{"id":292105,"date":"2024-02-27T14:39:39","date_gmt":"2024-02-27T19:39:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/kanye-west-sued-by-donna-summers-estate-over-uncleared-sample"},"modified":"2024-02-27T14:40:01","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T19:40:01","slug":"kanye-west-sued-by-donna-summers-estate-over-uncleared-sample","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/kanye-west-sued-by-donna-summers-estate-over-uncleared-sample","title":{"rendered":"Kanye West Sued By Donna Summer time's Property Over Uncleared Pattern"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Kanye West<\/strong><\/a> is being dragged to court by Donna Summer<\/strong><\/a>‘s estate — this after her estate claims he made an unauthorized soundalike of one of her biggest songs … after it denied his request to clear a sample of the real thing.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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The late singer’s estate just filed suit against Ye, Ty Dolla $ign<\/strong><\/a>, Ye’s record label and others — and according to the docs, obtained by TMZ, they’re claiming Kanye wanted to sample Summer’s smash hit “I Feel Love” for a track on his first ‘Vultures’ album.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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The song in question is called “Good (Don’t Die)” … and it was actually included in the tracklist at first when KW dropped ‘Vultures 1’ on Feb. 10 across different streaming platforms.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Indeed, those who’ve heard the song know quite well … it sounds a lot like Donna’s voice from ‘IFL’ in the new West track — but the problem, according to the lawsuit, is that Ye and co. never properly got permission to use it … and the estate claims they were very clear about rejecting the request.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Donna’s estate claims that Ye and Ty approached them just earlier this year — on Jan. 31, 2024, they say — to request clearance on her iconic hit … but the estate flatly denied them.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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The estate says Summer’s estate still controls a portion of the copyright — and claims Ye and company approached them a little more than a week before the release date for the new song … with Kanye apparently wanting to drop the album on Feb. 9, with the song in the mix.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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The estate says because of Ye’s rep lately<\/strong><\/a> — presumably the controversies surrounding his antisemitic comments and other public statements — Donna’s estate decided her song being used on his album wasn’t going to do them any good … so they say they passed, and rejected his ask for the sample.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Despite this, Donna’s estate claims Ye dropped the album anyway with “Good (Don’t Die)” on there … and it showed up on Apple, Spotify and other major streaming\/music platforms.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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They claim Ye attempted to get around the denial by creating an interpolation of Donna’s song instead of the actual track — but Donna’s estate claims the workaround doesn’t insulate them from copyright infringement.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Donna’s estate says they contacted Apple, Spotify and other streamers to ask they yank the song — which may explain why Kanye’s album briefly disappeared the weekend it was released. Eventually, it was re-uploaded — but “Good (Don’t Die)” was now removed from the list.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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However, in the time it took for all this to happen … Donna’s estate claims the song had been streamed millions of times — and they allege they’ve been harmed as a result.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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BTW, ‘Good (Don’t Die)’ is still included in the track list for ‘Vultures 1’ for those who actually purchased the album when it first dropped — and you can still play the song in full on Apple Music … something we’ve confirmed here among ourselves.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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