Artist Revenue Advocates, LLC v. Kanye Omari West
Summary
Artist Revenue Advocates sues Kanye West for copyright infringement related to music or content.
Summary generated by AI from public docket data. Verify against the original filing before relying on it.
Coverage vs reality meter
Coverage events: 17P · 5D · 25N (94 articles)
Press coverage leans plaintiff-favorable; no court ruling has been classified yet.
Coverage breakdown — the articles behind the meter
42 plaintiff-favorable · 5 defendant-favorable · 47 neutral articles
The meter counts distinct coverage events, not articles: 17 plaintiff · 5 defendant · 25 neutral events — a burst of same-stance coverage counts once, however many outlets ran it.
- Jury orders Kanye West to pay over $438,000 over unauthorized sample at ‘Donda’ listening partyMusic Business Worldwide · 2026-05-13
- Kanye West Loses at Trial Over Uncleared Sample on ‘Hurricane’Rolling Stone · 2026-05-12
- Kanye West found liable for copyright infringement over Grammy-winning song 'Hurricane'Daily Journal · 2026-05-12
- Kanye West Makes “N****s in Paris” Joke While Testifying in Copyright TrialComplex · 2026-05-07
- “What’s the real name?”- Kanye West cracks up courtroom during DONDA copyright trial testimony over “Brothers in Paris” questionsoapcentral.com · 2026-05-07
- Kanye West beats most ‘Donda’ copyright claims over ‘Hurricane’ and ‘Moon’ brought by Artist Revenue AdvocatesMusic Business Worldwide · 2026-03-02
- Kanye West hires high-powered lawyer in lawsuit over Donda copyright after firing legal team for all 14 court cases - the-sun.comthe-sun.com · 2024-12-17
- Kanye West’s First Independent Album Grossed Over $1M in Its First WeekBillboard · 2024-02-21
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Counsel of record
- Russ August and KabatAdam S Hoffman, Irene Y Lee, Jefferson E Cummings +2 more
- Baker and Hostetler LLPAlexis Bastian Cruz, Francesca A. Rogo, Oren J. Warshavsky
- Orbit IpLouis Lloyd Campbell
- Orbit IP LLPDavid A. Randall
- Oribit IP, LLPMichael A. Tomasulo
- Martorell Law APCChristopher Rosario, Eduardo Martorell, Evan Louis Miller
- Mitchell Silberberg and Knupp LLPConstance Kang, David A. Steinberg
- Annigian Ryan LLPJesus Belmontes
- Universal Music GroupJoan H Cho
- Markowitz Herbold PCJoseph Michael Levy
- Do Big StudiosAdam M Starr
- Court
- U.S. District Court, Central District of California
- Docket no.
- 2:24-cv-06018
- Nature of suit
- Copyright
- Judge
- Michelle Williams Court
- Filed
- 2024-07-17
- Last filing
- 2026-09-02
Cause
17:101 Copyright Infringement
Entities in this case
Parties
Artist Revenue Advocates, LLC (plaintiff) Getting Out Our Dreams II, LLC (defendant) Getting Out Our Dreams, Inc. (defendant) Does (defendant) StemPlayer LTD (defendant) AshDust LLP (defendant) Alexander Nelson Klein (defendant) Kano Computing Limited (defendant) Universal Music Group, Inc. (defendant) Universal Music Corp. (defendant) UMG Recordings, Inc. (defendant) Ox Paha Inc. (defendant) Yeezy Supply LLC (defendant) Yeezy LLC (defendant) Kanye Omari West (defendant) adidas America, Inc. (movant)
Docket entries
- 2026-05-14
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- 2026-05-12
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- 2026-05-11
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- 2026-04-03
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- 2025-12-15
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- 2025-12-12
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- 2025-12-02
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- 2025-12-01
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- 2025-10-23
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- 2025-08-18
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- 2025-08-13
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- 2025-08-12
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- 2025-07-30
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- 2025-06-05
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- 2025-05-20
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- 2025-05-12
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- 2024-11-20
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- 2024-11-08
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- 2024-08-27
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- 2024-07-18
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Docket history from CourtListener/RECAP — most recent first.