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TAMPA, Florida - Motorcycling daredevil Evel Knievel said today that he and rapper Kanye West have settled a federal lawsuit over the use of Knievel's trademarked image in a popular West music video.
Knievel sued West and his record company last year. He took issue with a 2006 music video for the song 'Touch the Sky' (watch clip below), in which the rapper takes on the persona of "Evel Kanyevel" and tries to jump a rocket-powered motorcycle over a canyon.
West's attorneys argued the video amounted to satire, covered under the First Amendment.
"We settled the lawsuit amicably," Knievel said.
"I was very satisfied and so was he." They agreed not to publicly discuss the terms of the settlement, he said.
The two had agreed to mediation in July.
- AP
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