Lawsuits over samples in music seem to be filed all the time. Usually, though, the reason for them tends to be related to the sampled work not being properly credited. However, that’s not the case ...

Bet you didn’t know Kanye West’s hit record “Power” was facing legal scrutiny for a sample. That happens. Often in the music industry, Declan Colgan Music Ltd just settled its lawsuit with Universal ...

Universal Music Group is facing a lawsuit over the King Crimson sample in Kanye West’s “Power,” Law360 and Variety report. Famously, the single uses a sample of King Crimson’s “21st Century Schizoid ...

Universal Music Group (UMG) has been hit with a lawsuit over the King Crimson “21st Century Schizoid Man” sample Kanye West used on “Power.” Declan Colgan Music Ltd (DCM) — the owners of the ...

Kanye West's sampling of the prog-rock band King Crimson in the rapper’s 2010 single “Power” has sparked a lawsuit in the High Court of Justice of England and Wales.