By Jose Sariego, Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP ( November 22, 2016, 12:05 PM EST) -- In 1989, a notoriously potty-mouthed rap group from Miami known as 2 Live Crew took a perfectly sweet '60s ode to a wholesome pretty girl and transformed it into a nasty rap version. The song, "Pretty Woman," unabashedly copied the title, the characteristic opening bass riff, and the first line of the lyrics of the original. 2 Live Crew attempted to obtain a license for the song from the music publisher, Acuff-Rose, but the publisher refused, no doubt horrified at the perverted version of the song concocted by 2 Live Crew. Undaunted, 2 Live Crew recorded and exhibited the work, and sold a quarter of a million copies without paying Acuff-Rose a dime....
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