Jay z’s copyright case is dismissed

The Copyright case brought against Jay-Z by the heir of an Egyptian composer for illegally used a flute sample in his hip-hop classic “Big Pimpin’. Has been dismissed by a A US judge in California on Wednesday.

This follows a week of evidence in the copyright infringement case, in which lawyers for the claimant stated that the original composer of the song would not have approved of Jay-z’s lifestyle and vulgar lyrics.

However, the rapper, whose real name is Shawn Carter, and Timbaland, whose real name is Timothy Mosley, testified that they were under the belief they had valid rights to the song.

Timbaland testified that in 2011 they had paid $100,000 in 2001 to EMI Arabia, which said it owned “Khosara, Khosara,” for the rights to the song.

But Fahmy claimed that deal was irrelevant and that the rapper would have still had to seek consent for alterations to the original work.

“My client is pleased and gratified by the decision,” Jay Z’s attorney Andrew Bart, said after the judge ruled the case would not go to a jury.