Bad Bunny’s lawyers say an African music publisher should cover their fees after dragging the Puerto Rican superstar into failed copyright litigation over a track on his chart-topping album Un Verano Sin Ti. emPawa Africa, an independent music company that has a deal with Nigerian songwriter Dera, sued Bad Bunny last year for allegedly failing to ask their permission before sampling his 2019 song “Empty My Pocket” on “Enséñame a Bailar,” which spent two weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2022. Bad Bunny maintains that he properly cleared the sample with another rightsholder on “Empty My Pocket,...
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