Debra Laws v. Sony Music Entertainment, Inc., D/B/A Epic Records, a Delaware Corporation

U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit · Decided 2006-05-24

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BYBEE, Circuit Judge. Plaintiff Debra Laws (“Laws”) brought suit against defendant Sony Music Entertainment, Inc. (“Sony”) for misappropriating her voice and name in the song “All I Have” by Jennifer Lopez and L.L. Cool J. The district court found that Sony had obtained a license to use a sample of Laws’s recording of “Very Special” and <span ="1" class="star-p…

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