Every artist on the planet is a shameless thief. They’re all magpies, walking around and taking whatever they want without a care in the world. And that’s fine, because that’s always been the case and everyone loves music, film or whatever.
However, what no-one likes is a pointless snitch. Someone who yells ‘HEY! I had that idea before that other, more famous person had that very common notion! I think I’ll sue!‘
And the latest rapsnitch is some buffoon called Vincent Rogers who has tried to sue Kanye West over his song, ‘Stronger’.
Vincent has said that ‘Ye plagiarised one of his songs. Basically, Rogers is claiming that he came up with the idea of being stronger. That’s what it looks like from here anyway.
However, West was keen to point out that he wasn’t stealing from some guy no-one has heard of, but rather, stealing from someone massively famous – Friedrich Nietzsche. In particular, Kanye looked at the German philosopher’s quote:
“That which does not kill us make stronger”.
Yes Kanye. We get it. You’re into really high-brow stuff these days. It’s okay. You don’t have to impress us with your poetry and philosophy 101 books on your Kindle anymore.
West was originally sued in 2010 because Mr No-One Has Heard Of You alleged that he gave a copy of his track to Kanye’s manager, John Monopoly, who passed it onto West.
A federal judge, weary of timewasters, dismissed the claim earlier in the year, but the whole thing just isn’t going away.
West’s lawyer, Carrie Hall said:
“It would create a dangerously low threshold for establishing copyright protection over otherwise commonplace words and phrases”.
Next week: Unknown rapper sues Earth because sunshine was his idea.