I heard about this a few weeks ago and thought it was completely over the top. It is only 10 seconds worth of material and it's not even an integral part of the material. Asking for the record to be taken off shelves is completely overblown. I will however say this, The White Stripes have somewhat set the tone for being sued for 'stealing' other people's work by sueing people who they believe 'stole' some of their ideas. It's a Catch 22. [See I'm not completely one eyed! haha!].

Well they shouldn't have used the clip without clearance. That's just fucking stupid. But as it so often is with celebrity lawsuits like this, what she's asking for is ludicrous.

Give the cunt a 25 dollar Red Lobster gift card and a copy of Jugs' sex tape as compensation. Next.

She is likely figuring she is asking for a small enough amount to settle and using the removal as a way to push it through faster. My friend's band once used an audio clip of a member of O-Town being berated, but they only have a small cult audience so no one was the wiser. Considering how long De Stijl has been available it took her a while...

Have we learned nothing from all of the rappers being sued. Sylent green is pee pole.

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Well, it was no Goodburger.

i suppose she has the right, although the thought of pulling de stijl from the shelves is ridiculous.

i doubt when they recorded this album in their living room they even suspected it would sell more than a hundred copies... and probably had no idea there would ever be an issue with using some random 5 second snippet of a public radio broadcast.

This is true. She obviously didn't care until they made a stack load of money.