Ye and Ty Dolla $ign Settle Copyright Infringement Lawsuit With Estate of Donna Summer
The suit was originally filed by the late artist’s husband, Bruce Sudano.
The estate of Donna Summer and Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign have settled a copyright infringement lawsuit involving their use of the late artist’s “I Feel Love” on the Vultures Volume 1 track “Good (Don’t Die).”
Court documents filed on June 20 and viewed by Pitchfork confirm that the case had been dismissed with prejudice, although it did not specifically state the settlement terms. Bruce Sudano, Summer’s husband, was named as the plaintiff and originally demanded “compensatory damages, maximum statutory damages, attorneys’ fees and disgorgement of any profits,” including $150,000 USD for “each act of infringement,” with his adding added that the lawsuit was about “protecting Summer’s own musical legacy and one of popular music’s most influential and ground-breaking songs.”
Shortly after the release of Vultures Volume 1, Sudano publicly revealed that Ye was denied clearance and claimed that “he changed the words, had someone re sing it or used AI.” The track was then pulled from Spotify, re-added and then removed again.
