{"id":2645,"date":"2013-02-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-02-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/administrator_wordpress\/index.php\/2013\/02\/15\/50s-music-icon-sues-hewlet-packard-over-qchubby-checkerq-penis-size-app\/"},"modified":"2013-02-15T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-02-15T00:00:00","slug":"50s-music-icon-sues-hewlet-packard-over-qchubby-checkerq-penis-size-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2013\/02\/15\/50s-music-icon-sues-hewlet-packard-over-qchubby-checkerq-penis-size-app\/","title":{"rendered":"50&#8217;s Music Icon Sues Hewlet-Packard Over &#8220;Chubby Checker&#8221; Penis Size App"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hypebot.com\/.a\/6a00d83451b36c69e2017c36e0926c970b-800wi\" border=\"0\" width=\"100\" height=\"155\" \/><br \/>1950&#8217;s music icon Chubby Checker, best known for his #1 hit &#8220;The Twist&#8221; has filed a multi-million lawsuit against Hewlett Packard and its subsidiary Palm for selling a WebOS app called called the &#8220;Chubby Checker&#8221; that uses a man&#8217;s shoe size to estimate the size of his penis.  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p>Before it&#8217;s removal the app had been downloaded less than 100 times, netting HP about $90. But Checker&#8217;s lawyers still cry foul. &#8220;This lawsuit is about preserving the integrity and legacy of a man who has spent years working hard at his musical craft and has earned the position of one of the greatest musical entertainers of all time,&#8221; said attorney Willie Gary in a statement. &#8220;We image from cdn.arstechnica.netcannot sit idly and watch as technology giants or anyone else exploits the name or likeness of an innocent person with the goal of making millions of dollars.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Gary and his legal team are no strangers to the courtroom or big settlements. In 1995, a jury awarded Gary and team a record-breaking, half-billion dollars against one of the world&#8217;s largest funeral chains, The Loewen Group. In addition, Gary won a $240 million jury verdict against the Walt Disney Corporation for clients who alleged that Disney stole their idea for a sports theme park. <\/p>\n<p>Source: Hyperbot<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1950&#8217;s music icon Chubby Checker, best known for his #1 hit &#8220;The Twist&#8221; has filed&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2645"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2645\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}