{"id":10334,"date":"2016-05-25T10:00:38","date_gmt":"2016-05-25T10:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?p=10334"},"modified":"2016-05-25T09:23:07","modified_gmt":"2016-05-25T09:23:07","slug":"kanye-west-being-sued-2-5-million-for-yeezus-new-slaves-sample-from-hungary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/kanye-west-being-sued-2-5-million-for-yeezus-new-slaves-sample-from-hungary\/","title":{"rendered":"Kanye West being sued $2.5 million for Yeezus&#8217; New Slaves sample from Hungary"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Kanye&#8217;s back in the news, but this time it&#8217;s not over any controversial tweets, outbursts, or new music &#8211; but because a Hungarian musician\u00a0refused $10,000 from the rapper for a sample on his track New Slaves.<\/h4>\n<p>Gabor Presser received an email shortly before Kanye West&#8217;s 2013 album Yeezus was released. The email gave him 24 hours to respond stating West &#8220;would like to work out a deal with you as soon as possible&#8221;. When Presser didn&#8217;t respond he received a $10,000 cheque upon the insistence that he license his music for Kanye &#8211; he never cashed the cheque.<\/p>\n<p>Presser is now taking the rapper, producer, fashion icon, and part-time\u00a0delusional egotist to court over the sample of his band Omega&#8217;s 1969 song &#8216;Gyongyhaju Lany&#8217;. The song is described by Presser as &#8220;one of the most beloved pop songs ever in Hungary and across eastern Europe&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Omega - Gy\u00f6ngyhaj\u00fa l\u00e1ny\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CGt-rTDkMcM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The song features prominently for the second half of New Slaves as instrumental backing. Presser&#8217;s complaint said that: &#8220;Kanye West knowingly and intentionally misappropriated (the) plaintiff&#8217;s composition. After his theft was discovered, defendants refused to deal fairly with (the) plaintiff.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: New Slaves\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"80\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/1YhO0bxEASFMqhBOMALInS?utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not uncommon for copyright disputes in the music industry, in fact it&#8217;s incredibly common. Just <a href=\"http:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/led-zeppelin-spirit-jury-pool\/\">recently Led Zeppelin have been trialled<\/a> over the opening melody to their famed track Stairway To Heaven. In hip-hop, a genre rife in samples of other music, it&#8217;s especially common &#8211; however normally an artist of West&#8217;s caliber would appropriate a license rather than just releasing it anyway.<\/p>\n<p>As devastating as it may be the number of unreleased tracks out there because copyright licenses couldn&#8217;t be acquired we don&#8217;t think the correct answer is to go for it, send a cheque, cross your fingers, hope for the best. Presser is looking for at least $2.5 million in damages for copyright infringement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kanye&#8217;s back in the news, but this time it&#8217;s not over any controversial tweets, outbursts, or new music &#8211; but because a Hungarian musician\u00a0refused $10,000 from the rapper for a sample on his track New Slaves. Gabor Presser received an email shortly before Kanye West&#8217;s 2013 album Yeezus was released. The email gave him 24 hours to respond stating West &#8220;would like to work out a deal with you as soon as possible&#8221;. When Presser didn&#8217;t respond he received a $10,000 cheque upon the insistence that he license his music for Kanye &#8211; he never cashed the cheque. 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