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Oct. 23, 2015
Big Pimpin' gets big win in copyright case
Eight years of complex litigation over whether the 1999 Jay-Z hit "Big Pimpin'" infringed on the rights of an Egyptian song it samples ended Wednesday on a simple matter of law: standing.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES - Eight years of complex litigation over whether the 1999 Jay-Z hit "Big Pimpin'" infringed on the rights of an Egyptian song it samples ended Wednesday on a simple matter of law: standing.
U.S. District Court Judge Christina A. Snyder ruled "plaintiff [Osama Ahmed] Fahmy lacked standing to pursue his claim" thus obviating the need for the jury to decide if the works are substant...
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