Sunday, September 30, 2012

Madonna in Legal Battle With Marlon Brando’s Estate



According to The Hollywood Reporter, Madonna is in a $300,000 legal battle with Marlon Brando's estate. The battle is over Madonna's desire to use images of the actor in her live shows.

Madonna pays individual fees to the estate of various deceased celebrities named in her 1990 single 'Vogue,' so that she can flash pictures of them onstage simultaneously to lyrics such as: "Greta Garboe, and Monroe/ Deitrich and DiMaggio/ Marlon Brando, Jimmy Dean/ On the cover of a magazine."

Brando's image is controlled by his own estate, and Madonna's touring company Bhakti enlisted the help of CMG to help them negotiate a deal with Brando Enterprises to secure his rights, and a fee of $3,750 was paid to each dead celebrity during her half-time show at the Super Bowl in February of this year. For the latest shows, a new deal of $5,000 was made, but Brando's estate have now allegedly demanded $20,000 each time his likeness is used.

There is also a "most favored nation" clause in the contract of all the other agreements. This means that each estate must receive the same amount of money. Madonna could be forced to fork out somewhere in the region of $200,000 for just one live performance of 'Vogue'.

CMG has now sued Brando's estate for breach of contract. Brando Enterprises argues that Madonna has violated the actor's intellectual property rights during nearly 90 different shows, noting the following…
"Despite the fact that Plaintiff is asking the Court to award it the Brando IP Rights for a mere $5,000, the true value of those rights in this litigation exceeds three-hundred thousand dollars ($300,000)."
Read more at http://www.411mania.com/music/news/256879/Madonna-in-Legal-Battle-With-Marlon-Brandos-Estate.htm#yB2ugei5D1uFrHCO.99

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