(Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Thursday awarded a victory to Jay-Z in a copyright infringement lawsuit claiming that the rapper sampled without permission from an Egyptian composer's song for ...

*Jay Z’s battle over his hit song “Big Pimpin’” entered a new chapter on Monday (Sept. 21) as he appeared in court to convince the judge in the case to keep details of his reported $150 million deal ...

*The copyright infringement trial involving Jay Z‘s hit song “Big Pimpin’” began Tuesday with an attorney for heirs of an Egyptian composer accusing the rapper of misusing music from a popular 1950s ...

He’s got 99 problems, and Egyptian copyright law just happens to be one. Jay-Z has lost the first round of a legal battle over a sample used in his song “Big Pimpin’,” with a California court giving ...

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The copyright lawsuit against Timbaland and Jay Z for their 1999 hit “Big Pimpin’” is headed to trial in October and both will be called to testify. The courtroom battle will likely be as contentious ...

A California federal court judge ruled this week that a lawsuit filed against Jay-Z by the children of Egyptian composer Baligh Homody, who claim the rapper's use of Homody's "Khosara, Kohsara" ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Attorneys for Jay Z said in court on Tuesday that the rapper had properly acquired the rights to an Egyptian musician's melody to use for his hit 1999 song "Big Pimpin'," as a ...