Kanye West met with the copyright of the German singer

• German singer Alice Merton submitted a mood against Kanye West to be alleged to have used his song “Blindside” in an unreleased Vulture Track without permission
• After Merton denied his request for the test, which he had already debuted, the fans threatened Merton
• The atmosphere comes after a series of online -Rants and anti -Semitic comments from the rapper

Kanye West has been hit by a copyright infringement of a German artist who refused to be associated with the rapper.

Tuesday, March 25, German singer Alice Merton – like two German companies – aroused a mood against Rating Rappers for “unauthorized commercial exploitation of the musical composition ‘Blindside.’ “

Per archive, which was obtained by people, Merton, Merton & Grauwinkel GmbH and Paper Plane that publishes GmbH, owns the rights to the song and claims that West, 47, “deliberately involved in the copyright infringement with the composition of the” gun “which contains a unpleasant test” of the song.

“The plaintiff was damaged by that infringement based on their ownership of the composition, including 50% of the publisher’s share and the authors’ share of these rights,” continued the application.

The complainants seek “injunction and damages” for the alleged infringement of copyright and unfair competition. ”

Merton released “Blindside” 2022. In December 2023, at West’s Vulture The event in Miami he debuted his collaboration with Kid Cudi and Ty Dolla $ IGN entitled “Gun to my head” and “the public became aware that it contained an unauthorized selection” by “Blindside”, according to the archiving.

Then, on February 15, West requested approval from BMG for the song to be integrated as a test to “point to my head.” After the request was sent to Merton and the companies were rejected in March and no reason was given. When asked if a reason for the rejection, the plaintiffs responded that “the artist’s values ​​contravene our values.”

“Alice Merton was reluctant to compromise with her personal faith and did not want to be associated with (West) in any way.” the archiving states. “Of significant concerns about the plaintiff Merton were defendants (West’s) anti -Semitic, racist remarks that were made publicly and continue to be made public.”

Adding, “Merton is a German resident who has close ties to the Holocaust through Jewish family members who survived horror and as such feels closely linked to it.”

Then, when the album was released in August 2024 and the song was disclosed, the fans were “relentless” and made “threat to Merton if she did not clear the selection,” according to the filing. Following the alleged threats, Merton feared “return to America for further tour dates.”

A formal letter that required “ceasing, waiving and waiving further violations” was sent to the West in August 2024 by BMG and, according to the archiving, he did not answer.

“Förutom den negativa föreningen med (väst) som kärandena försökte undvika, började käranden Merton få dödshot och övergrepp från svarandes fanbas online eftersom hon inte skulle rensa urvalet. Svaranden gjorde ingenting för att stoppa missbruk, vilket tillåter hans fans att skrämma och trakassera käranden Merton och misslyckas med att erkänna att klaganden hade något för att föreskriva att han skulle förfrågan till att skrämma och hagade klaganden Merton och misslyckades med att erkänna att klaganden hade Something to prescribe that he would request that he scare, “The File,” The File Lange.

In addition to liberation and damages, the plaintiffs seek a trial of jury “in all so sluggish questions.”

The atmosphere comes after a series of anti -Semitic rentals on social media. In February the “stronger” rapper was dropped by his talent agency Because of his “harmful and hated comments.”

On February 6, West went on a Rant on xCalled anti-Semitism “just a few bulls — Jewish people compensated” and said he “never apologizes for my Jewish comments.”

Since February 11th, his yeezy The site was closed After he sold a Swastika T-shirt online to violate Shopify’s terms. On the same day, a former Yeezy employee submitted a complaint that the rapper compared herself to Hitler and threatened her because she was Jewish. She also claims that West fired her after she reported on his alleged behavior to her supervisor.

His previous anti -Semitic comments Lost him trademark agreement with adidas, balenciaga and gap.