Last week, Jay Z and Timbaland were forced to appear in court over a copyright claim for the 2000 hit, “Big Pimpin.” Despite paying $100,000 to license the song from the estate (via a record label) of the Middle Eastern musician that they’d sampled back in 2001, the musician’s nephew filed a claim back in 2007, saying that permission to use the song was never properly granted by their family.

After hearing testimonies from both Hov and Timbo, U.S. District Judge Christina A. Snyder has ruled that the man’s nephew didn’t have the right to sue, and has officially thrown out the case. Congrats, guys!

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UPDATE:

Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp, attorney representation for Timbaland, has released the following 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. Defendants have maintained throughout that Mr. Fahmy has no right to sue for infringement in connection with Big Pimpin’ and that fact has now been established.”

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Source: Complex