Kayne West Cites Nietzsche In Attempt To Dismiss Claims That He Stole "Stronger"

Posted by Joseph Lee on 11.23.2011

That which doesn't kill us...

Kanye West has cited Friedrich Nietzsche in his attempt to get the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals to uphold the dismissal of a claim that he stole the song "Stronger".

The claim came from Vincent Peters, who said that West was given "Stronger" through his manager John Monopoly, after Peters gave it to Monopoly first. The claim was dismissed earlier this year.

In the appeal, West's attorney Carrie Hall writes: "It would create a dangerously low threshold for establishing copyright protection over otherwise commonplace words and phrases."

Both songs have the same title, make a reference to Kate Moss and rhyme "stronger" with "wronger". Both also admit that the song came from Nietzsche's "That which does not kill us makes us stronger".

Hall claims this isn't enough to support a claim for infringement and that it's the plaintiff's responsibility to provide enough evidence.