The estate of Donna Summer sued Ye and Ty Dolla $ign on Tuesday for what its attorneys say is the “shamelessly” unlawful use of her 1977 song “I Feel Love” in their collaboration “Good (Don’t Die).” The copyright infringement lawsuit was filed in federal court docket in Los Angeles by Summer’s husband Bruce Sudano in his capability as executor of the estate of the singer-songwriter and “Disco Queen,” who died in 2012.The swimsuit alleges that when representatives of Ye, previously Kanye West, sought permission to be used of the song they had been rejected as a result of the Summer estate “wished no affiliation with West’s controversial historical past.” The swimsuit contends that the album as an alternative “shamelessly” contains re-recorded components of the song that had been “immediately recognizable.” “In the face of this rejection,” the swimsuit says, “defendants arrogantly and unilaterally determined they would merely steal ‘I Feel Love’ and use it with out permission.”An e-mail searching for remark from representatives for Ye was not instantly returned. “I Feel Love,” co-written by Summer, Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte, is a massively influential monitor off Summer’s album “I Remember Yesterday” that is thought of one of the primary cases of digital dance music. The idea album had songs representing completely different many years. “I Feel Love,” with Summer’s ecstatic moans and minimalist lyrics, was meant to symbolize the long run. “Good (Don’t Die)” was launched February 10 on Ye and Ty Dolla $ign’s collaborative album, “About Vultures 1.” The lawsuit names as defendants each artists and Ye’s file label Yeezy. The estate first publicly alleged the copyright violation in an Instagram put up on the official Summer account on the day of the album’s launch. It seeks a decide’s injunction stopping any additional circulation of the song, and cash damages to be decided at trial. The song doesn’t presently seem on the model of the album accessible on Spotify and different streaming providers.
The estate of Donna Summer sued Ye and Ty Dolla $ign on Tuesday for what its attorneys say is the “shamelessly” unlawful use of her 1977 song “I Feel Love” in their collaboration “Good (Don’t Die).”
The copyright infringement lawsuit was filed in federal court docket in Los Angeles by Summer’s husband Bruce Sudano in his capability as executor of the estate of the singer-songwriter and “Disco Queen,” who died in 2012.
The swimsuit alleges that when representatives of Ye, previously Kanye West, sought permission to be used of the song they had been rejected as a result of the Summer estate “wished no affiliation with West’s controversial historical past.”
The swimsuit contends that the album as an alternative “shamelessly” contains re-recorded components of the song that had been “immediately recognizable.”
“In the face of this rejection,” the swimsuit says, “defendants arrogantly and unilaterally determined they would merely steal ‘I Feel Love’ and use it with out permission.”
An e-mail searching for remark from representatives for Ye was not instantly returned.
“I Feel Love,” co-written by Summer, Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte, is a massively influential monitor off Summer’s album “I Remember Yesterday” that is thought of one of the primary cases of digital dance music. The idea album had songs representing completely different many years. “I Feel Love,” with Summer’s ecstatic moans and minimalist lyrics, was meant to symbolize the long run.
“Good (Don’t Die)” was launched February 10 on Ye and Ty Dolla $ign’s collaborative album, “About Vultures 1.” The lawsuit names as defendants each artists and Ye’s file label Yeezy.
The estate first publicly alleged the copyright violation in an Instagram put up on the official Summer account on the day of the album’s launch.
It seeks a decide’s injunction stopping any additional circulation of the song, and cash damages to be decided at trial.
The song doesn’t presently seem on the model of the album accessible on Spotify and different streaming providers.
