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Tracy Chapman v. Onika Tanya Maraj et al
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January 08, 2021
Nicki Minaj Pays Tracy Chapman To End Copyright Fight
Rapper Nicki Minaj has agreed to pay $450,000 to end a copyright lawsuit that accused her of illegally sampling a song by Tracy Chapman and then leaking the resulting track to a radio station when she was denied a license.
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September 17, 2020
Copyright Fight Over Leaked Nicki Minaj Song Headed To Trial
A California federal judge ruled Wednesday that rapper Nicki Minaj was protected by copyright's fair use doctrine when she privately "experimented" with sampling a song by Tracy Chapman, but left it undecided whether she was legally responsible for the track getting leaked to a radio station.
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August 25, 2020
Tracy Chapman, Nicki Minaj Battle Over Fair Use In Radio Leak
Singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman and rapper Nicki Minaj are battling over whether copyright law's fair use doctrine protects an unauthorized music sample that was never released but was leaked to a radio station.
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October 23, 2018
Tracy Chapman Sues Nicki Minaj Over Radio Leak
Singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman hit Nicki Minaj with a copyright lawsuit in Los Angeles federal court on Monday, claiming the rapper illegally sampled a 1988 song called "Baby Can I Hold You" and then leaked it to radio DJs after failing to clear the rights.