Editing Space Channel 5 (section)

===Lawsuit===
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In 2003, ''Space Channel 5'' and its protagonist Ulala were the subject of a lawsuit against Sega from [[Deee-Lite]] vocalist [[Lady Miss Kier|Kierin Magenta Kirby]].<ref name="Retro"/><ref name="UlalaLawsuitA"/> In July 2000, a Sega affiliate contacted Kirby to determine if she was interested in promoting the game in England, utilizing the 1990 Deee-Lite song "[[Groove Is in the Heart]]"; Kirby rejected the offer. Kirby alleged that the "Ulala" character was an unauthorized misappropriation of her likeness. During the lawsuit, Sega showed that the game and character had been created and released in Japan between 1997 and 1999. The judge ruled that regardless of when the "Ulala" character was created, the character did not have a close enough resemblance to Kirby to deem misappropriation of likeness. Kirby was obliged to pay Sega's legal fees of $608,000 (reduced from $763,000 on request).<ref name=lawsuit2>{{cite court | litigants=Kirby v. Sega | court=Court of Appeal of California, 2nd District, Div. 8 | date=September 25, 2006 | access-date=August 30, 2016 | url=https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=3191814113989354720&q=%2250+Cal.Rptr.3d+607&hl=en&as_sdt=2002 | }}</ref><ref name="UlalaLawsuitB"/> "Groove Is in the Heart" was later licensed for use in Sega's 2008 [[Wii]] port of ''[[Samba de Amigo]]'', used in a section of the game where the Ulala character appears.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-11-07 |title=Review: Samba de Amigo |url=https://www.escapistmagazine.com/review-samba-de-amigo/ |access-date=2024-05-19 |website=The Escapist |language=en-US}}</ref>