Universal Music defeats copyright lawsuit over Mary J. Blige's 1992 sample

Reuters
2025.09.23 17:17
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Universal Music Group successfully had a copyright infringement lawsuit dismissed by a New York federal court regarding a sample in Mary J. Blige's 1992 song "Real Love." The court ruled that the song was not sufficiently similar to the Honey Drippers' 1973 track "Impeach the President" to support Tuff City Records' claims. Tuff City, which owns numerous music copyrights, has previously filed lawsuits against other artists, but this case was dismissed due to a lack of substantial similarity between the songs.