www.pit5.com saves this page so readers can view old news that may not still be availible elsewhere.
This is a saved page of Kanye West, record labels sued over jazz samples (Reuters)
This is a copy we made of the page on 23-May-2008.
The original page may or may not still be availible and pictures and text may have changed since then.
Click Here to view the original page at the original website.


Kanye West, record labels sued over jazz samples - Yahoo! News

Reuters
Kanye West, record labels sued over jazz samples

Thu May 22, 9:58 PM ET

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rappers Kanye West, Method Man, Redman, Common and their record companies were sued on Thursday by late U.S. jazz musician Joe Farrell's daughter, who accused them of using her father's music without approval.

The lawsuit, filed by Kathleen Firrantello in the U.S. District Court in New York, names the rappers along with various labels owned by Universal Music Group./

None of the record companies or representatives for the rappers were immediately available for comment.

The lawsuit said all the rappers used portions of Farrell's 1974 musical composition "Upon This Rock" in three separate songs -- West in "Gone," Common in "Chi-City" and Method Man and Redman in their song "Run 4 Cover."

Firrantello is seeking punitive damages of at least $1 million and asked that no further copies of the songs be made, sold or performed, according to the lawsuit.

Reuters/Nielsen

RECOMMEND THIS STORY

Recommend It:

Average (Not Rated)

0.0 stars
» Recommended Stories