The Yahoo! yodeler is crying foul. Wylie Gustafson, whose Yahoo yodel captured the freewheeling spirit of the popular Internet portal in TV and radio ads, has filed a $5 million lawsuit, claiming he
has not been paid for the continued use of his voice. Gustafson, founder of the Wylie & the Wild West country band, said in a statement on Thursday that he was hired in 1996 to create and record the
signature yodel for Yahoo!'s first television commercial. He was paid $590 for his performance with the understanding his yodel would only be used for that specific commercial, he said. The company
never told him his stylized vocal arc would be used in thousands of subsequent commercials, he said.
