Logan Paul facing legal trouble for his \u2018No Handlebars\u2019 parody song Flobotsmusic, Instagram \/ Logan Paul, YouTubePopular YouTuber Logan Paul is no stranger to controversy, following his infamous vlog in Japan\u2019s Aokigahara \u2018Suicide Forest\u2019 in 2017 \u2013 but this time, he\u2019s in hot water for alleged copyright infringement. Musical group \u2018Flobots\u2019 has issued a lawsuit against Paul for parodying their 2007 song \u2018Handlebars,\u2019 calling the lyrics of Paul\u2019s rendition \u201cnearly identical for four successive bars.\u201d That\u2019s not all; the group likewise argues that Paul directly copied the song\u2019s trumpet riff and melody, and hope to gain an injunction against the YouTuber \u2013 as well as the profits he made from the song, which could be worth a pretty penny, if Forbes\u2019 2017 estimates of his earnings prove correct. In fact, the Flobots were so heated over Paul\u2019s parody that they dropped a diss track on the YouTuber in December of 2017, where they called his cover a \u201cstupid white rap,\u201d and even appeared to find his lyrics misogynistic. When questioned by TMZ about the diss track, Paul admitted that he didn\u2019t know who they were, and claimed that his song was \u201cnever meant to be misogynistic.\u201d Paul has since deleted his parody video, \u2018No HandleBars,\u2019 in light of the Flobots\u2019 lawsuit (although copies of the video still exist across the internet). This wouldn\u2019t be the first time Paul has been faced with a lawsuit, either; in fact, the YouTuber is reportedly being sued by Flat Earther Mike \u2018Mad Mike\u2019 Hughes, who took issue with his \u201cmockumentary\u201d of the Flat Earth International Conference in November 2018. \u201c\u2026He used my image and I never signed a release,\u201d Hughes said of Paul\u2019s documentary. \u201cI was never told what this thing was for. In fact, when he interviewed me, I didn\u2019t know who the guy was. \u2026After this movie comes out, you find out he staged half of it.\u201d 600However, little brother Jake Paul is better known for getting into legal trouble, having been sued by multiple homeowners for trashing rental properties during weekend getaways \u2013 as seen in his treatment of a $10 million mansion in Aspen, Colorado during his 21st birthday bash. That isn\u2019t the only fiasco the youngster has gotten in hot water for, either; Paul was likewise sued for \u201cunlawful imprisonment,\u201d after his security detained a concerned neighbor, think he was a trespasser \u2013 an action the defendant says was \u201cracially motivated.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Logan Paul facing legal trouble for his \u2018No Handlebars\u2019 parody song Flobotsmusic, Instagram \/ Logan Paul, YouTubePopular YouTuber Logan Paul is no stranger to controversy, following his infamous vlog in Japan\u2019s Aokigahara \u2018Suicide Forest\u2019 in 2017 \u2013 but this time, he\u2019s in hot water for alleged copyright infringement. Musical group \u2018Flobots\u2019 has issued a lawsuit […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54300"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54300\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}