Robinhood seeks dismissal of Ice Cube’s legal claim over photo use with free speech arguments
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completemusicupdate.comThe company behind the Robinhood stock-trading app has hit back at a lawsuit filed by Ice Cube in which it was accused of infringing the rapper’s trademark and publicity rights via its use of a photo on its Robinhood Snacks news site.As expected, the Robinhood company argues that it is protected from any liability for trademark or publicity rights infringement because of its free speech rights under the US First Amendment.In March, the Robinhood Snacks website and app illustrated a story with a picture of Ice Cube, accompanied by the caption “Correct yourself before you wreck yourself”, a play on the lyric “You better check yo self before you wreck yo self” from the rapper’s 1993 track ‘Check Yo Self’.It’s fair to say Ice Cube was not.
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