Jay Z, Kanye West and Frank Ocean have scored another victory against allegations of copyright infringement.
On Friday, a federal appeals court upheld a lower court’s ruling from last year, dismissing a lawsuit by musician Joel McDonald that alleged the Watch the Throne track “Made in America” by Jay Z and Ye featuring Frank Ocean had stolen one of his songs.
McDonald — who goes by the stage name Joel Mac — filed suit in 2014, maintaining that the song had stolen its concept from his song of the same name.
“We have considered all of McDonald’s arguments and find them to be without merit,” the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled, as Pitchfork reports. The lawsuit also included producers Mike Dean and Shama Joseph, as well as Universal Music Group, Roc-A-Fella Records, Def Jam Music and Roc Nation.
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