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Drake & LeBron James Sued For $10 MILLION Over Name Of Hockey Documentary, Duo Claiming Lawsuit Loophole

<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;&quest;s&equals;drake&amp&semi;post&lowbar;type&equals;post" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><strong>Drake<&sol;strong><&sol;a> and <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;&quest;s&equals;lebron&plus;James&amp&semi;post&lowbar;type&equals;post" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><strong>LeBron James<&sol;strong><&sol;a> are being sued for &dollar;10 million after being accused of stealing the rights to the name of their upcoming documentary about a segregated hockey league&comma; as the two seek to exploit a loophole designed to protect the intellectual property&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;tmz&period;com&sol;2022&sol;09&sol;05&sol;lebron-james-drake-sued-over-black-ice-hockey-documentary&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><strong>TMZ<&sol;strong><&sol;a> reports that the two are being sued by former head of the NBA players union&comma; Billy Hunter&comma; who claims he owns the exclusive legal rights of any movie produced about Canada&&num;8217&semi;s Colored Hockey League which formed back in 1895 and was in operation until 1925&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Former Head of NBA Players Union Claims He Owns Exclusive Movie Rights To Drizzy And LeBron Documentary<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;They thought I would go away&period; They gambled&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Hunter said&comma; according to the New York Post&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Hunter says Drake and LeBron went behind his back and signed a deal with Darril and George Fosty&comma; the authors of Black Ice&colon; The Lost History of the Colored Hockey League of the Maritimes &&num;8211&semi; the book their documentary is based upon &&num;8211&semi; according to the lawsuit&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"721838921404018689" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Hunter added that he paid the Fosty brothers &dollar;265&comma;000 for exclusive rights for any movie made that was based upon the book&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Drizzy and LeBron are claiming they never violated any agreement because their film is a documentary and not a movie&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Drake&comma; LeBron Try To Exploit Loophole In Lawsuit&comma; Hunter Seeks &dollar;10 Million In Damages<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Now&comma; Hunter is saying that claim is &&num;8220&semi;absurd and made in blind faith&comma;&&num;8221&semi; and is seeking a portion of the profits from the documentary on top of an additional &dollar;10 million in damages&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Also listed in the lawsuit are rapper Future and James&&num;8217&semi; business partner Maverick Carter&comma; per <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;foxnews&period;com&sol;sports&sol;lebron-james-rappers-drake-future-sued-rights-hockey-documentary" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><strong>Fox News<&sol;strong><&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Meanwhile&comma; Darril Fosty calls Hunter&&num;8217&semi;s lawsuit &&num;8220&semi;unwarranted and frivolous&&num;8221&semi; and told TMZ that they would be responding via their lawyers&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;97847" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-97847" style&equals;"width&colon; 1140px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-97847" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;09&sol;GettyImages-826800782-scaled&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1140" height&equals;"836" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-97847" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">&lpar;Photo by Johnny Nunez&sol;Getty Images for Remy Martin&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Documentary Features History Of Black Hockey Players In Canada<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>The documentary&comma; which was announced in July 2021&comma; is executively produced by Drake and LeBron&comma; and &&num;8220&semi;spotlights the historical marginalization of Black hockey players from the early pioneers of the Colored Hockey League in Maritimes Canada to today&&num;8217&semi;s National Hockey League and its paltry number of Black players&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It&&num;8217&semi;s expected to premiere at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival this Saturday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Hunter&&num;8217&semi;s lawsuit cites the intellectual property rights to the film&comma; 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