In a lawsuit that has spanned eight years based on whether JAY Z and Timbaland rightfully sampled an Egyptian tune for “Big Pimpin’,” is closer to some sort of resolution. According to THR, a trial has been set for October 13th.
Osama Ahmed Fahmy’s lawsuit focuses on the record “Khosara, Khosara” from the Egyptian flick Fata ahlami, which was filmed in 1960. Fahmy claims that he’s the heir of “Khosara, Khosara” composer Baligh Hamdy and sued HOV for copyright infringement. Fahmy is also naming Paramount Pictures, Warner Music, MTV and Universal Music Group among the defendants.
Fahmy contends the record company that licensed “Khosara Khosara” to Timbaland never had the right to license the song in the first place.
Timbaland made a deal with EMI Arabia, which had a deal with the Egyptian record label Sout el Phan. Fahmy had licensed “Khosara Khosara” to Sout el Phan. He claims EMI Arabia’s license to the song expired in 2007. But furthermore, he claims that while he permitted Sout el Phan to license the song to companies like EMI Arabia, the EMI affiliate couldn’t itself license the song without his permission.
