Man sues Jay Z For Plagiarism
Thursday, June 21, 2012Omoba
Rapper Jay Z is presently being sued over his
2010 best-seller ‘Decoded’ by a writer, Patrick White, who claims, his
work was illegally used in the book. According to the
lawsuit, filed on June 13, Mr. White claims that portions of Jay Z’s
book were taken from his laptop, which was stolen in 2009.
‘In 2009, my
personal computer was compromised, resulting in my personal work to be used in
Jay-Z’s book Decoded which was released in 2010’ White said.
White is suing for
copyright infringement and invasion of property.
‘The book contains various
expressions/colours/phrases, which correlates to my work. After contacting or
attempting to contact the co-author, I got no reply’,
he added.
Authors Dream
Hampton and Random House who are co-authors of the book are also
named in the hand-written lawsuit. Neither Jay Z nor his
management have made a statement concerning the lawsuit.
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