YES Sued For Copyright Infringement Over "Dare To Know" Single

Rolling Stone is reporting that a new lawsuit alleges members of the legendary progressive rock band, YES, used a composition stolen from fellow prog-rock musician, Riz Story, as the basis for "Dare To Know", the second single off the band's 2021 album, The Quest.

The copyright infringement complaint, filed Wednesday in Los Angeles and obtained by Rolling Stone, alleges Jon Davison, the lead singer of YES since 2012, conspired with guitarist Steve Howe to pilfer protected portions from a song titled “Reunion”. While “Reunion” hasn’t been released as a standalone song, it was featured in A Winter Rose, Story’s 2014 indie movie starring Paul Sorvino, Billy Zane, Taryn Manning, and Edward Furlong.

Story, whose legal name is Rudolph Zahler, alleges Davison was familiar with his music because they met in 1990 through late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins and have worked together on-and-off for decades. According to Zahler, he, Davison, and Hawkins played together in the first version of his prog-rock band Anyone when they were in their early twenties.

Zahler alleges he helped Davison audition for his role in YES and that Davison asked him to co-write songs for YES in 2013. He claims Davison even agreed to pitch Zahler for a producer role on a YES album, but that the band ultimately chose a different direction. The lawsuit alleges Davison specifically complimented Zahler on the music he wrote for A Winter Rose, including “Reunion.”

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