A fan is the target of a lawsuit brought by singer Bad Bunny, who claims the fan uploaded unapproved concert footage to YouTube.
Bad Bunny stated in the complaint acquired by TMZ that a guy by the name of Eric Guillermo Madronal Garrone broadcast whole song performances on the MADforliveMUSIC YouTube channel.
The singer said that when Garrone showed up for his concert in Salt Lake City, Utah on February 21, he took several films of his live performance and posted them to his YouTube page.
According to Bad Bunny, he is the owner of the live performance music rights and Garrone did not have his permission to film the performances and make them available for free internet viewing.
He claimed that Garrone is stealing views and advertising money from his own official YouTube page by exploiting his name and music to attract viewers to the channel.
Additionally, Bad Bunny disclosed that he attempted to use the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, or DMCA, to send regular takedown complaints to YouTube requesting that they delete Garrone’s videos.
He said that once YouTube removed the videos, Garrone counterclaimed to reinstate them, leaving him with no option but to bring the complaint.
Along with an order prohibiting Garrone from releasing the film online, Bad Bunny also demands a lump sum payment of $150,000 for each video that is uploaded or any real losses he can demonstrate he sustained as a result of the posts.
