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KANYE SUED OVER 'GOOD LIFE': Maryland man claims artist sampled his record without permission.
*Kanye West has been sued for copyright infringement by a Maryland songwriter/producer who claims one of his tracks was sampled in the artist's single "Good Life."
Dayna "D'Mystro" Staggs filed the lawsuit in Maryland District Court last week claiming West "didn't obtain a license" to sample his record "Volume of Good Life" for the song featured on West's third album, "Graduation," reports WENN.
In legal papers, Staggs states West "was only at the age of six or seven years of age (sic)" when his song was written. He has also objected to the "vulgar and offensive" images associated with the song, claiming it "harms the reputation" of his inoffensive tune.
Staggs seeks 85 percent of all world sales of the proceeds from "Good Life," although he fails to detail exactly how he came up with that number, reports WENN. West is named in the lawsuit alongside his various record labels, including his own G.O.O.D. Music and Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter's Roc-A-Fella Records.
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