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Beyoncé sued over 'Alien Superstar' sample
11 Aug
Summary
- Beyoncé faces a lawsuit for alleged copyright infringement.
- A company claims an unauthorized sample was used on 'Alien Superstar'.
- The suit seeks to stop further earnings and unspecified damages.
The music icon Beyoncé is currently embroiled in a legal dispute concerning her song "Alien Superstar," featured on the 2022 album "Renaissance." A company known as Hirose Enterprise, alongside producer Shuji Hirose, has filed a lawsuit alleging copyright infringement.
The plaintiffs assert that Beyoncé and her associated music companies sampled a spoken-word introduction from their song "Moonraker," performed by John Holiday, without proper authorization. Court documents indicate that a license was reportedly secured only weeks after the album's release, and purportedly from Holiday himself, who Hirose Enterprise claims had previously transferred all rights to the song.
Hirose Enterprise states that they notified Beyoncé's company about the alleged infringement, but the music continued to be sold. The company is now pursuing legal action to obtain an injunction that would prevent Beyoncé from profiting further from the disputed track, in addition to seeking unspecified monetary damages.
