The singer and her co-defendants argue that the holiday mega-hit shares only "fragmentary and commonplace building blocks of expression" with an earlier song.
The case is the latest in a long string of lawsuits that accuse the rapper of sampling or interpolating without proper licenses.
The group, which famously doesn't allow its music to be used in ads, says the owner of the restaurant chain used the song anyway.
Joshua Fraustro and Miguel Aguilar allege the rapper used their song "Greasy Frybread" in the hit track, which reached No. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100.
An oft-sampled 1973 song at the heart of hip hop history – and music law history – is now the basis of a new copyright case against UMG over Blige’s 1992 “Real Love.”
Making good on public threats to sue, the singer's estate claims West "arrogantly and unilaterally" used her music after he was refused a license.
Getting creators paid fairly means settling songwriting credit issues in a reasonable amount of time.
A judge ruled that the dispute -- a Spanish artist suing two Brits -- clearly didn't belong in his Louisiana federal courthouse.
In a letter to the U.S. Trade Representative, the RIAA says certain AI vocal cloning sites, like Voicify.ai, infringe on their members' copyrights and rights of publicity.
Drake interpolates their 1986 Hot 100 chart-topper "West End Girls" on the For All the Dogs track.
