Legal Opinion
Hines v. EMI April Music Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided September 25, 2023No. 1:20-cv-03535Unknown
1Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ERNIE HINES, Plaintiff, 20-CV-3535 (JPO) -v- OPINION AND ORDER BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT (US) LLC, et al., Defendants. J. PAUL OETKEN, District Judge: Plaintiff Ernie Hines brings this copyright infringement action against W Chappell Music Corporation and the artists known as Jay-Z, Timbaland, and Ginuwine. Hines, who is the author of 1960s soul single “Help Me Put Out The Flame (In My Heart)” (“Help Me”), asserts that Defendants unlawfully used the introduction to his song in two of their modern-day hip-hop songs, “Paper Chase” and “Toe…
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