{"id":12417,"date":"2015-08-13T16:17:57","date_gmt":"2015-08-13T20:17:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ohsodj.com\/?p=12417"},"modified":"2015-08-13T16:17:57","modified_gmt":"2015-08-13T20:17:57","slug":"jay-z-to-finally-testify-in-big-pimpin-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ohsodj.com\/?p=12417","title":{"rendered":"Jay Z To Finally Testify in &#8220;Big Pimpin&#8221; Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ohsodj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/hov-cigar.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ohsodj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/hov-cigar.jpg?resize=250%2C231\" alt=\"hov.cigar\" width=\"250\" height=\"231\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2499\" \/><\/a>If you&#8217;re a fan of Jay Z they&#8217;re well aware that the he and Timbaland are involved in one of the longest-running active lawsuits in America (#facts). The dispute is over their 1999 classic hit record, \u201cBig Pimpin\u201d off of Hov\u2019s <strong>Vol. 3 \u2026 Life and Times of S. Carter<\/strong> album. The lawsuit, which was filed in 2007 in California federal court, received a trial date back in March for Oct. 13. and according to published reports, both Jay Z and Timbaland will be testifying in court. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The disagreement stems from Jay and Timb\u2019s sample of Baligh Hamdy\u2019s \u201cKhosara, Khosara\u201d from the 1960 Egyptian film Fata ahlami. Osama Ahmen Fahmy, Hamdy\u2019s nephew, filed a copyright infringement suit against the pair in 2007. According to Faymy, the company that licensed the song to Timbaland\u2014EMI Arabia\u2014did not have the right to do so despite Timbo paying EMI $100,000 for rights to use the sample, presumably settling any plausible infringement issues. Except it didn&#8217;t. MI Arabia had a deal with Egyptian record label Sout el Phan, the same label Fahmy licensed \u201cKhosara Khosara\u201d to. This license, however, apparently expired in 2007.<\/p>\n<p>Fahmy is targeting both artist including EMI, Universal Music, Paramount Pictures (over a Jay Z documentary), MTV (over a Jay Z special) and others. Fahmy\u2019s lawyer is arguing Jay and Timbaland \u201cdid not enter into valid agreements that \u2018expressly and in detail\u2019 \u2014 including indicating the range, purpose, and period and place of exploitation \u2014 convey the right to use \u2018Khosara, Khosara\u2019 in \u2018Big Pimpin\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hov will now testify in court, as well as Judith Finell, the musicologist who testified in the \u201cBlurred Lines\u201d trial on behalf of Marvin Gaye\u2019s family. If you\u2019ll recall, the Gaye estate won the $7.3 million lawsuit against Robin Thicke and Pharrell. Whether or not this case has the same fate remains to be seen.<\/p>\n<p>Read both the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scribd.com\/doc\/274221414\/jayz-memo\" target=\"_blank\">defendants\u2019 memorandum<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scribd.com\/doc\/274221411\/Fahmy-Memo\" target=\"_blank\">plaintiff\u2019s memorandum<\/a> where they go into further details regarding the legal dispute. <\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>If you&#8217;re a fan of Jay Z they&#8217;re well aware that the he and Timbaland are involved in one of the longest-running active lawsuits in America (#facts). 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