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LAWS v. SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

No. 03-57102.

448 F.3d 1134 (2006)

Debra LAWS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT, INC., d/b/a Epic Records, a Delaware corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed May 24, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rickey Ivie and Kendall E. James of Ivie, McNeill & Wyatt, Los Angeles, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Russell J. Frackman, David A. Steinberg, and Paul Guelpa of Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before FARRIS, FERNANDEZ, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges.

BYBEE, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff Debra Laws ("Laws") brought suit against defendant Sony Music Entertainment, Inc. ("Sony") for misappropriating her voice and name in the song "All I Have" by Jennifer Lopez and L.L. Cool J. The district court found that Sony had obtained a license to use a sample of Laws's recording of "Very Special" and held that Laws's claims for violation of her common law right to privacy and her statutory...

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