Kanye West has been sued by a Texas-based pastor who claims that a track on the rapper’s ‘Donda’ album samples one of his sermons without licence.
That copyright infringement, the pastor’s lawsuit stresses, has resulted in a “considerable influx of ill-gotten financial gains and other benefits” for West and his label.Presumably God approves when West includes religious samples within his music, because – you know – it’s free promo, and we all know how much God loves free promo.
But then again, we also know how annoying it is when people think “free promo” is a justification for “no royalties”.God himself probably isn’t so bothered about the royalty payments, but some members of God’s team would definitely prefer the cheque to the marketing boost.
That includes Bishop David Paul Moten, whose sermon is sampled in the ‘Donda’ track ‘Come To Life’. He’s definitely not happy with just the free exposure.“‘Come To Life’ is approximately five minutes and ten seconds in length”, says the pastor’s lawsuit. “Approximately one minute and ten seconds of this sound recording is sampled directly from plaintiff’s sermon and appears to run on a loop underscoring the pre-chorus and chorus throughout the song in question.
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