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June 14, 2017

Drake Wins Copyright Infringement Suit Over “Pound Cake/Paris Morton Music 2” Sample

Copyright Office Changes Rules

  By: Shantell Jiggetts Intern from Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law Last month, Rapper Drake and his record label, Cash Money Records, Inc., received a favorable decision in a copyright infringement suit filed against them in 2014 by the estate of deceased jazz musician, Jimmy Smith. The suit focused on the sampling of […]

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