2nd Circuit Affirms Fair Use Finding, Clears Rapper In Copyright Case 

Mealey's (February 6, 2020, 11:47 AM EST) -- NEW YORK — A federal judge in New York correctly granted rapper Aubrey Drake Graham (Drake) summary judgment on allegations of copyright infringement stemming from the rapper’s song “Pound Cake,” the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled Feb. 3 (The Estate Of James Oscar Smith v. Aubrey Drake Graham, et al., No. 19-28, 2nd Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 3484)....