Dangerous 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, Dangerous Bunny claims a person named Eric Guillermo Madronal Garrone posted full track performances on the YouTube channel he runs, MADforliveMUSIC.
Dangerous Bunny claims Garrone went to his Feb. 21 live performance in Salt Lake Metropolis, Utah and recorded a number of movies of his dwell efficiency … importing the footage to Garrone’s YouTube channel.
Drawback is … Dangerous Bunny says he owns the rights to the dwell efficiency music and Garrone didn’t have his authorization or consent to report and publish them on-line for individuals to look at without spending a dime.
Dangerous Bunny says Garrone is utilizing the well-known singer’s title and music to attract eyeballs to the YouTube channel … thus taking views and advert income away from Dangerous Bunny’s personal official YouTube web page.
Within the docs, Dangerous Bunny says he tried to subject normal takedown notices underneath the Digital Millennium Copyright Act — often known as DMCA — demanding YouTube take away Garrone’s movies.
Dangerous Bunny claims YouTube took down the movies however Garrone filed a counterclaim to get them again up … leaving BB no alternative however to file the lawsuit.
TMZ did some digging and located the YouTube channel Dangerous Bunny has beef with … and it appears all of the movies of his track performances are deleted for now … apart from this video of the live performance orchestra that opened for Bunny that evening there in SLC.
Clearly, Garrone had a terrific view on the present and a few high-quality digicam tools … and this orchestra footage runs 9 minutes within the YouTube add.
If Garrone was taking pictures/posting comparable movies for the remainder of Dangerous Bunny’s live performance — as Bunny claims — it appears loads totally different than simply importing a mobile phone video of the present to social media …. as tens of millions of individuals do. In reality, numerous shorter clips of his live performance from that night are up on TikTok — however none of them are all that prolonged.
Dangerous Bunny’s going for the jugular … he desires 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 Dangerous Bunny can present he suffered from the postings.