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.
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 ".
Hines' attorney did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the decision. A representative for Warner MusicHines first sued over the songs in 2019, arguing they copied part of the introduction to his song. The defendants said the part was not copyright eligible because it was taken from a "stock" musical phrase in a 1914 work, "Mysterioso Pizzicato", that has been used in at least 28 other songs and become synonymous with movie villains.
Oetken agreed that Hines' song "borrows from a heavily used work that is in the public domain" and "adds only material that is not original enough to be copyrightable." Oetken also said the relevant parts of Jay-Z and Ginuwine's songs were not similar enough for Hines to show infringement even if his introduction had been copyrightable.
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