News It or Lose It: Dua Lipa’s $15M TV Box War & Gaga’s New Requiem

Afternoons with Zweli on 947 · 18 May 2026 · 7m

Speaker 1: Afternoons with Swelly on nine four seven. Speaker 2: Dropping all your favorite afternoon beats from twelve to three. Speaker 1: Let's take it. In the world of pop culture, it is use it or lose Speaker 1: it. Speaker 2: And we're going to pick up where we left off yesterday with the. Speaker 1: Jua Lipa saga. Speaker 2: So Juliepa's legal team, just to catch you up, file the lawsuit in the US Speaker 2: a legend copyright infringement, trademark misuse, and violation of her right of publicity. Now this Speaker 2: is all because Samsung was using her image to sell TVs, but she says that Speaker 2: she did not give them permission to use her image. Speaker 1: And this is a real thing. It happens everywhere. Speaker 2: No one's allowed to use your likeness, no one's allowed to use your voice, no Speaker 2: one is Yeah, I mean. Speaker 1: I actually yeah. I've actually got a friend. Speaker 2: I'm not going to mention him, but you would probably know him if you saw Speaker 2: this entire thing happen. But one of my mates, he actually here in South Africa, Speaker 2: had that very same issue where there was a big brand that was using his Speaker 2: space and he allowed them for like a year and they weren't taking it down, Speaker 2: and then afterwards he ended up having to sue them. If you know who it Speaker 2: is, then you'll know who it is that I'm talking about their celebrity in South

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