Jay-Z is asking a judge to dismiss the lawsuit filed back in July by Chauncey Mahan, who previously attempted to 'extract a large sum of money in exchange for the return of computer sound files.'
- Sep 8, 2014
AceShowbiz - The legal battle between Jay-Z and Chauncey Mahan, a sound engineer whom he worked with in the past, continues. Months after making headlines for the extortion case involving Hov's '90s master tapes, Mahan sued the rapper for joint author credit on dozens of songs created more than a decade ago.
According to Billboard, Jay-Z is now attempting to drop the lawsuit which he thought came way too late. In dismissal documents filed by his representatives recently, he argues that "after 14 years of silence, Petitioner's claims [and his attempt to use the federal courts as part of his shakedown scheme] are outrageous and wholly without merit."
"More significantly, for purposes of this Motion, the claims are plainly barred by the three-year statute of limitations contained in the Copyright Act, and have been for more than a decade," he continues.
In the documents, Jay-Z also reiterates that Mahan "attempted to wrongfully extract a large sum of money in exchange for the return of computer sound files."
In the suit filed by Mahan in July, the producer claimed he should've been named the co-author of 45 songs including "Big Pimpin" and "Things That U Do" as well as unpublished outtakes from "Vol. 3: Life and Times of S. Carter".
