Entertainment & Sports
Apr. 1, 2015
Judge wants 'Big Pimpin' copyright infringement case to go to trial
An Egyptian composer's heirs seek a slice of the album sales and concert revenue that Jay-Z earned after 2004 from a 1999 hit that allegedly had no right to sample the composer's tune.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES - A federal judge has indicated she would like to see a copyright infringement case over whether rapper Jay-Z and his record labels had permission to sample the Egyptian tune "Khosara Khosara" in the 1999 chart-topping hit "Big Pimpin'" go to trial.
U.S. District Judge Christina A. Snyder on Monday tentatively denied both the plaintiff's motion for partial...
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