Bad Bunny is mad at a fan whom he claims posted unauthorized live performance footage on a YouTube account … and now he is suing the dude.
In keeping with a brand new lawsuit, obtained by TMZ, Unhealthy Bunny claims a person named Eric Guillermo Madronal Garrone posted full music performances on the YouTube channel he runs, MADforliveMUSIC.
Unhealthy Bunny claims Garrone went to his Feb. 21 live performance in Salt Lake Metropolis, Utah and recorded a number of movies of his reside efficiency … importing the footage to Garrone’s YouTube channel.
Drawback is … Unhealthy Bunny says he owns the rights to the reside efficiency music and Garrone didn’t have his authorization or consent to report and publish them on-line for individuals to observe totally free.
Unhealthy Bunny says Garrone is utilizing the well-known singer’s identify and music to attract eyeballs to the YouTube channel … thus taking views and advert income away from Unhealthy Bunny’s personal official YouTube web page.
Within the docs, Unhealthy Bunny says he tried to problem normal takedown notices underneath the Digital Millennium Copyright Act — often known as DMCA — demanding YouTube take away Garrone’s movies.
Unhealthy Bunny claims YouTube took down the movies however Garrone filed a counterclaim to get them again up … leaving BB no selection however to file the lawsuit.
TMZ did some digging and located the YouTube channel Unhealthy Bunny has beef with … and it appears all of the movies of his music performances are deleted for now … apart from this video of the live performance orchestra that opened for Bunny that night time there in SLC.
Clearly, Garrone had an incredible view on the present and a few high-quality digital camera gear … and this orchestra footage runs 9 minutes within the YouTube add.
If Garrone was taking pictures/posting comparable movies for the remainder of Unhealthy Bunny’s live performance — as Bunny claims — it appears so much completely different than simply importing a cellular phone video of the present to social media …. as thousands and thousands of individuals do. Actually, a number of shorter clips of his live performance from that night are up on TikTok — however none of them are all that prolonged.
Unhealthy Bunny’s going for the jugular … he needs an injunction barring Garrone from posting the footage on-line, plus both a flat $150,000 for every of the movies posted or any precise damages Unhealthy Bunny can present he suffered from the postings.
