Ye与歌手 Alice Merton 和解采样诉讼，联邦法院驳回案件并留90天重开窗口
美国加利福尼亚州联邦法院近日驳回了德国歌手 Alice Merton 起诉说唱歌手 Ye（原名 Kanye West）的采样侵权案。此前双方已经达成和解，法院的驳回不带偏见，并留下90天窗口：如果和解义务没有完成，任何一方都可以申请重开案件。
Merton 在2025年3月提起诉讼，指控 Ye 的歌曲《Gun to My Head》未经许可采样了她2022年的作品《Blindside》。这首歌收录在《Vultures 2》的数字豪华版中。Merton 说，她早在2024年2月就通过版权机构明确拒绝了采样许可申请。
拒绝的原因是这起案件最受关注的部分。Merton 是大屠杀幸存者的后代，她表示不愿与 Ye 过去的反犹言论产生关联。Ye 的律师曾要求把诉讼中关于反犹言论与大屠杀背景的内容删去，称其与版权争议无关。
联邦法官 Fernando L. Aenlle-Rocha 在今年10月驳回了这一要求，裁定这些内容并非不当 prejudicial，可以帮助解释 Merton 当初为何拒绝授权，对诉讼包括审判阶段都有一定关联。
按11月6日的通知，和解将在义务履行完毕后解决整起案件，原定2027年3月15日的审判日期已经取消。和解条款没有公开。
（来源：美国加利福尼亚中央区联邦地区法院）
资料引用：Billboard
Ye Settles Sample Lawsuit With Alice Merton as Federal Court Dismisses Case With 90-Day Reopening Window
A federal court in California has dismissed German singer Alice Merton's sample-infringement lawsuit against rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, after the two sides reached a settlement. The dismissal is without prejudice and leaves a 90-day window for either side to ask to reopen the case if the settlement is not completed.
Merton sued in March 2025, alleging that Ye's track "Gun to My Head," from the digital deluxe edition of Vultures 2, sampled her 2022 song "Blindside" without permission. She said she had expressly denied a clearance request sent through BMG in February 2024.
The reason for that refusal became the most closely watched part of the case. Merton is a descendant of Holocaust survivors and said she did not want to be associated with Ye's past antisemitic statements. Ye's lawyers asked the court to strike the lawsuit's references to antisemitism and the Holocaust as unrelated to the copyright dispute.
Judge Fernando L. Aenlle-Rocha rejected that request in October, ruling that the references are not unduly prejudicial and may bear on the litigation, including at trial, because they explain why Merton denied the use of her song.
Under a November 6 notice, the settlement will resolve the entire case once its obligations are completed, and the trial previously scheduled for March 15, 2027, has been canceled. The settlement terms were not disclosed.
(Source: U.S. District Court for the Central District of California)
Reference: Billboard
来源：美国加利福尼亚中央区联邦地区法院
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图片来源：图：Ye（原名 Kanye West）在纽约现代艺术博物馆活动上的资料照片。 / Photo: Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, in an archival photo at a Museum of Modern Art event in New York. (Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0)
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