USRN - Jul 26, 2002
(7/26/02, 10 a.m. ET) -- A federal appeals court on Wednesday (July 24) rejected a lawsuit arguing that the five-year-old pop hit Barbie Girl by the Danish group Aqua was a copyright infringement on the...
More »USRN - Jan 24, 2000
(1/25/00, 12 p.m. ET) - Aqua s sophomore album and follow-up to its 14-million-selling 1997 debut, Aquarium, is set to make a splash in the U.S on March 21. Aquarium sold 2.7 million copies in the U....
More »USRN - Jun 25, 1998
(6/26/98) - Long-form music video, which was seen by the music industry as a dying product, was given a new lease on life late last year with hits such as Hanson s Tulsa, Tokyo And The Middle Of Nowhere...
More »USRN - May 18, 1998
(5/18/98) - Mattel Toys has lost its trademark infringement suit against MCA Records over Aqua s Barbie Girl. An order of summary judgment was made May 8th by United States District Judge William Matthew...
More »USRN - Mar 13, 1998
(3/13/98) - Toy-maker Mattel has lost a round in its legal battle against Danish pop group Aqua and their MCA Records home over the smash hit Barbie Girl. A federal court has denied Mattel s motion for...
More »USRN - Mar 9, 1998
(3/9/98) - When last seen, Asbury Park, New Jersey native Danny DeVito was cavorting onstage at the Grammys with Puff Daddy. Apparently, it wasn t all hype. MCA Records has teamed with DeVito s Jersey...
More »USRN - Nov 19, 1997
(11/19/97) - It seems that every time you turn on the news or open a music magazine these days, you find out that heroin addiction has tragically claimed yet another rock n roll casualty. So it s a relief...
More »USRN - Nov 13, 1997
(11/13/97) - On September 14th, toymaker conglomerate Mattel--manufacturer of the ever-popular Barbie doll and her plastic, anatomically-incorrect boyfriend Ken--filed suit against MCA Records over Danish...
More »USRN - Sep 17, 1997
(9/8/97) - Mattel, manufacturers of busty blonde plaything Barbie, are furious with the Danish pop group Aqua over the band s song Barbie Girl. The lyrics to the budding hit say, Make me walk, make me...
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