Jay-Z, Timbaland, Ginuwine defeat soul musician’s copyright lawsuit

I know which song is the best ! It’s on Stax gunna be better than any Timbaland production.

Rapper Jay-Z, producer Timbaland and R&B singer Ginuwine convinced a Manhattan federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit from soul musician Ernie Hines, who alleged that they unlawfully sampled one of his songs from 1969.

 

 

U.S. District Judge Paul Oetken on Monday said that Jay-Z’s “Paper Chase” and Ginuwine’s “Toe 2 Toe,” both co-written and produced by Timbaland in the late 1990s, did not violate Hines’ rights in his song “Help Me Put Out The Flame (In My Heart)”.

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