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FAHMY v. JAY-Z

No. 16-55213.

891 F.3d 823 (2018)

Osama Ahmed FAHMY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. JAY-Z, AKA Shawn Carter; Timothy Mosely, FKA Timbaland; Kyambo Joshua; Rob Bourdon; Brad Delson; Mike Shinoda; Dave Farrell; Joseph Hahn; Chester Bennington; Big Bad Mr Hahn Music; Chesterchaz Publishing; EMI Blackwood Music, Inc.; EMI Music Publishing Ltd.; Kenji Kobayashi Music; Lil Lulu Publishing; Machine Shop Recordings, LLC; Marcy Projects Productions II, Inc.; MTV Networks Enterprise, Inc.; Nondisclosure Agreement Music; Paramount Home Entertainment, Inc.; Paramount Pictures Corporation; Radical Media; Rob Bourdon Music; Roc-A-Fella Records, LLC; Timbaland Productions, Inc.; UMG Recordings, Inc.; Universal Music and Video Distribution, Inc.; Warner Music, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed May 31, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keith J. Wesley (argued), Corbin K. Barthold, and Peter W. Ross, Browne George Ross LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Christine Lepera (argued), Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP, New York, New York; David A. Steinberg, Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP, Los Angeles, California; Andrew H. Bart, Jenner & Block LLP, New York, New York; for Defendants-Appellees.

Before: Carlos T. Bea, Consuelo M. Callahan, and Paul R. Kelly, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

Days before the turn of the new millennium, rapper Jay-Z released an album containing his soon-to-be hit single Big Pimpin'. The background music to that track used a sample from a 1957 arrangement by Egyptian composer Baligh Hamdy. Today, we are faced with the...

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