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Jay Z and Timberland have won a copyright infringement case for 1999 hit 'Big Pimpin''.
The superstar rapper's first major single features flute notes sampled from an Egyptian composer, whose heir does not have the right to pursue a claim for ownership of the track, as ruled by US District Judge Christian Snyder, who dismissed the case before it was due to go to federal court in Los Angeles on Wednesday (21.10.15).
The nephew of musician Baligh Hamdi, whose 1957 song 'Khosara Khosara' is repeated throughout the track, sued Jay Z and the track's producer Timbaland in 2007.
Osama Ahmed Fahmy claims the pair exploited his uncles song without being granted permission.
The verdict was the result of a week-long trial, which took almost a decade to be settled.
Judge Snyder told the courtroom: "Fahmy lacked standing to pursue his claim. In light of that decision, it will not be necessary to submit to the jury whether Big Pimpin' infringed Khosara Khosara."
And Fahmy's lawyer, Pete Ross said they will fight the decision.
He said: "We think it's completely wrong, and we'll appeal."
Finally, Jay Z and Timberland's attorney Christine Lepera concluded in a statement: "We and our clients obviously are very pleased with this decision. The court correctly ruled that the plaintiff had no right to bring this case and cannot pursue any claim of infringement in connection with 'Big Pimpin'' whatsoever."

Bob Dylan played the 2,713 show of his 'Never Ending Tour' at London's iconic Royal Albert Hall on Wednesday night (21.10.15). The 74-year-old musician began the run of shows in 1988 and has vowed to carry on performing until his last breath and at hi...

Justin Bieber is to perform at this year's MTV Europe Music Awards (EMAs).
The 'What Do You Mean?' hitmaker, 21, is so "excited" to announce he will take to the stage at the event this Sunday (25.10.15) at the Mediolanum Forum in Milan, Italy.
Revealing his excitement ahead of the ceremony, Justin said: "I'm excited to share this performance and this new material with my fans around the world. The EMAs are always a blast. I'm glad to be back and it's going to be fun."
Justin's performance at the popular ceremony comes just two weeks ahead of the release of his highly-anticipated new album 'Purpose' on November 13.
The pop star will join the likes of Pharrell Williams, Ellie Goulding, Jason Derulo, James Bay, Jess Glynne and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis as they light up the arena with their energetic performances and famous sing-along hits.
The EMAs will be hosted by Ed Sheeran and Ruby Rose, while Charli XCX, rapper Tinie Tempah and model Hailey Baldwin are scheduled to present awards on the night.
Voting for all categories is open on mtvema.com until October 24.

One Direction, Little Mix and Jess Glynne and more have been confirmed to perform at this year's BBC Music Awards.
The annual event will be hosted by BBC Radio 2 DJ Chris Evans and former Radio 1 DJ Fearne Cotton and will be held at Birmingham's The Genting Arena on Thursday 10 December.
The BBC today (22.10.15) confirmed Ellie Goulding, Hozier, Jess Glynne, Mumford & Sons and OMI will also perform at the event.
Jess is particularly thrilled to be playing as she performed there in 2014 with Clean Bandit on their chart-topping collaboration 'Rather Be' and this year she will be their to perform as a solo artist.
In a statement, she said: "I'm really excited to be at this year's BBC Music Awards. I was there last year at the inaugural awards performing with Clean Bandit and it was a great night with a brilliant performance from Ed Sheeran among my personal favourites. To be back this year in my own right is amazing. I'm looking forward to it - roll on December."
Scottish star Hozier is also pleased to have been added to the star-studded bill.
He said: "I'm very excited to be playing at the BBC Music Awards this year alongside such a fantastic line up of artists. See you then."
The event will be broadcast on TV channel BBC One, and Radio 1 and Radio 2 on the same evening.

Janet Jackson has apologised to fans who had their Instagram accounts shut down after posting footage from her 'Unbreakable World Tour'.
The pop superstar reached out after it was reported yesterday (21.10.15) that some users of the photo sharing app had their accounts deactivated for uploading videos and images of Janet performing at her concerts.
Janet has now released a statement on Twitter where she explained that posting long video clips of her concerts causes a "contractual problem" but that it was never her "intention" for the accounts to be closed.
The 'Scream' singer also encouraged her fans to keep uploading short videos and photos from her shows.
She wrote: "Hey you guys, I have been listening ... I love and appreciate my fans. I want you to know that I enjoy watching the short video clips of how you are 'Burning It Up' at the 'Unbreakable' shows. Please keep posting them. My team is passionate about protecting the intellectual property we are creating for the tour and possible future projects. It was never their intention, acting on my behalf, to have social media accounts removed. Permitting the use of long clips does present a contractual problem for these projects."
Janet, 49, added that she loves her fans and wouldn't be where she is today without them and assured them they could still share content from the tour.
She continued: "I hope you understand. I trust the fans will use their short recordings for their own memories and to share on their social media networks of choice. I have asked my team to change their approach and allow you to engage socially with these videos. I know I wouldn't be here without the love I stand on."

Ben Haenow wants to write with Ed Sheeran after rejecting a song he penned for him.
The 30-year-old singer - whose eponymous album is out on November 13 - turned down a song by the 'Thinking Out Loud' crooner because it didn't "fit in" with the rest of the collection but he definitely wants to team up with Ed properly in the future.
He told BANG Showbiz: "The reason behind it really was because we felt like we had songs on there which got across my story, rather than just taking songs off other people. I'm absolutely honoured that he sent a song through, and it could be one of the worst ideas we've ever had, but realistically, with regards to what we had as the shape of the album, it just didn't really fit in there. To re-jig an album over one song wouldn't be great."
However, 'The X Factor' winner is eager to meet up with Ed to write together when their schedules finally align because he is confident they could make something great.
He added: "I'd be honoured to work with him in the future. The whole point is, I kind of wanted to get into the studio with Ed and write something with him, that's what we wanted to do.
"But he's been off in America doing his stuff, we're on different time scales."
Meanwhile, Ben has unveiled the tracklisting and artwork for his LP, which is out on November 13 on Syco.
The album contains 14 tracks and the singer has worked with a host of top songwriters, such as Amy Wadge, JR Rotem and Iain James, to create the record.

'Ben Haenow' tracklisting:
01. Second Hand Heart (featuring Kelly Clarkson)
02. Slamming Doors (Written with Amy Wadge)
03. All Yours (Written with JR Rotem)
04. Start Again (Written with Steve Robson & Iain James)
05. Lions
06. Testify
07. Make It Back To Me (Written with Amy Wadge)
08. Way Back When (Written with Stephen Kozmeniuk)
09. Brother Edvard Forre Erfjord, Henrik Michaelsen, Tom Havelock, Ben Haenow
10. Something I Need
11. One Night (Written with Red Triangle - George Tizzard & Rick Parkhouse)
12. Ready For You (Written with Anne Preven)
13. Greatest Mistake (Written with Ed Drewett & Tim Powell)
14. Every Tear You Cry (Written with Dan Gautreau)

Rod Stewart was too "busy being a rock star" to spend time with his children.
The 'Maggie May' hitmaker admits he was unable to pen tracks about his kids 20 years ago because he was "writing about dirty weekends" but says now he's older, he's happy to make his heart an "open book".
He shared: "Twenty years ago, I couldn't have written a song about putting my son to bed. I was so busy being a rock star writing about dirty weekends that it wouldn't have felt right.
"Now I'm of the age where I can sing about whatever I want. I suppose the older you get, the more your heart becomes an open book."
And the 70-year-old rocker also opened up about family life with his third wife Penny Lancaster and their children Aiden, four, and Alastair, nine.
He told The Sun newspaper: "Well, actually it drives me up the wall sometimes. The four-year-old has got the devil in his system. Probably because he's seen Spiderman, he climbs up everywhere. A year ago he was dressing up as Mary Poppins and if I show him pictures of that now, he gets so embarrassed.
"I feel sorry for Penny sometimes. Last night, I was really stroppy, my elder son was stroppy, the little one was stroppy and she was just a jolly person trying to make everybody happy.
"It's funny how kids take it out on their mums. My ten-year-old shouts at his mum and she does everything for him. She blew up his Fifa 16 on the iPad because it's American and she tried to plug it in here in England."

Janet Jackson has reportedly banned people from posting videos and photos of her concerts on Instagram.
Several fans have received emails with a message saying "a third party reported that the content violates their copyright" and other social media users have had their accounts suspended, according to The Guardian newspaper.
And one fan told the New York Post newspaper: "Five emails from Instagram about the five videos I had posted. It seems like Miss Jackson's [legal] team is on fire. What a shame they don't understand the times we live in."
However, the publication reported that the photo sharing app claimed people's accounts were being deactivated due to a "bug" and was not done on purpose or for legal reasons.
A spokesperson for the company said: "We have identified a bug that resulted in the removal of accounts that shouldn't have been removed.
"We have fixed the bug and are in the process of restoring the impacted accounts."
The singer - who is currently on her 'Unbreakable World Tour' - will bring her live show to the UK in March 2016.
A representative for the singer is yet to respond to the claims.

Beyoncé stole the show at the Tidal X concert in New York on Tuesday night (20.10.15) by duetting with husband Jay Z and Nicki Minaj.
Jay Z hosted the charity show at the Barclays Centre in Brooklyn to celebrate the online music streaming service reaching one million subscribers and the event was streamed on Tidal.
A host of artists performed including Usher, TI and Meek Mill but the highlight of the evening was when Beyonce took to the stage for the incredible duets.
The 'Drunk In Love' singer replaced Justin Timberlake's vocals on his and Jay Z's hit 'Holy Grail' and told the crowd it's the couple's "favourite" track to perform together.
If that wasn't enough, Queen B then joined 'Anaconda' rapper Nicki for two songs they've collaborated on, a highly energetic and raunchy performance of 'Feeling Myself' and 'Flawless', in which they wore sexy leotards flaunting their famous booty's.
Jay Z himself also performed with his contemporaries Rick Ross on their track 'F**kWithMeYouKnowIGotIt', and joined Lil Wayne for 'Hello Brooklyn'.
Damian Marley also played on the night and was revealed to be the latest celebrity backer of Tidal.
Prince was also due to play at the concert, however, he pulled out without giving a reason for his absence.