Date 21/10/2015 - News People
Judge dismisses lawsuit filed by Osama Fahmy, nephew of Baligh Hamdi, an Egyptian composer whose 1957 song Khosara Khosara features in the 1999 hit Jay Z has won a copyright infringement trial stemming from his 1999 hit single Big Pimpin?, ending a long drawn-out case which shined a light on sampling in pop music and western artists? use of Arabic melodies. US district judge Christina Snyder abruptly dismissed the lawsuit against Jay Z and his producer Timbaland before it went to a jury at a federal court in Los Angeles on Wednesday, ruling that the heir of an Egyptian composer lacked the right to pursue a copyright infringement claim. Continue reading...
