10 years after the release of Jay-Z's "Big Pimpin", Hov is dealing with some legal issues. The early 2000 hit song samples Abdel Halim Hafez's "Khosara, Khosara." The Hollywood Reporter explains what the legal matter is all about.
The plaintiff says that to the extent the defendants obtained a license of the song for the 2000 hit “Big Pimpin,” it was merely what Egyptians call “economic rights” and only pertained to reproduction, performance or distribution of the work “without alteration.”
Egyptian copyright law also confers to owners “moral rights” over copyrighted work, which, according to the plaintiff's experts, can’t be disposed of like “economic rights.” Basically, if Jay-Z wished to “mutilate” the original song by sampling it, looping it and adding his lyrics, the plaintiff argues he needed to get the express permission of each of Hamdy's four children.
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