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Lizzo Sued for Copyright Infringement

Documents were filed in California on Tuesday

Lizzo is being sued by Georgia-based company The GRC Trust over the use of an uncleared sample.

The song:

  • In August, Lizzo shared a snippet of an unreleased song called โ€œIโ€™m Goinโ€™ In Till Octoberโ€ on social media.

  • It sampled the track โ€œWin or Lose (We Tried),โ€ which is represented for publishing by The GRC Trust.

  • As per Variety, plaintiff Jimmy Ginn is listed as the owner of the publishing rights in BMIโ€™s database.

  • Sam Dees is listed as composer.

The complaint:

  • In their complaint, GRCโ€™s lawyers state that Lizzo and her label, Atlantic, โ€œobtained profits they would not have realized but for their infringement of GRCโ€™s rights.โ€

  • They claim they requested an โ€œinformal resolution... but reached an impasse,โ€ leading to the lawsuit.

  • They are seeking the profits Lizzo and Atlantic made, in addition to damages and attorneysโ€™ fees.

Other suits:

  • The GRC Trust is also suing Kanye West, his company Yeezy, the company Kano and the rapper Vory in a separate case of alleged copyright infringement.

  • A hearing is scheduled for November 19.

What they said:

  • Lizzoโ€™s representatives, to the BBC: โ€œWe are surprised that The GRC Trust filed this lawsuit. To be clear, the song has never been commercially released or monetized.โ€

Lizzo is being sued by Georgia-based company The GRC Trust over the use of an uncleared sample.

The song:

  • In August, Lizzo shared a snippet of an unreleased song called โ€œIโ€™m Goinโ€™ In Till Octoberโ€ on social media.

  • It sampled the track โ€œWin or Lose (We Tried),โ€ which is represented for publishing by The GRC Trust.

  • As per Variety, plaintiff Jimmy Ginn is listed as the owner of the publishing rights in BMIโ€™s database.

  • Sam Dees is listed as composer.

The complaint:

  • In their complaint, GRCโ€™s lawyers state that Lizzo and her label, Atlantic, โ€œobtained profits they would not have realized but for their infringement of GRCโ€™s rights.โ€

  • They claim they requested an โ€œinformal resolution... but reached an impasse,โ€ leading to the lawsuit.

  • They are seeking the profits Lizzo and Atlantic made, in addition to damages and attorneysโ€™ fees.

Other suits:

  • The GRC Trust is also suing Kanye West, his company Yeezy, the company Kano and the rapper Vory in a separate case of alleged copyright infringement.

  • A hearing is scheduled for November 19.

What they said:

  • Lizzoโ€™s representatives, to the BBC: โ€œWe are surprised that The GRC Trust filed this lawsuit. To be clear, the song has never been commercially released or monetized.โ€

Lizzo is being sued by Georgia-based company The GRC Trust over the use of an uncleared sample.

The song:

  • In August, Lizzo shared a snippet of an unreleased song called โ€œIโ€™m Goinโ€™ In Till Octoberโ€ on social media.

  • It sampled the track โ€œWin or Lose (We Tried),โ€ which is represented for publishing by The GRC Trust.

  • As per Variety, plaintiff Jimmy Ginn is listed as the owner of the publishing rights in BMIโ€™s database.

  • Sam Dees is listed as composer.

The complaint:

  • In their complaint, GRCโ€™s lawyers state that Lizzo and her label, Atlantic, โ€œobtained profits they would not have realized but for their infringement of GRCโ€™s rights.โ€

  • They claim they requested an โ€œinformal resolution... but reached an impasse,โ€ leading to the lawsuit.

  • They are seeking the profits Lizzo and Atlantic made, in addition to damages and attorneysโ€™ fees.

Other suits:

  • The GRC Trust is also suing Kanye West, his company Yeezy, the company Kano and the rapper Vory in a separate case of alleged copyright infringement.

  • A hearing is scheduled for November 19.

What they said:

  • Lizzoโ€™s representatives, to the BBC: โ€œWe are surprised that The GRC Trust filed this lawsuit. To be clear, the song has never been commercially released or monetized.โ€

๐Ÿ‘‹ Disclosures & Transparency Block
  • This story was written with information from Variety.

  • We covered it because itโ€™s news of a lawsuit involving a high profile artist.

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