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The Black Keys Vs Casino

01/25/2013
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(Radio.com) With bands continually looking for ways to augment income in face of decreasing across-the-board record sales, brazen advertisers have allowed the Black Keys to turn commercial lawsuits into a lucrative revenue stream.

After already successfully suing Pizza Hut and Home Depot for the same offense, the Ohio-based blues-rockers are now taking on Pinnacle Entertainment and Manhattan Production Music for ripping off one of their songs for a TV commercial campaign.

As reported by the Hollywood Reporter, the Black Keys recently filed suit against the two aforementioned entities for a pair of commercials (including one for L'Auberge Casino Resort Lake Charles in Louisiana) that utilized music which sounds "substantially similar" to the band's song, "Howlin' For You."

Unlike the band's previous lawsuits with Home Depot and Pizza Hut, this current case has a thoroughly modern social networking angle. more on this story

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