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Entertainment & Sports

Apr. 7, 2016

Trumpet riff at center of "Vogue" infringement case

The copyright holders of the song "Love Break" dispute the application of di minimis use.

By Steven Crighton
Daily Journal Staff Writer

PASADENA ? The applicability of a 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals case was the central argument Tuesday before a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel in an infringement case centered on the use of a horn riff in Madonna's 1990 song "Vogue."

The lawsuit, filed in 2012, alleged that music producer Shep Pettibone intentionally disguised a second-long trumpet riff fr...

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