August 14, 2014
A California federal judge on Thursday threw out most of the claims in a copyright infringement lawsuit alleging rapper Kanye West stole a portion of a 1970s song for his 2005 hit "Gold Digger," saying that distortions of the short samples meant the average audience wouldn't recognize them.
July 29, 2013
UMG Recordings Inc. and several other music companies urged a California federal judge Monday to toss a copyright infringement lawsuit alleging rapper Kanye West stole a portion of a 1970s song for his 2005 hit "Gold Digger," arguing the complaint's allegations are too vague for the case to proceed.
April 10, 2013
Kanye West and UMG Recordings Inc. on Friday were hit with a copyright infringement lawsuit in California for the unauthorized sampling of a 1974 recording in several songs, including West's chart-topping "Gold Digger" track.