces Family Guy, and the creator of Family Guy, Seth MacFarlane. CNN have a story here, and the complaint is available here as a PDF. The lawsuit seeks statutory damages of at least $150k, as well as a permanent injunction and the destruction of all copies of the Weinstein song.
The copyright owners of 'When You Wish Upon a Star' have sued various Fox companies, the company that produces Family Guy, and the creator of Family Guy, Seth MacFarlane. CNN have a story here, and the complaint is available here as a PDF. The lawsuit seeks statutory damages of at least $150k, as well as a permanent injunction and the destruction of all copies of the Weinstein song.
I cant believe it.
No wonder i cant find that song on the Internet