September 14, 2012
A Texas federal jury on Wednesday awarded music producer Alvertis Isbell $2.4 million for copyright infringement of hip-hop songs "Dazzey Duks" and "Whoomp! (There It Is)" by publisher DM Records Inc., which claimed Isbell had sold his rights in a bankruptcy sale.
September 07, 2012
Music producer Alvertis Isbell asked a Texas federal judge on Thursday to end his 10-year copyright dispute with publisher DM Records Inc. by declaring him the rightful owner of hip-hop songs "Dazzey Duks" and "Whoomp! (There It Is)," rebuffing DM's arguments that he sold it the rights in a bankruptcy sale.
February 06, 2012
A Texas federal judge declined Friday to decide a decadelong dispute by determining whether music producer Alvertis Isbell lost the copyrights to songs "Dazzey Duks" and "Whoomp! (There It Is)" during a bankruptcy sale to publisher DM Records Inc.
October 04, 2011
Music producer Alvertis Isbell told a Texas federal court Monday that he and his company hadn't lost the copyrights to the songs "Dazzey Duks" and "Whoomp (There It Is)" in bankruptcy and that licensee DM Records Inc. was infringing them.