{"id":1978,"date":"2018-04-16T21:10:42","date_gmt":"2018-04-17T01:10:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/jsel\/?p=1978"},"modified":"2023-07-25T11:44:56","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T15:44:56","slug":"texas-band-hits-chick-fil-a-espn-with-copyright-suit-over-college-football-commercial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/jsel\/2018\/04\/texas-band-hits-chick-fil-a-espn-with-copyright-suit-over-college-football-commercial\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Band Hits Chick-Fil-A, ESPN with Copyright Suit Over College Football Commercial"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Law360 reported<\/a> a Texas rock band\u2019s representatives, Platinum Jack Entertainment Inc., filed suit against Chick-Fil-A Inc. and ESPN Inc. in Texas federal court on Tuesday. The suit alleges that the pair of companies stole a song from Dallas rock band Drayter for in the background of two commercials the companies released featuring the well-known Chick-Fil-A cow mascots and sports anchors.<\/p>\n

Only one of the two commercials giving rise to the suit could be found online, but it can be viewed here<\/a>. The commercial is titled \u201cESPN: Hafftime Reeport\u201d and features ESPN anchors Adnan Virk and Joey Galloway hosting a sports highlight show with talking points that center around chicken. A rock song is playing in the background throughout the commercial but it does not feature any vocals. The song that has been alleged to have been stolen is \u201cBest I Had\u201d by Drayter, which you can listen to here<\/a>. Despite the lack of vocals in the commercial, the background song does have some resemblance to \u201cBest I Had.\u201d<\/p>\n

Platinum Jack Entertainment is basing its claim on copyright infringement and requesting an injunction preventing ESPN and Chick-Fil-A from continuing their alleged usage of the song. Platinum Jack is also seeking \u201call profits of defendants attributable to their infringement\u201d and attorneys\u2019 fees for the suit.<\/p>\n

LJ Sanchez is a Sports Highlight Contributor for the Harvard Journal of Sports and Entertainment Law and a current first year student at Harvard Law School (Class of 2020).<\/em><\/p>\n

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Image: Mark Turnauckas,\u00a0Chick-fil-A in Fairlawn, Ohio – panoramio<\/a>,\u00a0CC BY-SA 3.0<\/a><\/p>\n

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Law360 reported a Texas rock band\u2019s representatives, Platinum Jack Entertainment Inc., filed suit against Chick-Fil-A Inc. and ESPN Inc. in Texas federal court on Tuesday. The suit alleges that the pair of companies stole a song from Dallas rock band Drayter for in the background of two commercials the companies released featuring the well-known Chick-Fil-A 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