Big Law
Universal Music Group Faces a Copyright Lawsuit Over a Sample Used in Kanye West’s ‘Power’
The rights holder of the King Crimson sample in Kanye West’s ‘Power’ is suing Universal Music Group.
As per a report in Variety, mechanical rights holder to King Crimson’s ’21st Century Schizoid Man’, Declan Colgan Music Ltd, claims that Universal have underpaid streaming royalties for the use of that song on ‘Power.’
‘Power’ appears on West’s acclaimed 2010 album, ‘My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy’ and members of King Crimson are listed in the credits for the track.
