IPNews® – Kanye West is facing new copyright infringement claims filed last week by a record label alleging he licensed the Eddie Bo song “Hook & Sling” for use on one single song on last year’s album “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy,” but then used the sample in a number of unauthorized ways.
While the
IPNews® – The Eighth Circuit on Tuesday affirmed a $222,000 copyright infringement verdict against a Minnesota woman whom the major record labels accused of sharing copyrighted songs through the peer-to-peer file-sharing service Kazaa.
The Minnesota district court had cut the jury’s damages award to $54,000 three times for three separate jury trials in the case