Litigation
Oct. 20, 2015
Witness: Song and sample's similarities minimal
A popular song shares minimal and fragmentary notes with a sample, says a music expert called as a defense witness.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
The notes Big Pimpin' shares with the song it samples are "trite" and minimal, according to a music expert called as a defense witness in the long-running copyright infringement case brought by the heir of an Egyptian composer.
In 2007, Osama Ahmed Fahmy sued defendants Shawn Carter, commonly known as Jay-Z, producer Timothy Mosley, known as Timbaland, and a host of others in the music busine...
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