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Kanye West sued for alleged copyright infringement over use of sample in Flowers on Donda 2 album
The 45-year-old rapper 45, was accused in a lawsuit filed Wednesday in New York federal court of using a sample from Move Your Body, aka The House Music Anthem, without prior permission or paying compensation, according to an article on Thursday by Billboard The sample is 'repeated at least 22 times throughout' the song, according to a complaint filed by Jefferson's publisher Ultra International Music Publishing in US District Court in New York Jefferson, 62, wrote and performed Move Your Body that peaked at number 34 on Billboard's Dance Singles Sales chart in August 1986 Move Your Body first became popular in Jefferson's hometown of Chicago before it was released by Trax Records in July 1986 'I've been sampled thousands of times. There is a right way and a wrong way to go about it. Getting done by another artist, a BLACK artist, a fellow Chicagoan without acknowledgment is disappointing,' Jefferson said in a statement to Billboard By Paul Chavez For Dailymail.com
Published: 02:25 BST, 1 July 2022 | Updated: 02:27 BST, 1 July 2022
Kanye West has been sued for alleged copyright infringement over use of a sample on a track from his Donda 2 album.
Ye, 45, was accused in a lawsuit filed Wednesday in New York federal court of using a sample from the 1986 Marshall Jefferson house track Move Your Body, aka The House Music Anthem, without prior permission or paying compensation in his song Flowers, according to an article on Thursday by Billboard.
The sample is 'repeated at least 22 times throughout' the song, according to a complaint filed by Jefferson's publisher Ultra International Music Publishing in US District Court in New York.
Copyright lawsuit: Kanye West, shown in May in New York City, has been sued for alleged copyright infringement over use of a sample on a track from his Donda 2 album
Jefferson, 62, wrote and performed Move Your Body that peaked at number 34 on Billboard's Dance Singles Sales chart in August 1986.
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