Good for him. I’ve always been a big fan, from the first time I heard “Another 
one rides the bus”. 
http://www.avclub.com/article/weird-al-just-cashed-in-on-a-major-lawsuit-against-106595

"Weird Al" Yankovic just cashed in on a major lawsuit against his record label


“Weird Al” Yankovic will now be able to speak from authority when he writes his 
surely hilarious parody song about civil litigation. Yankovic just received an 
undisclosed sum from Sony, a settlement that comes almost two years after the 
singer sued his label over $5 million in unpaid royalties. Yankovic and his 
team claimed that Sony had failed to pay out publishing royalties for Running 
With Scissors and Poodle Hat. More importantly, Yankovic sought payment from 
digital music services like iTunes and streaming video sites like YouTube. 
Yankovic said that he never saw a dime from viral tracks like “White & Nerdy,” 
the video for which has been viewed 81 million times on Yankovic’s official 
YouTube channel. He will now see an undisclosed amount of dimes.


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