{"id":1199576,"date":"2022-09-06T15:18:45","date_gmt":"2022-09-06T15:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/06\/drake-lebron-sued-for-10-million-over-name-of-hockey-documentary\/"},"modified":"2022-09-06T15:18:45","modified_gmt":"2022-09-06T15:18:45","slug":"drake-lebron-sued-for-10-million-over-name-of-hockey-documentary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/06\/drake-lebron-sued-for-10-million-over-name-of-hockey-documentary\/","title":{"rendered":"Drake &#038; LeBron Sued For $10 Million Over Name Of Hockey Documentary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n                                <!--  --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Drake<\/strong> and <strong>LeBron James<\/strong> are being sued for $10 million after being accused of stealing the rights to the name of their upcoming documentary about a segregated hockey league, as the two seek to exploit a loophole designed to protect the intellectual property.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TMZ<\/strong> reports that the two are being sued by former head of the NBA players union, Billy Hunter, who claims he owns the exclusive legal rights of any movie produced about Canada\u2019s Colored Hockey League which formed back in 1895 and was in operation until 1925.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Former Head of NBA Players Union Claims He Owns Exclusive Movie Rights To Drizzy And LeBron Documentary<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThey thought I would go away. They gambled,\u201d Hunter said, according to the New York Post.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Hunter says Drake and LeBron went behind his back and signed a deal with Darril and George Fosty, the authors of Black Ice: The Lost History of the Colored Hockey League of the Maritimes \u2013 the book their documentary is based upon \u2013 according to the lawsuit.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Looked who stopped by Harlem office to phone bank! Billy Hunter former ED the NBA Association! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ANxDUpljm9\">pic.twitter.com\/ANxDUpljm9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Michele (@MicheleLWatley) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MicheleLWatley\/status\/721838921404018689?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 17, 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Hunter added that he paid the Fosty brothers $265,000 for exclusive rights for any movie made that was based upon the book.<\/p>\n<p>Drizzy and LeBron are claiming they never violated any agreement because their film is a documentary and not a movie.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Drake, LeBron Try To Exploit Loophole In Lawsuit, Hunter Seeks $10 Million In Damages<\/h3>\n<p>Now, Hunter is saying that claim is \u201cabsurd and made in blind faith,\u201d and is seeking a portion of the profits from the documentary on top of an additional $10 million in damages.<\/p>\n<p>Also listed in the lawsuit are rapper\u00a0Future and James\u2019 business partner Maverick Carter, per <strong>Fox News<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Darril Fosty calls Hunter\u2019s lawsuit \u201cunwarranted and frivolous\u201d and told TMZ that they would be responding via their lawyers.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_97847\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-97847\" style=\"width: 1140px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-97847\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Photo by Johnny Nunez\/Getty Images for Remy Martin)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Documentary Features History Of Black Hockey Players In Canada<\/h3>\n<p>The documentary, which was announced in July 2021, is executively produced by Drake and LeBron, and \u201cspotlights the historical marginalization of Black hockey players from the early pioneers of the Colored Hockey League in Maritimes Canada to today\u2019s National Hockey League and its paltry number of Black players.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s expected to premiere at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival this Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Hunter\u2019s lawsuit cites the intellectual property rights to the film, which refers to the legal rights given to the inventor or creator to protect his invention or creation for a certain period of time, according to the legal definition of the term.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script>\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n{if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\nif(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\nn.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\ns.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script',\n'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');<\/p>\n<p> fbq('init', '1743561565887263'); \nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><script>(function (d, s, id) {\n                    var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n                    if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n                    js = d.createElement(s);\n                    js.id = id;\n                    js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.4&appId=\";\n                    fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n                }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drake and LeBron James are being sued for $10 million after being accused of stealing the rights to the name of their upcoming documentary about a segregated hockey league, as the two seek to exploit a loophole designed to protect the intellectual property. 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