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Message: [QUOTE="Queen, post: 87677, member: 27"] Most copyright claims just crumbled against Kanye West over his Donda album, but a sliver of the case survives heading into an April trial. The bulk of ARA's infringement case gets axed [LIST] [*]Artist Revenue Advocates sued West back in July 2024. [*]Judge Michelle Williams Court tossed the majority of claims. [*]Hurricane and Moon were the two tracks in question. [*]A February 20 mediation attempt went nowhere. [/LIST] Ownership paperwork sank the composition claims [LIST] [*]ARA never secured a valid written copyright transfer. [*]Federal law requires signed documentation for ownership conveyance. [*]Oral agreements carry zero weight under the statute. [*]Every composition-based claim got wiped in one move. [/LIST] Sound recording sampling claims also fell flat [LIST] [*]Dr. Joe Bennett ran sample-detection tests on Hurricane. [*]Results came back empty for MSD PT2's recording. [*]Moon similarly showed no audiosampling of the track. [*]Bennett teaches at Berklee College of Music. [/LIST] Pre-release versions keep the case alive, though [LIST] [*]Early 80 Degrees demos did incorporate the actual recording. [*]Listening party performances used MSD PT2 as well. [*]ARA argues Apple deals made those versions commercial. [*]West's implied license defense hit disputed facts. [/LIST] Backstory involves a Dropbox link gone sideways [LIST] [*]Khalil Abdul Rahman shared MSD PT2 with producer Nascent. [*]West's 80 Degrees Instagram post surfaced months afterward. [*]Rahman and collaborators even got Grammy nominations from Donda. [*]Formal composer credits were handed out for Hurricane. [/LIST] West's legal team caught a judicial scolding [LIST] [*]Martorell Law APC repeatedly broke procedural court rules. [*]Sanctions got floated if future filings miss compliance. [*]Trial is penciled in for April 20 this year. [*]Only the narrow pre-release claims reach that courtroom. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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