34 on Billboard’s Dance Singles Sales chart in August of that year.Īlso named as defendants in the suit are Alex Klein, who co-created the Stem Player – the MP3 device on which Ye exclusively released Donda 2 – along with Klein’s company Kano Computing Limited and unnamed “Does 1-10.” As cited in the complaint, the Stem Player allows users “to isolate so-called ‘stems’ and then ‘customize’ songs by altering how those stems are used,” with the “Move Your Body” sample being one of the “stems” users can isolate with the device.Ĭentral in the complaint is Ye’s alleged “hypocrisy” for claiming “to be an outspoken advocate for artists’ rights” while lifting from other artists’ work without authorization. Jefferson both wrote and performed “Move Your Body,” which first became a hit on the club scene in Jefferson’s native Chicago before being officially released by Trax Records in 1986. Mullins of the firm Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp, the complaint was brought by Jefferson’s publisher Ultra International Music Publishing. Facing Lawsuit Over Alleged Gospel Sample In 'Could've Been'įiled by attorneys Christine Lepera and Bradley J. At the time, DCM asked UMG, Ye, and his production company, Rock the World to sign a deal that said the sample would have a 5.33% royalty return when a copy of “Power” was sold or “otherwise exploited.”ĭCM now alleges that UMG “has failed, and continues to fail, to comply with its royalty accounting obligations in respect of one mode of exploitation, namely the making available of the Power ecording to consumers through so-called ‘streaming’ services.H.E.R. The song later appeared on My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. West didn’t license the sample before sharing “Power” to YouTube in 2010, which has amassed nearly 134 million views, the lawsuit states.
Declan Colgan Music Ltd, which owns the song’s original version, filed the lawsuit in the UK high court in March. The song samples King Crimson’s track “21st Century Schizoid Man,” with the progressive rock group claiming that UMG has been underpaying its streaming royalties, according to Variety. Universal Music Group has been hit with a lawsuit over Kanye West’s 2010 song “Power.”
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