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Entertainment & Sports

Mar. 17, 2010

Music in Ad Stolen, Suit Claims

A Super Bowl commercial for Kia Motors America featuring a group of life-sized toys causing mayhem is getting into trouble of its own, now that it's at the center of a copyright infringement lawsuit filed in Los Angeles federal court.

By Jean-Luc Renault

Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES - A Super Bowl commercial for Kia Motors America featuring a group of life-sized toys causing mayhem is getting into trouble of its own, now that it's at the center of a copyright infringement lawsuit filed in Los Angeles federal court.

A music publisher claims in a complaint filed Thursday that the song used in the commercial, "How You Like Me Now" by Bri...

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