Watson Music Group Sues Baltimore Asian Fusion Restaurant for Using ‘Space Jam’ Theme on Social Media Post

The litigious music publisher that owns the rights to the theme from “Space Jam” sued Baltimore Asian fusion staple Ekiben over a 2024 Instagram post that used the song.

Watson Music Group, which says it bought the rights to the movie’s theme song in 2019 and has become known for its aggressive pursuit of legal action against businesses that use it on social media, filed the copyright infringement lawsuit Thursday in U.S. District Court for Maryland. The firm’s complaint alleges that a now-deleted April 2024 post on Ekiben’s Instagram page used the song “as a means of advertising, promoting and/or marketing its business.”

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