‘My Poops’ Feud Tied to Black Eyed Peas Adds to Fair Use Chaos

The fate of a lawsuit claiming a song called “My Poops” rips off the Black Eyed Peas’ “My Humps” may hinge on pending US Supreme Court guidance on fair use questions that have long bedeviled courts and attorneys alike.

BMG Rights Management LLC’s complaint says a YouTube music video and a diaper-clad dancing unicorn toy incorporating its song—which opens “Whatchya gon’ do with all that poop”—rips off the 2005 Fergie and will.i.am rap duet.

On its surface, the case is close enough to divide attorneys. That suggests the high court’s imminent ruling in its first non-software fair use case since ...