Beyoncé is named as a defendant in a new lawsuit alleging 'Alien Superstar' used an unauthorised sample of Foremost Poets' 1998 'Moonraker'. Beyoncé named as defendant in lawsuit over unauthorised sample of 1998 Foremost Poets house track
ReleaseFirst reported today, 05:47 / 2 outlets
DJ Mag: “Beyoncé named as defendant in lawsuit alleging unauthorised sample of 1998 house track”
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2 tracked outlets reported this story. We Rave You published first. Each outlet's own report is listed below.
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Coverage breakdown
2 sources
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2 ran the press release
How this story was covered
2 tracked outlets have reported this story, first published today, 05:47. We Rave You published first among the outlets Le Raver tracks. Coverage spread across the tracked outlets over Under a minute. Of the 2 reports Le Raver has classified, 2 ran the press release. That is 2 of the 26 outlets Le Raver tracks.
How it unfolded
- Today, 05:47We Rave YouFirstBeyoncé named as defendant in lawsuit over unauthorised sample of 1998 Foremost Poets house track
- Filed yesterday, 17:43 · outlet published no timestampDJ MagBeyoncé named as defendant in lawsuit alleging unauthorised sample of 1998 house track
Sources, in order of reporting
2 outletsThe lawsuit alleges that the spoken word intro to Beyoncé’s ‘Alien Superstar’ was used without permission