Jay Z wins copyright infringement case over Big Pimpin' Egyptian song sample

The Guardian bericht: "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.

The verdict ended a week-long trial and dashed an almost decade-long quest by Osama Fahmy, the nephew of Baligh Hamdi, an Egyptian composer whose 1957 song Khosara Khosara is partially used in Big Pimpin’. Fahmy had argued that Jay Z and Timbaland did not have the Hamdi family’s permission to sample the song’s flute notes."

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