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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The property of Donna Summer time sued Ye and Ty Dolla $ign on Tuesday for what its attorneys say is the “shamelessly” unlawful use of her 1977 track “I Really feel Love” of their collaboration “Good (Don’t Die).”
The copyright infringement lawsuit was filed in federal court docket in Los Angeles by Summer time’s husband Bruce Sudano in his capability as executor of the property of the singer-songwriter and “Disco Queen,” who died in 2012.
The go well with alleges that when representatives of Ye, previously Kanye West, sought permission to be used of the track they had been rejected as a result of the Summer time property “needed no affiliation with West’s controversial historical past.”
The go well with contends that the album as a substitute “shamelessly” consists of re-recorded components of the track that had been “immediately recognizable.”
“Within the face of this rejection,” the go well with says, “defendants arrogantly and unilaterally determined they’d merely steal ‘I Really feel Love’ and use it with out permission.”
An electronic mail in search of remark from representatives for Ye was not instantly returned.
“I Really feel Love,” co-written by Summer time, Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte, is a vastly influential observe off Summer time’s album “I Keep in mind Yesterday” that’s thought of one of many first situations of digital dance music. The idea album had songs representing totally different many years. “I Really feel Love,” with Summer time’s ecstatic moans and minimalist lyrics, was meant to signify the longer term.
“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 property first publicly alleged the copyright violation in an Instagram publish on the official Summer time account on the day of the album’s launch.
It seeks a choose’s injunction stopping any additional circulation of the track, and cash damages to be decided at trial.
The track doesn’t at the moment seem on the model of the album obtainable on Spotify and different streaming companies.
