Hey, remember “The Super Bowl Shuffle”? It’s back — in lawsuit form.
The 1985 novelty hit featuring players from the Chicago Bears football team has found new currency in the legal system, via a lawsuit filed against various Fox entities, including Fox Sports Interactive Media and Fox News Network.
The suit was filed in federal court in Illinois on Monday by Red Label Music Publishing and Red Label’s marketing agent, Renaissance Marketing Corporation.
Alleging copyright infringement, Red Label and Renaissance say that they’re suing “for reproduction, display and performance of substantial portions of the words, music, sound recording, and music video without permission from Red Label and Renaissance despite the Fox companies’ knowledge that Red Label and Renaissance owned rights that were being infringed.”