Ahab Joseph Nafal has filed a lawsuit against Jay-Z (Shawn Carter) and Timbaland (Timothy Mosely) for $5,000,000! He filed the lawsuit against them on July 23 in California! Check out the official court papers and the song they took the sample from below:AllHipHop goes into further details of the lawsuit:
The lawsuit revolves around the use of the song “Khosara, Khosara,” which Timbaland sampled in Jay-Z's 2000 hit single "Big Pimpin'."Check out the original song:
Lawyers argued that "Khosara, "Khosara" was created in 1957 and was governed by the 1909 Copyright Act and not the 1976 Copyright Act.
The lawsuit was dismissed in 2007, because Nafal failed to join all individuals with rights to the composition in the lawsuit, as the 1909 Act mandates.
In the earlier lawsuit, lawyers for Jay-Z and Timbaland and claimed they received proper sample clearance from representatives of the Baligh Hamdy, the original composer of the song.
In May, a federal judge ruled that the children of Baligh Hamdy were allowed to continue the lawsuit, after it was ruled Jay-Z and Timbaland had only obtained “economic rights” for the song and that Hamdy's other children never granted permission to use the sample.
Jay-Z's version:
Court papers:
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