The report of a “purported expert musicologist” in a copyright infringement case against hip-hop duo Macklemore and Ryan Lewis was ghost-written by the plaintiff himself, the Eastern District of Louisiana said April 10.
The court excluded the report based on the alleged expert’s testimony that the plaintiff actually conducted the analysis and drafted the report.
Paul Batiste is a member of the Batiste Brothers Band. Batiste sued Macklemore and Ryan Lewis for copyright infringement for using unauthorized samples and copying original elements of 11 of his songs in five of their songs, including their number-one hits “Thrift Shop” and “Can’t ...
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